Lezli, Keep up the great work with FOCUS. You have done a amazing job of educating the emerging cannabis industry and being a voice for STANDARDS….You were “there” long before any of these spin off organizations recognized the importance of STANDARDS and FOCUS is clearly the “pioneer “. Reply
I hope that cannabis laboratories throughout the nation are asked to participate when it comes to compiling testing standards. Cannabis science is complex. It seems that a small few want control over creation of an industry standard, which seems non -inclusive and could hurt the overall industry in the end. Only by combining experience with those outside the cannabis industry and those within, that quality progress will be made in creating long lasting standards for the cannabis industry. Reply
Cannabis laboratories can (and should IMO) join the ASTM D37 Cannabis Committee (and other initiatives) so they can participate in developing these testing standards. Reply
Hi Aldwin, Can you help me better understand ASTM D37 Cannabis Committee. If you have a contact or website you can direct me to that would be greatly appreciated. It would be nice for these “Standards” organizations that want to promulgate rules that affect cannabis businesses, to reach out to those of us in the industry, specifically when it comes to analytical testing, which is extremely complex. Many of us are busy running a business in a fast growing industry and dealing with constant regulatory changes. Thanks for your response. Reply
Just follow the link to ASTM D37 Cannabis Committee in the above article. I tried pasting the link here twice, but it did go through the CBE moderator. I guess they have a policy on posting url in the comments. I was actually surprised there’s not a lot of cannabis testing labs participating in ASTM. Reply
Thanks for the info. It is a shame that they are not many cannabis testing labs participating. There are a few of us that are professionally run and “good players” in the industry. There are not that many labs in the industry overall and we are easy to find with a quick google search. It has been really eye opening seeing all these groups want to “create” national standards without bringing in “experts” in our respective fields in the cannabis industry. It is only with the combination of industry expertise and non-cannabis industry expertise and experience that good standing rules and standards can be made.