Colorado Moving To Standardize Pot-Testing Labs
DENVER (AP) - Colorado is moving to establish another marijuana first - the world's first government standards for marijuana testing.
A bill approved 12-1 by its first committee in the state Legislature Thursday would create statewide laboratory standards for the state's 18 pot-testing labs.
Currently the labs are certified by state health authorities, but they don't have uniform rules for testing pot for potency and contaminants, as required by state law.
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Lab owners say they need the standards because different labs now produce very different results. Existing pot tests generally just look for whether the drug is present, not how strong it is.
The bill was amended to remove hemp-testing standards. A separate bill advanced Thursday would allow industrial hemp growers to use the labs, too.
LINK: House Bill 1283
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