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 shared with Talking Joints Memo as a guest op-ed.

Re: Open letter to the Cannabis Control Commission of Massachusetts (CCC)

To the Commissioners and Staff of the CCC;

I’m writing on behalf of the Institute of Cannabis Science to propose four immediate measures to improve cannabis testing and protect consumers in Massachusetts. As the CCC continues to address the problems we have seen with testing, these four priorities are selected to provide maximum immediate benefit to public health while addressing several challenges of industry stakeholders. We have recently heard much about perverse incentives that work against ethical Independent Testing Labs (ITLs), and without urgent changes, more honest labs will close. 

We’ve noted the recent improvements in productivity, communication, staffing, and transparency with respect to investigations and lab testing. We take Commissioner Roy at her word that the CCC will continue to release more aggregated data from compliance testing of cannabis. Although things are improving, we haven’t yet achieved a high level of accountability for the accuracy of cannabis testing. Additional urgent measures we propose are: 

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