Laws surrounding marijuana distribution, cultivation, and use rank as some of the most diverse and confusing legislation around. Perhaps that’s to be expected when they involve a substance that’s either decriminalized or fully legal in the majority of states, yet remains classified as a Schedule I drug under federal law.
Even in states with strict regulations governing cannabis, issues still abound. In the billion-dollar-plus weed industry in Colorado, one of the state’s largest marijuana cultivators took several state agencies to court for an unexpected reason, they wanted them to do their jobs better.
Colorado has a history of being one of the most cannabis-friendly states in the nation. They were one of the first jurisdictions to approve the sale, possession, and use of recreational marijuana in 2012, and they allow limited personal cultivation by adults of legal age at their homes.
That doesn’t mean that anything goes. Public usage is still illegal, and the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED), which is part of the Department of Revenue, is tasked with tracking all commercial marijuana products from seed to shelf.
Mammoth Farms, based in Saguache, is Colorado’s largest outdoor cannabis grower. The owner is Justin Trouard, who was an intelligence officer in the U.S. military before starting a career in weed. When customers began requesting the leftovers from Mammoth’s production process, trimmings and stems from cannabis plants , he mounted an investigation as to why they’d do such a thing.
According to his findings, it was to have a legal trail so they could sell illegal synthetic marijuana products. Also known by other names that include Spice and K2, synthetic marijuana is made by spraying chemicals onto plant materials. In this instance, they used the leavings purchased from Mammoth to provide them with a marijuana “product.” The low cost of production allowed them to achieve a high profit rate while using a low price point to undercut legal cannabis products, which Mammoth claimed was drastically affecting its bottom line.
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