[Avodah] kosher marijuana

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 12/31/2015 10:16 AM, Eli Turkel via Avodah wrote:

>
> why does marijuana need a hechsher?

The marijuana doesn't.  The products it's in do.

> In cigarette form it should be no different than tobacco cigarettes (do
> they have a hechsher?)

Who said anything about cigarettes?  Read the article again.  Unflavoured
cigarettes don't need a hechsher, and the OU is not planning to give them
one.


On 12/31/2015 01:03 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> Mentholated cigarettes pose a more plausible kashrus issue. Once it's
> more than shredded tobacco leaves, why wouldn't it need as hekhsher?
> Since smoking is the normal means of ingesture, it is derekh akhilah.

How is it achilah at all?  Reicha lav milsa.

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