Certified Medical Marijuana Testing Laboratories Released
November 2020, Arizona’s senate bill 1494 went into effect and required testing labs in Arizona. This week AZDHS updated it lists of available labs for patients and dispensaries.
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A Few AZ MMJ Laws in the works & Going Into Effect In 2020
Here are some of the changes for 2020: A licensed laboratory will need to test products from growers and distributors by Nov. 1, 2020. SB 1494 reads, in part, that dispensaries must test “marijuana and marijuana products for medical use to determine unsafe levels of microbial contamination, heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, growth regulators and …
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Concentrate Allotments Walk of Shame
Repost from June 29th, 2019 BY ALLISON STEIN Oh, the walk of shame! You know, when you leave the dispensary without everything you’d planned to purchase or worse – you couldn’t get any medicine at all? You’ve maxed out your 2.5 oz. allotment within a two-week cycle. Maybe it hasn’t happened to you, but it’s …
MMJ Testing Council Holds First Meeting
BY ACM STAFF When SB1494 passed, it not only made medical marijuana cards last two years, but also established a DHS council to write rules for mandatory testing for all medicinal cannabis begin Nov 1. 2020. This week DHS held its first meeting to write those rules. Approximately 40 people attend the meeting held at …
Testing Advisory Council Wants You!
“Senate Bill 1494 requires the Department to establish an advisory council to provide recommendations to the Department regarding medical marijuana testing. The Department is required to submit a report of the advisory council’s findings and recommendations by December 31, 2019.” When SB1494 passed, it passed not only a 2-year mmj cards but passed mandatory testing …
Doubling Up: Certification Clinics React to Two-Year Card Extension
BY MIKEL WEISSER Even though it was kept under the radar until after Governor Ducey signed it, the two-year card provision of SB1494 seems like it had to be good news for all involved. Patients get their annual cards extended to two years, literally cutting their card costs in half. DHS saves on their administrative …
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Passing the Test, part 6: Patient Zero–How Jim Morrison’s Errl Cup Sparked the Testing Movement
BY MIKEL WEISSER No, before you ask, Jim Morrison is not dead. And, “Errl” isn’t misspelled either, thank you very much. What Morrison’s brainchild, The Errl Cup, is however, is Arizona’s most popular, more important medical marijuana event series. This July 13th in Northern Phoenix the festivities will kick off on Morrison’s eighth Errl Cup …
Passing the Test, Part 1: Long Road to Safety
BY MIKEL WEISSER After years of struggle Arizona will finally have cannabis testing. Now what? June 7, 2019, at approximately 2pm, supposedly Governor Doug Ducey made a quick call to Sen David Gowan (R-LD14). He thanked Gowan for his efforts at the Capitol and signed Gowan’s bill, SB1494, concluding a seven-year ordeal over testing in …
Passing the Test, Part 2: Basic Primer on Testing and Its Many Incomprehensible Terms
BY MIKEL WEISSER 61 Tons, one gram at a time When you or I “sample” or “test” cannabis, it usually involves twisting one up and burning it down. That process is called “organoleptic testing,” meaning tested based on tasting. (And that’s just one testing-related word you didn’t know you didn’t know.) Aside from the weed, …
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Passing the Test, part 3: The Pioneers
BY MIKEL WEISSER There’s an old phrase popular in AZ’s rough and tumble cannabis industry: “Pioneers get slaughtered, Settlers Thrive.” It’s a way of saying those who break new ground, usually get chewed up in the process and the second wave of entrepreneurs succeed from the earlier group’s mistakes. Luckily for Desert Valley Testing and …