The exemplary contains a “cannabis potency measurement, packaging, labeling,” section, among other issues related to cannabis products. By Joana Scopel As a result of a vote that state and local officials took at a conference last week, a federal government handbook on weights and measures which mentions marijuana standards in a new section has been made available. The incorporation of the marijuana language in the federal handbook is another sign of the normalization of the cannabis industry in states across the country. Photo by Kirill Vasikev / EyeEm/Getty Images This Is Just The Beginning The state departments overseeing weights and measures are not obligated to incorporate the cannabis standardization policies. If members decide to reconsider them, likely they could be enacted next July and adopted into NIST’s 2024 handbook.