They believe at this point in the medical program, there should be more types of products available to patients.
“The current products don’t suffice. We are light years behind where we should be, considering the medical market started back in 2013. Here we are, 10 years later, and we still don’t have suppositories? We barely have a capsule,” said Matha Figaro, owner of But-A-Cake, a Black, woman-owned multi-state cannabis product manufacturer (she recently won the Excellence in product innovation award at the NJ Cannabis Insider business award show for her infused oral strips and baked goods).
“The people with the power need to be in a rush to get cultivators and manufacturers into the market immediately,” said Figaro.
The CRC recently said in a statement that 138 of the 191 new annual licenses they have approved are for manufacturing and retail businesses. It remains to be seen if these new businesses will add to the selection of products available to patients and consumers alike.
Figaro referenced patients that have specific needs for sugar-free edible options, like those recovering from diabetes or opioid addictions. She said the market currently being flooded with sugary gummies doesn’t serve them.