Most Colorado hashish flower merchandise are mislabeled with inflated THC ranges, in response to a examine revealed this month in Scientific Reviews.
The examine, performed by researchers on the College of Colorado Boulder, anonymously sampled lots of of various hashish merchandise from 52 state-licensed retailers and examined the samples for THC content material. Of the 178 flower samples, over half — 56.7% — had been discovered to have “considerably decrease” THC efficiency than their labels urged. The examine authors additionally discovered that whereas product labels for hashish concentrates “met the accuracy threshold for THC content material,” the 99 sampled merchandise had “decrease noticed THC content material in comparison with labeled values.”
The examine means that the observe of “lab purchasing” — the place hashish operators choose testing labs based mostly on which one yields essentially the most favorable outcomes, from a advertising and marketing perspective — remains to be prevalent in Colorado.
Greg Giordano, Senior Skilled Analysis Assistant and one of many examine’s authors, advised CPR Information that correct labeling is a key a part of having a regulated hashish market.
“It’s necessary that we now have correct hashish product labels so individuals who do this type of analysis — taking a look at dangers, potential dangers — that they know what’s within the product.” — Giordano, by way of CPR
Regulators with the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) stated they “stay up for a chance to debate the findings of the examine in a public discussion board with the licensee and different stakeholders within the close to future,” in response to the report.
