(This is the second of a two-part series about potency in the cannabis industry. Part 1 looked at how the industry can shift its focus away from potency.)
Cannabis testing laboratories are partly to blame for the marijuana industry’s focus on delivering high-THC products to consumers, according to industry officials.
That’s because state regulators across the nation lack mechanisms to check the accuracy of private laboratory testing results.
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Without state-run labs to keep tabs on their private counterparts, industry officials said, cannabis growers and product manufacturers are likely to keep shopping around for private labs that deliver results showing high THC potency.
“On the lab side, inflated potency results that are not accurate are happening everywhere,” said Jill Ellsworth, founder and CEO of Denver-based
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