Market Share for DOH Medical Sales​

DOH Medical Sales have skyrocketed in recent months. According to CCRS records, there were only 34 DOH Compliance samples statewide in the month of March. In July, that number ballooned to 1,561. That’s a 4,500% increase! 60% of all DOH Compliance tests submitted to CCRS in the month of July were from brands participating in the Certified With Confidence™ Program.

Cannabinoid List Extended!​

We are happy to announce the addition of CBNA, CBCA, and CBL to our service.* Through our commitment to constant innovation, the science team at Confidence Analytics has recently added these 3 new cannabinoids to our “potency” method and our cannabinoid list now includes 17 cannabinoids!!

What’s in a strain, and how do we know?​

Last Friday, May 20th, the scientific journal PLOSone published an article titled “The phytochemical diversity of commercial Cannabis in the United States” in which the authors describe their analysis of over 90,000 cannabis test results, asking the critical question: what’s in a strain? Confidence Analytics contributed to the research paper by providing anonymized data about cannabinoids and terpenes to the authors.

A new draft Policy Statement was recently released by the WSLCB.​

Here’s the highlights:

• On April 2nd pesticide testing requirements go into effect for Washington state cannabis (i502).
• Retailers have a “sell-down” period until December 31st to clear their shelves of any product not tested under the new rules.
• Producers and processors have a “phase-in” period until September 30th to clear their inventory of any product not tested under the new rules.
• Producer/processors who want to avoid the pesticide test have until April 2nd to get their products tested, and until July 1st to sell those products.

We sat down with Jhavid Mohseni of Aperon Corporation to talk about cannabis grading and the TOP 5 things producers and processors should keep in mind regarding the quality and care of wholesale material and the upcoming changes regarding mandated pesticide testing.

* Pie Chart: Most Common Pesticide Testing Failures as reported by Confidence AnalyticsTM​

AND THE VOTES ARE IN​

Spring brings pivotal change to the Washington State 502 Industry. It has been years in the making... lots of talk, discussion and chatter among the industry and the government. And here we are: Pesticides! Pesticide Testing, more specifically.

Allison Cohn at Tamerlane Trading Company writes about Confidence Analytics, and the gold standard of cannabis testing.

Read the full article here: https://tamerlane.com/news/confidence-analytics-goes-above-and-beyond-for-cannabis-analysis-and-consumer-safety

CCRS Reporting – It’s ALIVE! Frankenstein afraid of CCRS reporting.

With more milestones are on the horizon.

And much like Frankenstein’s monster it seems assembled from random body parts and regulatory hijinks, animated by the LCB. CCRS reporting has officially entered our lives eight feet tall and enormously strong but with the mind of a newborn.

The Cannabis Central Reporting System (CCRS) – it’s a GO for December.​

This blog post is part of a series. See our other recent updates on CCRS traceability:

• CCRS – Approaching the new guidelines
• CCRS – More info released by wslcb

Yesterday the WSLCB responded to an inquiry from the Cannabis Observer’s Gregory Foster. The Cannabis Observer reported: “November 17th was the ‘go/no-go decision point’ for the internal WSLCB CCRS Traceability Steering Committee to decide whether to proceed… said [CFO Jim] Morgan, and ‘at this point, all signs are pointing to that being a go’.”