presentation To Commissioner Kim Roy and Chair Shannon O’Brien by Jeff Rawson Feb 21, 2023 at noon
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From the Public Meeting of the Cannabis Control Commission of MA, August 14th, 2025. Segment of the Executive Director’s report concerning the new Public Health and Safety Advisories Portal of the CCC’s website. Transcribed by Jeff Rawson, Institute of Cannabis Science. Executive Director Travis Ahern: “But first, today we’ll start with an update that was
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Ph.D. on THC: Dank Weed And Good Deeds Rawson of the Institute of Cannabis Science reviews and tests Valorem carts and flower As a lover of Consumer Reports and cannabis, I get enthusiastic about trying products and analyzing them. For my first Talking Joints Memo review, I selected Valorem, a division of Northeast Alternatives that promotes a
“Placing CCC In Receivership Carries Risks, But Action Is Imperative” Letter from Institute of Cannabis Science to lawmakers notes: “Our findings … show that fraudulent and harmful products reach consumers in Massachusetts.” At a hearing of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy held on Beacon Hill on Tuesday, Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro testified in support of putting
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Immediate Measures To Improve Cannabis Testing In Massachusetts Open letter to the CCC from Institute of Cannabis Science calls for increased accountability in lab testing in order to protect consumers The following was written by Dr. Jeff Rawson of the Institute of Cannabis Science and sent to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on Dec. 30. It was
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Mass Has A Cannabis Testing Problem That A State Lab Won’t Fix Guest Opinion: Consumers and workers are being harmed by the failure of the CCC to use shelf testing and analysis of aggregated compliance test results to monitor the market. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission’s management of cannabis testing has been criticized by many
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Jeff’s Testimony before the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy
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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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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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