Michigan regulators and the state’s largest marijuana safety testing lab are at odds.
When customers purchase marijuana off shelves, the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) has questioned whether the THC potency results on the label are accurate, at least when Viridis Laboratories has provided the results.
The battle began with a monumental recall issued by the CRA in November 2021 on an estimated $229 million worth of marijuana. The CRA claimed safety test results issued by Viridis Laboratories — the lab that tested all that marijuana — were unreliable.
A year later, numerous unresolved issues persist as part ongoing litigation involving at least a dozen complaints filed with the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules, which operates as the court for matters involving government agencies. Among them is the marijuana potency controversy.
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