Cannabis product testing

Cannabis product testing is product testing of the properties of cannabis destined for consumer use. Production of "high-grade marijuana" has become "more or less standardized" to include professional analytical laboratory testing for cannabinoid content, moisture, and toxins to include unsafe growth accelerants, heavy metals, pesticides, and adulterants.[1] As of 2017 some U.S. states impose testing of such cannabis.[2] Calls have been made to unify cannabis industry standards with existing testing organizations such as ASTM International (ASTM D37),[3] or International Standards Organization (ISO/IEC 17025).[4] Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 can be provided by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation.[5] Advocates of testing have cited contamination with mold, bacteria, pesticides, solvents or illicit adulterants such as fentanyl.[6][7][8] Lead, aluminum, and glass adulterants have also been reported, as a method of raising product weight.[9] According to The Denver Post, the first government standards for testing were proposed in Colorado's legislature in 2015.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Small 2016.
  2. ↑ Lisa Rough (May 10, 2017), Leafly's State-by-State Guide to Cannabis Testing Regulations, Leafly, retrieved 2017-06-26
  3. ↑ "Standards development", Patient Focused Certification (website), Americans for Safe Access, retrieved 2017-04-27
  4. ↑ "Washington Could Have the Safest Pot in the World If It Just Made This Simple Change", The Stranger, May 31, 2017
  5. ↑ "Cannabis Testing". American Association for Laboratory Accreditation. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  6. ↑ Matt Ferner (December 4, 2013), "Marijuana Can Be Covered In Mold, E.Coli, Insect Parts And Pollutants", Huffington Post
  7. ↑ Joel Grover and Matthew Glasser (February 22, 2017), Pesticides and Pot: What's California Smoking? An NBC4 I-Team investigation found evidence suggesting that pesticides could be present in a lot of marijuana legally sold in California, Los Angeles: KNBC-TV News
  8. ↑ Ben Parker Karris (June 22, 2016), "Unknown Unknowns: Why Cannabis Needs Standardized Lab Testing Now – From fentanyl-laced weed to pesticide-polluted flower, the importance of accuracy in lab test results cannot be overstated", Kindland, Kind
  9. ↑ Claire Cole, Lisa Jones, Jim McVeigh, Andrew Kicman, Qutub Syed & Mark A. Bellis (June 28, 2010), "Findings from studies reporting forensic analysis and case studies", CUT: A guide to adulterants, bulking agents and other contaminants found in illicit drugs (PDF), Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University (UK), pp. 36–37
  10. ↑ Kristen Wyatt (March 26, 2015), "Colorado bill seeks to standardize marijuana lab testing", The Cannabist, The Denver Post

Book sources

  • Small, Ernest (2016), "Monitoring and controlling the production of standardized herbal marijuana", Cannabis: A Complete Guide, CRC Press, ISBN 978-1-315-35059-2
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