Cannabis Lab Test Results Controversy Discussed in Latest Ganjapreneur.com Podcast
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) July 07, 2015 -- The latest episode in a series of ongoing podcast interviews offered by Ganjapreneur, a cannabis business website and online resource, explores the cannabis testing world with Dr. Michelle Sexton, founder of Phytalab.
Dr. Sexton is a naturopathic doctor, an editor and advisor on the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia Cannabis Monograph, and was a consultant in the development of Washington's recreational cannabis market.
With legalization continuing to spread, regulators are beginning to take a serious look at cannabis science and the ways it can benefit the distribution of safe, quality products. One of the more common regulatory demands — that all products be tested for potency, contaminants and other criteria by a state-certified laboratory — is a uniquely difficult scientific process in today's world. In fact, many dispensary owners and other cannabis retailers have complained that when submitting samples from the same plant to different testing facilities, they frequently receive varying results.
During the interview, Dr. Sexton establishes that "there's a difference between certification and proficiency. That's the bottom line." Essentially, the people setting the regulations for cannabis testing aren't actually scientists, and there is a disconnect between the way things have wound up and the way things should have been done.
She explains that testing inconsistencies are most likely due to the lack of a scientific base against which the tests should be compared. This, she explains, is a result of the federal prohibition of marijuana: "The Schedule 1 status of cannabis has prevented the normal channels who get involved in this type of proficiency work and standardization from doing so. Everybody’s using different methodologies. None of them have been validated by one of the large bodies who does this work professionally," she explains.
The full podcast is available on iTunesand via the Ganjapreneur website.
About Ganjapreneur:
Ganjapreneur launched in July 2014 and has since established a significant presence in the cannabis business world. The website regularly publishes interviews and commentary from leading minds in the industry, and has also launched a B2B business directory, a live feed of job listings from marijuana job boards, a domain name marketplace for start-ups and venture capital firms, and a mobile app for Apple and Android devices which aggregates daily cannabis industry news, business profiles, and other information.
Graham Abbott, Ganjapreneur, 360 525 3563, [email protected]
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