Californians’ three-year dalliance with medical marijuana laboratories hit a new milestone this month, as the public has begun calling for a better testing system, and a new organization has been formed to create one.
Marijuana testing labs like Steep Hill Laboratory in Oakland have long argued that if pot is medicine, it should be tested like medicine. Now, mainstream scientists are, in turn, calling out pot labs, arguing that if pot labs are real labs, they should be audited like real labs. Instead, a gold rush mentality in the sector is attracting potentially dangerous amateurs, driving down quality control, and undermining medical marijuana.
