Josh Swider runs the licensed licensed pot lab InfiniteCal. He’s been testing street-market THC cartridges for several years. InfiniteCal has consistently found high levels of metals and pesticides in them. Last autumn, InfiniteCal tested 30 THC carts obtained from...

Test results are in... nearly 80% of illicit vape cartridges deemed unfit for consumption. From cyanide to lead, a global vaping crisis requires more than one contaminant. Unfortunately, due to a lack of regulatory agencies willing to process cannabis, and a lack of...

Consumer safety and product integrity are tied directly to lab testing in the cannabis industry: here is what to look for in a third party testing lab. In California and similar legal cannabis states around the country, the legal cannabis industry is struggling to...

Joshua Michael Swider began his career in chemistry at Eastern Washington University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and degrees in physics and biology in 2012. His quest for a deeper understanding of the science led him to pursue a graduate...

Cannabidiol (CBD) products abound in every direction. Beer stores, cigarette outlets, Whole Foods, Amazon, convenience stores, now Dollar General. Farmers’ markets have them, chiropractors’ offices have them, even a Western Pennsylvania gun store was rumored to...

You may soon be able to purchase CBD products at select Dollar General stores, but some experts say that doesn’t necessarily mean you should. The discount store chain announced earlier this month that it will introduce 20 CBD products at 1,100 locations in Tennessee...