@AsNoriu - I'm not sure that's powdery mildew. It looks more to me like the grower dusted the plant with something. Yes, WPM looks similar but to me it looks something was sprinkled on the plant. It is possible that the dusting was to treat WPM?
@Rogar13 - We need more details but in this sense, AsNoriu may be right. If indeed there's a fungal issue, you don't want to finish this plant out. There's nothing that can be done to make an infected plant safe to smoke.