Pesticides 101: Questions and Answers for Cannabis Patients and Consumers
Reports out of Washington state last week confirmed what many suspected but few had publicly acknowledged: Colorado’s cannabis pesticide problem isn’t just Colorado’s problem. It exists in every state.
In the past few months, consumers in Colorado have been perplexed by a seemingly nonstop series of health and safety recalls, prompted by the discovery of pesticide residue in cannabis products ranging from flower to concentrates to edibles. In Washington state, consumers remained untroubled by the Colorado news, as their state-regulated industry seemed immune to pesticide recalls. What the industry knew — and most consumers didn’t — was that the lack of recalls didn’t equate to a clean bill of health. It mostly just meant the state wasn’t testing cannabis products for pesticides.
Now the truth is becoming more widely known. Far too many pesticide-tainted products are reaching the shelves in nearly all medical and recreational states.
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