California Marijuana Products Are Failing Tests At An Alarming Rate September 11, 2018 AggregatedNews California, Lab Testing 0 Comments Nearly 20 percent of marijuana products in California have failed tests for potency and purity since the state started requiring the checks on July 1, a failure rate some in the industry say has more to do with unrealistic standards and technical… Read More→
Medical Marijuana’s ‘Catch-22’: Limits On Research Hinder Patient Relief April 9, 2018 AggregatedNews Lab Testing 0 Comments By the time Ann Marie Owen, 61, turned to marijuana to treat her pain, she was struggling to walk and talk. She was also hallucinating. For four years, her doctor prescribed a wide range of opioids for transverse myelitis, a… Read More→
Arizona Legislatures Want To Test Medical Marijuana Quality And Reduce Prices January 30, 2018 AggregatedNews Arizona, Lab Testing 0 Comments PHOENIX — A Lake Havasu City senator figures it’s the state’s obligation to ensure medical-marijuana buyers are getting a safe product that’s as strong as advertised. His proposal to have the state inspect growing facilities — and to reduce fees… Read More→
D.C. Policy Summit – Researchers Working on First-Ever Federally-Approved Medical Marijuana Study Fighting to Overcome Significant DEA, NIDA Obstacles December 4, 2017 David Hodes Compliance and Regulations, Lab Testing 0 Comments The 10th Annual DuPont Summit on Science, Technology and Environment Policy held in Washington, D.C. on December 1 is usually reserved for issues like equitable access to broadband technology or building sustainability in policy or cybersecurity risk management. This year,… Read More→
DEA Asks Feds to Grow 978 Pounds of Marijuana for Research Next Year November 7, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing 0 Comments 443,680 grams. That's how much marijuana the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants federally-licensed researchers to grow for use in scientific studies in 2018. That amounts to a little more than 978 pounds of government-cultivated cannabis. While that may sound like… Read More→
Landmark Trade Secrets Case to Test Federal Intellectual Property Protections for the Cannabis Industry October 4, 2017 David Hodes Compliance and Regulations, Lab Testing, Science and Technology, Spotlight 0 Comments A potentially explosive landmark case about a pending federal court ruling on cannabis intellectual property is now in the works, with implications to the entire industry about the enforcement of trade secrets rights in the cannabis industry. The outcome of… Read More→
Two Ohio Universities Apply for Medical Marijuana Testing Program September 27, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing, Ohio 0 Comments COLUMBUS - Central State University and Hocking College both applied to test medical marijuana in Ohio – potentially resolving longstanding fears that no public institution would take the risk. Ohio put a one-year moratorium on private laboratories testing marijuana's properties before… Read More→
Potent Demand for Vapes in California September 25, 2017 Doug Brown Cultivation, Lab Testing, Processing 0 Comments Passion for vapes in California was already strong in March. And by July, just four months later, it had grown even more potent. The latest data from data analytics firm BDS Analytics reveals that market share for vapes within the… Read More→
Ohio Finally Has Its First School for Medical Marijuana Testing September 7, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing, Ohio 0 Comments COLUMBUS, Ohio - Hocking College is the first school to announce it wants to be a state testing laboratory for medical marijuana. The Southeast Ohio school will apply to test cannabis for safety and potency, which the law will require before sales. Other… Read More→
Too Stoned to Drive? How to Beat the Rap If Arrested – Part 2 of 2 August 16, 2017 Lee Prindle Compliance and Regulations, Lab Testing, Retail 0 Comments Changing sobriety standards, no caselaw to reference, and unreliable test methods make prosecuting cannabis DUIs a challenge. "Cases are more complicated to prosecute and take considerably longer than a classic drunk driving case," says attorney Todd Spodek. Courts across the country… Read More→
Ohio Hits Roadblock Testing Medical Marijuana as Universities Remain Leery August 8, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing, Ohio 0 Comments Ohio is moving ahead with rules for growing, processing and selling medical marijuana, but the job of testing the product for public consumption remains up in the air. The state law, which went into affect last September, requires an Ohio… Read More→
New Study Shows Cannabis Is a Better Treatment for Migraines Than Prescription Meds June 29, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing 0 Comments In another win for marijuana research, a study has found that the active compounds in cannabis are more effective at reducing the frequency of acute migraine pain than prescription migraine meds, and with fewer side effects. The study included a total of 127 participants… Read More→
DNA-Based Microbial Testing Needed Now for Exacting Compliance June 26, 2017 Milan Patel Compliance and Regulations, Lab Testing, Policy & Legal 0 Comments With the growth trajectory in the cannabis, and the need for more exacting compliance about what is inside or clinging to the plant, there is a need to move to DNA-based testing into the industry for methodologies to identify contamination… Read More→
Study Shows Cannabis May Roll Back Aging Process in the Brain May 30, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing 0 Comments Since the legalization movement began hitting full stride, new research discoveries about marijuana’s potential health benefits have been surfacing with regularity. Among the most recent, a study shows that the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), restores cognitive function in the… Read More→
Study Shows Marijuana and Chili Peppers Calm Your Stomach and May Treat Certain Conditions April 26, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing 0 Comments A common link between marijuana and chili peppers could have implications for how we treat diabetes and colitis, as well as other conditions in the digestive tract, according to a new study from the University of Connecticut. The study was published… Read More→