Contaminated and potentially unsafe marijuana may be for sale in Michigan. And it’s no secret.
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) on Tuesday, Dec. 14, released for sale an unknown quantity of marijuana that failed testing for unacceptably high levels of mold, yeast or fungi, including possible pathogens, like aspergillus, according to an email that was obtained from the MRA through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The decision to release the marijuana was in response to a Dec. 3 ruling by Court of Claims Judge Christopher Murray that reversed portions of a massive Nov. 17 recall issued by the MRA.
The MRA placed any marijuana tested by Viridis Laboratories between Aug. 10 and Nov. 16 on hold, until it could be retested. The state’s licensing agency deemed test results issued by Viridis, which operates labs in Lansing and Bay City, “unreliable” or “inaccurate.” The recall, estimated by Viridis in court filings to be about 64,000 pounds of marijuana flower worth an estimated $240 million, didn’t include inhalable concentrates extracted from marijuana.
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