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Did recalled Missouri cannabis products pose health risks? Regulators aren’t sure
By Rebecca Rivas Lab experts say the state’s mandated testing process for marijuana is not designed for the chemicals used to convert hemp CBD to THC. Marijuana dispensaries and warehouses across Missouri are holding on to more than 62,000 products in special vaults. ...
Missouri company at center of cannabis recall used hemp instead of marijuana in products
By Rebecca Rivas Other business owners say they had no idea they were paying marijuana prices for a ‘synthetic’ THC that had been converted from hemp. Richard Batenburg Jr. feels deceived and cheated. His cannabis brand, Colorado-based The Clear, has been partnering...
Potency and Safety Analysis of Hemp Delta-9 Products: the Hemp vs. Cannabis Demarcation Problem
By Lee Johnson, Marc Malone, Erik Paulson, Josh Swider, Dave Marelius, Susan Anderson, & Dominic Black Abstract Background Hemp-derived delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (∆9 THC) products are freely available for sale across much of the USA, but the federal legislation...
The Inflated THC Crisis Plaguing California Cannabis
By Erik Paulson, Josh Swider, Zachary Eisenberg Cannabis consumers in California are being defrauded, and it’s the Department of Cannabis Control’s fault. Lab shopping has become so widespread that labs openly advertise their higher potency values to gain customers...
Leafreport Study Finds Most CBD Sleep Products are Mislabeled
By Gleb Oleinik Out of 52 tested products, 60% contained the wrong amounts of CBD, CBN, or melatonin. One product contained no melatonin at all and two others had 3-5 times more than advertised. CBD sleep products are becoming increasingly popular and...
CBD Oracle Hemp Delta 9 Study
By Lee Johnson We commissioned InfiniteCAL to test 53 of the most popular hemp delta-9 products (mainly edibles) and found some are 360% higher in THC than average doses of Cannabis products, while more than half are inaccurately labeled, ordinarily delivering less...