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Commercial cannabis lab testing has come a long way as the trickle of states authorizing medical or recreational markets becomes a steady stream. And with new rules taking effect, insiders expect the testing sector to balloon alongside the core industry it supports.
The sector has found its footing, people who operate and utilize labs say, as an increasingly robust framework for testing is established in states across the country.
In the past year, Colorado labs have helped carry out Governor John Hickenlooper’s zero-tolerance policy for pesticides as medical growers prepare for mandatory product testing.
In Washington, where one lab notoriously gave off-the-charts THC readouts, new rules require that labs participate in proficiency testing, a step toward ensuring reliability.
Nevada’s stringent testing rules — requiring every 5 lbs. of flower to be tested and mandatory terpenes testing — are being watched with interest by neighbors.
And in California, the testing sector is expected to explode when legislation passed last year regulating the state’s medical cannabis industry takes full effect.
To read the full article in our July/August edition, click here.
Commercial cannabis lab testing has come a long way as the trickle of states authorizing medical or recreational markets becomes a steady stream. And with new rules taking effect, insiders expect the testing sector to balloon alongside the core industry it supports.
The sector has found its footing, people who operate and utilize labs say, as an increasingly robust framework for testing is established in states across the country.
In the past year, Colorado labs have helped carry out Governor John Hickenlooper’s zero-tolerance policy for pesticides as medical growers prepare for mandatory product testing.
In Washington, where one lab notoriously gave off-the-charts THC readouts, new rules require that labs participate in proficiency testing, a step toward ensuring reliability.
Nevada’s stringent testing rules — requiring every 5 lbs. of flower to be tested and mandatory terpenes testing — are being watched with interest by neighbors.
And in California, the testing sector is expected to explode when legislation passed last year regulating the state’s medical cannabis industry takes full effect.
To read the full article in our July/August edition, click here.
