Tasting/Testing Journal, Ep. 8 Ocean Breeze Cannabis “Chef’s Kiss” Flower We like the “seaweed” pun on the box, and our testing urge couldn’t resist two products from the same batch of flower… Today we discuss the “Chef’s Kiss” flower from Ocean Breeze. We’ve enjoyed unprocessed eighths of their flower previously, but this was our
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After a wretched smoking experience, these Snow Rocks gave dull effects. The store was “DJ’s Smoke Shop” in St. Petersburg, Florida, a state with medical but not adult-use cannabis. In such states, countless stores sell products with “hemp-derived cannabinoids.” These intoxicating chemicals are synthesized from CBD that (supposedly) came from hemp that complied with the
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Tasting/Testing Journal, Ep. 2 “Espresso DO Drops” My favorite weed store in Cambridge is Yamba Market, and I was there shopping for a challenge for Jill Carreiro. I needed edibles for my training on the Lightlab 3, and had heard that chocolates are hard to analyze for cannabinoids. I figured these ones with flecks of
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Jeff’s Testimony before the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy
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ICS’s Jeff Rawson Presented New Research At NECANN We brought our best energy to NECANN Boston this weekend, and it was an incredible experience connecting with so many passionate advocates, researchers, and industry leaders! A special shout-out to Jeremy Ortiz CLCS CICS Ganjier Product Specialist for the kind invitation to a beautiful gathering at the
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The CCC fears a lawsuit from extending Delivery Exclusivity The Cannabis Control Commission of Massachusetts (CCC) met for a regularly-scheduled Public Meeting on Thursday, March 13th, which we attended on behalf of the Institute of Cannabis Science. Over more than six hours, the discussion that most caught our attention concerned the vote to extend the Social
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First Person Perspective: Cara Crabb-Burnham, Compliance I’m left with one question: was it worth all this?  I worked in cannabis for 15 years. I started as a student activist – and anyone who claims, “activism isn’t work,†never tried it. I focused each of my class projects (B.A., Marketing) on the drug war, fighting
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Industry Perspective: 54 Green Acres Farm Crafting Safety: An Organic Cannabis Farm’s Quest for Cannabis Contaminant Control An Organic Farm’s Quest to Preserve Craft-Quality Cannabis, Prevent Aspergillus, and Prepare to Neutralize Other Pathogens. By Vincent Deschamps and Jamie Toth Executive Summary/Synopsis: 54 Green Acres is an organic farm Southern Oregon that is certified by Sun
Pesticides Found in Cannabis During Recent Shelf Tests By Jamie Toth and Dr. Jeff Rawson Acequinocyl Courtesy of ChemSpider CAS #: 57960-19-7 SDS: link EPA Pesticide Fact Sheet: link Wikipedia: Not available Pesticides Properties Database: link Toxin and Toxin Target Database: Not Available PubChem: link Acequinocyl is a miticide used to control spider mites and is the active ingredient in Kanemite. The
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Pesticides in Cannabis – an Explainer By Jamie Toth and Jeff Rawson, PhD Defining Pesticides Let’s start by defining what a pesticide is, so we are all on the same page. A pesticide is a treatment for crops that prevents disease and protects against competition. These include fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, and insecticides. Some pesticides may
