The Budtender’s Guide

Supplemental Materials

Part II: Budtending Foundations

Skills & Qualifications

  1. “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 27, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/hipaa.html. 

Roles & Responsibilities

  1. Leos-Toro, Cesar, Geoffrey T. Fong, Samantha B. Meyer, and David Hammond. “Cannabis Labelling and Consumer Understanding of THC Levels and Serving Sizes.” ScienceDirect. School of Public Health & Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, N2L 3G1, ON, Canada and Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, 661 University Avenue, Suite 510, Toronto, M5G 0A3, ON, Canada, February 7, 2020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871620300089.
  2. Dowd, Maureen. “Don’t Harsh Our Mellow, Dude.” The New York Times, June 4, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-our-mellow-dude.html.
  3. “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 27, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/hipaa.html.
  4. Downs, David. “40% THC Flower?! How Lab Shopping and THC Inflation Cheat Cannabis Consumers.” Leafly, January 26, 2021. https://www.leafly.com/news/strains-products/lab-shopping-thc-inflation-marijuana-2019-leafly-review.
  5. Black, Lester. “America’s Pot Labs Have a THC Problem.” FiveThirtyEight, June 29, 2021. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americas-pot-labs-have-a-thc-problem/.
  6. Roberts, Chris. “Science Reveals the Cannabis Industry’s Greatest Lie: You’re Buying Weed Wrong (and so Is Everyone Else).” Forbes. Forbes Magazine, October 12, 2022. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisroberts/2020/06/16/science-reveals-the-cannabis-industrys-greatest-lie-youre-buying-weed-wrong-and-so-is-everyone-else/?sh=46055c42ee35.

Dispensary Models

  1. “VSB Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program – FAQS.” VSB Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program – FAQs. Accessed January 20, 2023. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/MMICP-FAQs.aspx#What%20is%20a%20Medical%20Marijuana%20Identification%20Card%20(MMIC)%20and%20how%20can%20it%20help%20me? 
  2. “Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.” United Nations : Office on Drugs and Crime, 1961. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/single-convention.html?ref=menuside.  
  3. Veiligheid, Ministerie van Justitie en. “Drugs.” Government.nl. Government of the Netherlands, February 2, 2022. https://www.government.nl/topics/drugs#:~:text=In%20the%20Netherlands%2C%20it%20is,drinks%20are%20sold%20or%20consumed.  
  4. Felder, B Otis, and Ian A. Stewart. “Cannabis Consumption Lounges Present a Unique Risk Management Challenge.” Wilson Elser, February 7, 2022. https://www.wilsonelser.com/news_and_insights/insights/4458-cannabis_consumption_lounges_present_a_unique_risk.  

Security & Chain of Custody

  1. Jensen, Kelly. “PD: Budtender Sold Ounce of Pot to Undercover Cop 9 Times in 2 Hours.” KUSA.com. KUSA, December 16, 2017. https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/pd-budtender-sold-ounce-of-pot-to-undercover-cop-9-times-in-2-hours/73-499748902.  
  2. “Is It Illegal to Steal Tips?” Are Your Tips Being Stolen? EmploymentLawHelp.org. Accessed January 20, 2023. https://www.employmentlawhelp.org/wage-theft/illegal-to-steal-tips. 
  3.  “A Practical Guide to Situational Awareness.” Stratfor. Accessed January 20, 2023. https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/practical-guide-situational-awareness.  
  4. “Know Your Money .” SecretService.gov. United States Secret Service. Accessed January 20, 2023. https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2020-12/KnowYourMoney.pdf.  
  5. “How to Detect Counterfeit U.S. Money.” dfa.cornell.edu. Cornell University. Accessed January 20, 2023. https://www.dfa.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/detect-counterfeit.pdf.   
  6. “Counterfeit Prevention.” Bank of Canada/ Banque du Canada. Accessed January 20, 2023. https://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/counterfeit-prevention/.
  7. “European Central Bank.” ecb.europa.eu. European Central Bank. Accessed January 20, 2023. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/pdf/material/Quick_Guide_EN_Specimen.pdf.
  8. “The Raid.” Oaksterdam University, April 12, 2021. https://oaksterdamuniversity.com/the-raid/.