Public Health researches marijuana in California

Members of the Live Life Alive nonprofit group wave to motorists at the Micronesia Mall intersection in Dededo in October 2014. The group held the wave to gather support to pass the medical marijuana measure on the November General Election ballot. Pacific Daily News file photo(Photo: PDN file photo)

This week, members of the Department of Public Health's Environmental Health Enforcement Team made their way to California to clear the smoke on cannabis testing.

DPHSS director James Gillan said the team is expected to return to Guam next week with a clearer understanding of marijuana strengths and dosages.

"We want to ensure that what people are buying is what's being advertised," Gillan said. "We'll have to know how to determine effective dosages and strengths, whether it's in edibles, tinctures, oils and so on."

In addition to dosage and quality, Gillan said lab technicians also will be required to be knowledgeable...

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