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As cannabis brands expand into new markets, standardized formulations and food science are becoming essential for consistent quality, regulatory compliance, and efficient multi-state manufacturing.

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Betty’s Eddies reveals a new twist on gummies

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I'm an old school stoner. I was here before legalization was a punchline on late-night television, before dispensaries had loyalty programs, before anybody put a leaf on a billboard. I remember when this plant could cost you your kids, your job, your freedom, your life, and people smoked it anyway, because some things are worth the risk. So when I hear rumblings about reversing course, about reclassifying, recriminalizing, rebuilding the machinery of the drug war one quiet regulation at a time, I don't feel panic. I feel something closer to recognition. We've been here before. We know how this goes.

Let's start with the headline nobody in Washington wants to print: marijuana is still illegal. Not "illegal-ish." Not "illegal with an asterisk." Federally, under the Controlled Substances Act, cannabis remains a Schedule I narcotic, officially grouped with heroin and LSD, officially declared to have no accepted medical use. That fact hasn't moved an inch this year, despite a summer's worth of DEA hearings, legal filings, and breathless coverage suggesting otherwise.