The wildfires in California have damaged the state's cannabis industry. Outdoor cannabis and hemp crops have been destroyed, costing businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars as many were uninsured. The smoke and ash from the fires has also polluted the air and could contaminate surviving crops. Cannabis businesses will need to improve safety measures to protect against future fires.

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How bad will the damage be to the California marijuana industry from the wild res?
Posted by:
Joseph Billions , today at 12:00am
The California Fires and Cannabis
California is de nitely not a state that is new to wild res in recent times but the types of wild res that have plagued the
state this year have set a record in terms of devastation. Much like Oregon, these res have put the residents of the
state of California in a troubling position as it has prompted the evacuation of many from their homes. It is also
important to stress the loss of life that has been incurred on the account of these wild res. These res have raided the
West Coast and are one of the major talking points especially among business owners who are directly a ected by the
e ect of the re on crops. The season and the dangers that lie with this re are still existential as we speak which is why
we want to look into the relationship of these California wild res and how they play out with cannabis.
A detailed breakdown

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Some of the major drivers that have been put forward as the cause of these record-breaking wild res are climate
change, extreme weather patterns, and huge temperatures. For long the e ects of global warming and the role it has to
play with climate change across the world as we know it has been spoken of by many experts.
In the California wild res experienced this year, we have front-row seats to see the level of impact that climate change
can have on everyday life. The wild res have proven to be a huge problem for re ghters as it continues to sweep
through acres of land destroying land, crops, and valuable property. The expected reaction in response to these
imminent dangers being posed by the re is shutdown and evacuations. These forms of response may ultimately be
detrimental particularly for cannabis business owners who have plants directly in the line of the wild res.
California is a state that loves and is very accepting of cannabis. In a country where only a certain number of states have
legalized the use of cannabis for use either medically or recreationally, California and some other notable states stand
out. This fact even becomes more important when the fact that the federal government and the FDA still classify
cannabis as a Schedule 1 narcotic drug which is of no medicinal value. This has seen California become home to a good
number of cannabis businesses and cannabis users as well. The vast acres of lands that are available in the region also
made it the perfect place for many cannabis business owners to fully establish their franchise. This has seen the vast
acres of land available in California dominated by cannabis cultivators and these same cultivators have their businesses
at risk because of the wild res.
To understand the level of e ect the California res are having on the cannabis businesses in the region, it is important
to see it from di erent angles. First, we look at it from the angle of pollutants that are being propelled into the
atmosphere.
These pollutants include smoke and ash that are sue to be detrimental to the health of cannabis plants. For the
cannabis plants that are not in the line of sight of the wild res, they still bear a great deal of risk in terms of the impact
the smoke and ash will have on their integrity. This becomes more important when you take into consideration the
di erent number of state-mandated tests for crops in order to ascertain their level of contamination. With the visible
e ects of the California state wild res being seen in faraway states, one can only speculate the real extent of damage
the smoke and ash from the wild res could have had on the cannabis plants.

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It goes without saying that a good number of outdoor marijuana and hemp plants stand the risk of being destroyed by
the wild res. The toll that this damage invariably on cannabis businesses from the nancial side of things is enormous.
It is also bound to invariably a ect and impede the supply chain of cannabis in the state in the future. This is because a
good number of cannabis businesses are already recording great losses. One such business is the Sweet Creek Farm in
Sonoma County which has recorded losses of about $150,000 in crops that are largely uninsured.
Due to the illegal nature of cannabis federally, a good number of cannabis businesses with acres of land in the midst of
the res have their lands uninsured. This has therefore created a problematic situation for re ghters because a good
number of cannabis business owners have opted not to follow evacuations issued in a bid to save their crops. Many
farmers are looking to quickly nish up harvesting their plants in a bid to save some of the plants and not loose
outrightly on all fronts.
These res threaten to completely drive some of these cannabis farmers out of the cannabis industry completely and a
good number of them are nding di erent ways to respond to the threat. The CA Department of Food and Agriculture
classi es res under disaster that makes it open to providing relief for businesses. The CDFA still has sole responsibility
to grant such reliefs if o ers a way for many licensed owners of cannabis businesses. The res have also prompted
many cannabis businesses to move cannabis from premises prone to the res to other premises in order to avoid
destruction. Such moves de nitely require informing the CDFA within a span of 24hours of the movement of the natural
products.
Bottom line
The wild res experienced in California this year seem to be the new norm and it ultimately means that cannabis
businesses will have to adapt to the new conditions. This means that cannabis businesses will have to nd a new and
better way to protect their plants and lands from re. This is because the strong winds and heat that propel these res
are bound to be a regular occurrence in California. Ensuring new and better safety measures are put in place might just
be all that keeps these cannabis plants from destruction.
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