Owners of a marijuana testing lab in Montana said they’ve shut down out of concern that state regulators are more focused on tax revenue and less on a compliance-software glitch that could lead to untested cannabis.
Ron and Kristine Brost of Stillwater Labs in Olney said large batches of cannabis aren’t being tested because of an issue with Metrc, the state’s cannabis compliance tracking software, according to the Daily Montanan.
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Kristan Barbour, division administrator of the state’s Cannabis Control Division, told the newspaper that the agency is focused on public health and that taxes are administrated by the Business and Income Taxes Division.
As for Metrc and lab-testing standards, Barbour acknowledged that the software could allow for larger batches to be approved without being properly tested.
Barbour said the division is hiring more staff to investigate issues with retail operators and working with Metrc to
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