In this episode we get the chance to talk with our first representative from the Safety Focus Area. Ini Afia is the Scientific Director at CannaSafe Labs, one of the largest cannabis testing labs in California. If you aren’t familiar with what exactly goes on at a cannabis testing lab, you are likely in the majority. The cannabis testing labs …
How Analytical Testing Can Help Optimize Cannabis as a Medicine
Many parts of the world have used cannabis as a medicine for thousands of years, but we have only truly begun to understand the mechanisms by which cannabis provides relief in the last century. Much of the evidence currently available is anecdotal or preclinical, which is insufficient for demonstrating true efficacy in humans. Furthermore, while we now have a decent …
The State of Cannabis Testing – Incongruence and Unknowns
As cannabis gains wider acceptance in the mainstream there is an ever growing need to ensure that consumers are receiving quality product with known potency that is free of contaminants. At present there are 33 states in the US that have legalized cannabis for medicinal use and 11 for recreational use. In this nascent industry, many aspects of how to …