GoatessFrizzleFry

GoatessFrizzleFry t1_j94retx wrote

Jumping in to agree and also rant:

Having worked in a Mass lab (coming from RI working independently), can confirm. They will also test way more than twice, and I’ve seen them send slabs out with samples just to make the testing go ‘smoother’.

NETA was the first to open, I worked the production facility mostly in the lab, but got bounced around to build grow rooms if the needed extra hands (I’m a handy person).

They were also allowed to train their own health inspector, bc there were no dispensary/production facility inspectors at the time.

I’ve also seen whole plants washed in hydrogen peroxide because of PM and black mold. We had black mold in our air showers because the geniuses that ran the grow thought it wise to leave the doors open overnight to freeze off the PM, despite all the local staff saying “nope, we have humidity, this isn’t Colorado”.

The also sent an entire shift spraying pesticides without checking HVAC, and everyone was exposed. Of course we were assured it was ‘fine’ because it was an organic pesticide.

I’ve taken trips to Boston and Worcester since, anyone who pays attention can just put their bud in a clean bowl and watch the flame and ash color/how it burns, etc.

I don’t know why people want to defend big cannabis, it’s all out of state money in MA.

Massachusetts is still more expensive for most items and the quality is not there. NETA is responsible for setting up a coalition of dispensaries, while RI has a patient advocacy group (RIPAC).

There are some very clear differences, and I hope RI doesn’t go the way MA went.

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GoatessFrizzleFry t1_j94ox7i wrote

Oh, I fully understand that. I’m saying as someone who worked black and gray before being hired at a production facility, I’d never willfully inspect cultivation facilities for free.

The backlash of reporting at a job, where I was working in a higher paid position (not trim, not watering plants) was still horrible.

There’s just no way.

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GoatessFrizzleFry t1_j94jjpq wrote

I worked for NETA in MA when they first opened. They were the first in MA. And they were full of mold, and the owners from CO pulled all sorts of shady bs. Of course we went to HR. They did nothing.

So a bunch of us just called OSHA. Because NETA was literally allowed to train the health inspector given them by the state (seeing they normally deal with restaurants and other facilities, they weren’t even sure wtf they were looking for…real, real ethical).

Before I quit, I saw PM, black mold, full plants dipped in H2O2…illegal use of Neem, just fuckery of all types.

OP is absolutely asking for work. It is stressful( demanding, and you’re often told to rugsweep everything from black mold to edibles being taken off the god damned floor.

For patients. Immunocompromised patients. As one of those people as well, it was maddening to watch.

I’d never do this work for free, but I’ll report anything suspicious I see any time. You don’t need a job for that. None of us do.

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