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Marijuana testing labs: Will Maine have enough?

Maine is finalizing its testing rules for recreational marijuana, spelling out what a lab must do to get a state license and what safety and potency checks must be done on any marijuana products before they can be sold when…

Marijuana testing facility fined $100K in settlement with Michigan state regulators

A marijuana safety compliance facility was fined $100,000 as part of a settlement agreement with state regulators. Iron Laboratories, LLC, a Walled Lake marijuana testing facility, was ordered to cease operations in August after Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency found the…

Global Cannabis Testing Service Market to Surpass US$ 441.0 Million by 2026 – Coherent Market Insights

PRESS RELEASE SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to Coherent Market Insights, the global cannabis testing service market was valued at US$ 230.3 million in 2018, and is projected to exhibit a CAGR of 8.5% during the forecast period (2018 – 2026). Key Trends…

First of Its Kind Partnership in the Cannabis Industry to Bridge State Rulemaking and the Creation of Cannabis Standards

September 12, 2018
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Lab Testing, On the Move, Press Releases
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Partnership between ATACH and A2LA will Pave the Way for New Quality Standards, Increase Consistency Between Labs, Bring Uniformity in State Testing Regulations, and Ensure Safe Consumer Products Washington, D.C. – A2LA and the American Trade Association for Cannabis and…

California Marijuana Products Are Failing Tests At An Alarming Rate

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…

Medical Marijuana’s ‘Catch-22’: Limits On Research Hinder Patient Relief

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…

Arizona Legislatures Want To Test Medical Marijuana Quality And Reduce Prices

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…

D.C. Policy Summit – Researchers Working on First-Ever Federally-Approved Medical Marijuana Study Fighting to Overcome Significant DEA, NIDA Obstacles

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,…

DEA Asks Feds to Grow 978 Pounds of Marijuana for Research Next Year

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…

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
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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…

Two Ohio Universities Apply for Medical Marijuana Testing Program

September 27, 2017
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Lab Testing, Ohio
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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…

Potent Demand for Vapes in California

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…

Ohio Finally Has Its First School for Medical Marijuana Testing

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…

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
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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…

Ohio Hits Roadblock Testing Medical Marijuana as Universities Remain Leery

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…