With the growth of the medical marijuana industry your dispensary now has many options when coming to choose between a scale for measuring your product. Here are a few things to consider when making your purchase:

Q: How accurate do you need to be?
A:On the market the two most common are a tenth (0.1) of a gram and a hundredth (0.01) of a gram scale. Most dispensaries will only need to be as accurate as a tenth of a gram.

Q: Do you need digital or manual?
A: Digital scales have proven to be most accurate which has rendered manual scales almost out of the marketplace.

Q: How much volume will you need to measure at a time?
A: Do state regulations limit the amount you are allowed to distribute to one customer at a time? If so, you just need to make sure the capacity of your scale meets this need. If you plan of distributing large quantities look into a larger capacity scale.

Q: Are there any state regulations you need to consider for your dispensary?
A: Most states only require a tenth of a gram measurement in dispensaries but that may change. In Colorado dispensaries need to be more accurate and need a scale that measures to a hundredth of a gram.

Q: How can I find a scale that will work with my dispensary?
A: The easiest way to achieve this is to integrate your scale into your business point of sale system. This will register your medical marijuana weight into the system automatically without running the risk of human error. Learn more about this at cafecartel.com

Written by: Sierra Adkins