I did ask that question in a collective once. They told me the same thing about seeing the bud, and they assured me that they put it in a cooler at night with no lights, and that is how they keep their stuff that is not on display. Because I usually get ounces, my medicine isn't handled very much, and is in a good curing position.
I haven't done this, but I am interested to find out how much more say a few more weeks of cure would do to the product. I am thinking the dispensaries probably just buy the bud, then get rid of it expecting the cure to be already done. But if I am getting rid of it, i am not caring too much how the cure goes, just enough to not taste bad. Not sure about that, don't want to make assumptions to a collectives policies, or a grower's. If they keep the patients in mind first and foremost, then I could see them doing it right as well.
Just sayin'
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