Hawaii medical marijuana dispensaries soon can sell gummies, brownies
Hawaii is poised to revamp its medical marijuana product offerings with the addition of popular edibles such as gummies and brownies.
Washington state to require pesticide testing for adult-use cannabis products
Washington state regulators will finally require pesticide testing of adult-use cannabis products, which nearly all other markets with legal marijuana programs already require.
Why California’s third-largest county remains a marijuana industry desert
The vast majority of Orange County cities still maintain bans on medical and recreational marijuana businesses, despite solid support countywide for adult-use legalization when it was on the ballot in 2016.
Arizona cracking down on two marijuana testing labs
Arizona regulators sent notices of intent to revoke the licenses of two marijuana testing laboratories for allegedly using procedures that could inflate product potency results.
Specifications that rely solely on limits of detection ultimately fail cannabis consumers
Cannabis testing and label failures are huge challenges for the industry, as attorney Ian A. Stewart pointed out in his recent analysis of the “perverse incentives” that marijuana regulations facilitate when products are tested and allowed to pass specifications based on limit of detection (LOD).
South Dakota recreational cannabis bill heads to state Senate vote
Another attempt to legalize recreational cannabis in South Dakota will go before the state Legislature next week.
Michigan court case a partial win for testing lab in cannabis recall fight
A Michigan testing lab scored a partial victory when a state judge affirmed that regulators were wrong to issue a broad cannabis product recall in November.
However, the judge also said state authorities acted within the scope of the law.
