Dr. Schwartz hopes to use genetic variations and marker-assisted breeding to provide cannabis as a more precise medical treatment.
Quality is not just tested for in the final product, but built into each step of the manufacturing process.
Laboratory accreditation and method validation are crucial to providing accurate results. How can we better standardize the industry?
Canada’s cannabis policies could change drastically through local jurisdictional reform and Justin Trudeau’s political platform.
Applying pesticides off label is a federal offense and successful pest management should not require some of the pesticides used regularly in the industry and cited in recent Colorado recalls.
Dr. Mechoulam, credited with the isolation of THC, spoke volumes on the need for scientific studies to investigate the effects of cannabis on the brain and body.
The implementation of enforceable, nationally uniform standards will be the largest foreseeable change to the cannabis industry and most likely those standards will mirror the food industry’s.
Price fluctuations, pesticide recalls, new states coming online and expanding lists of qualifying conditions are a few major trends we expect will continue in 2016.
Butane can provide for a fast extraction, but little control while you can tune CO2 extractions to collect the same material.
CannaData is an informational software tool, gathering data on strain genetics and chemical composition, that will support medical research and industry R&D.
