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kag

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Sat May 3, 2014, 12:12 PM May 2014

Marijuana testing labs barred from taking samples from individuals [View all]

Source: Boulder Daily Camera

The kitchen of Brian and Meghan Wilson's rental home in Denver's Washington Park neighborhood looked like a chemistry lab. Using beakers, glass dishes and a botanical extractor, the couple coaxed oil from dispensary-bought marijuana plants, desperate to control the epileptic seizures of their 3-year-old daughter, Vivian.

Before giving it to the little girl, who likes to draw on an easel and play with her toothbrush, the Wilsons took their homemade oil to a Denver marijuana testing lab to make sure the dosage was correct.

All of that stopped after state regulators began informing marijuana testing labs that as a condition of holding a state license to test, they may only accept samples from licensed recreational pot shops, infused-product manufacturers and medical marijuana dispensaries.

Read more: http://www.dailycamera.com/marijuana/ci_25688115/marijuana-testing-labs-barred-from-taking-samples-from



I don't understand. If they're trying to regulate every ounce of pot in the state, why not allow individuals to have their pot tested? It seems to me that that would HELP them regulate it.
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"Uruguay leader calls Colorado pot law 'a fiction'" I wonder why? n/t jtuck004 May 2014 #1
So you agree with him? Did you read what he said? pipoman May 2014 #9
I don't think he read the article that accompanies that headline. bitchkitty May 2014 #13
And arrested for this and prosecuted for that. ... pipoman May 2014 #14
Maybe he read it and wonders if the pres sees the irony. n/t jtuck004 May 2014 #16
I wonder if the Wilson's can get licensed as a manufacturer or dispensary? drm604 May 2014 #2
My guess is that the licensed dispensaries would not want people doing their own cannabis 1monster May 2014 #4
They're buying their MJ from a licensed dispensary which is profiting from those purchases. drm604 May 2014 #5
Your suggestion simply backs up my contention: that the dispensaries want to keep control 1monster May 2014 #6
I'm not posting to either back or dispute your contention or anyone elses. drm604 May 2014 #7
No, they're not in it for pure reasons. However, many have to buy their product from someone notadmblnd May 2014 #8
I think they are trying to discourage private growers. bluedigger May 2014 #3
There is one, but it's expensive jmowreader May 2014 #15
Bring on the corporate weed industry. RoccoR5955 May 2014 #10
Time for public service from the retailers. nt WhiteTara May 2014 #11
This is stupid. Individual can grow their own under state law, but they can't get it tested? Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #12
And this is why I don't want ANY government control of cannabis. DeSwiss May 2014 #17
I have a medical marijuana license randr May 2014 #18
These half measure (state-level only) are not good enough RainDog May 2014 #19
Home Marijuana Testing Kits RogerGreen Mar 2021 #20
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