Oct 5, 2026
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Lab Notes #1: we pooled open state lab data into 544 strain profiles. Caryophyllene leads more strains than myrcene, and the top terpene is usually a small amount.
Sep 16, 2026
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Pennsylvania sends the lab to the farm to cut the sample itself, then prints ten cannabinoids and every terpene. It just will not show you the report.
Sep 15, 2026
7 min read
Uruguay lab-screens every lot of pharmacy cannabis and sells it by fingerprint. Its 585 clubs and 10,000 home growers are never lab-tested. Who checks what.
Sep 13, 2026
6 min read
New Jersey's per-batch testing rules only took effect in December 2025, and its labs test to Maryland's standards. Who checks what, and what you can demand.
Sep 12, 2026
Eight pilot trials sell lab-tested, Swiss-grown cannabis to 10,000 registered users. Everyone else buys untested. Who checks what, and how to tell.
Sep 11, 2026
5 min read
Who tests Ohio cannabis, what the label must show, and why gas-station THC has been banned since March 2026. The Ohio safety chain, explained.
Sep 10, 2026
Amsterdam's coffeeshop weed is not lab-tested. In ten other Dutch cities it is. Here is who checks what, and how to tell the two apart.
Sep 3, 2026
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Australia has no legal recreational market, but one of the world's fastest-growing medical ones. Even its "unapproved" products must pass a national quality standard before a pharmacy can hand them over.
Sep 2, 2026
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Texas bans recreational weed and runs a tiny medical program, but its real story is the hemp-THC market it spent 2025 and 2026 fighting over. Here's what is legal now, and who tests it.
Sep 1, 2026
Florida is one of the biggest cannabis markets in the US, and it is still medical-only. Every product is cleared by an independent, state-certified lab before a registered patient can buy it.
Aug 31, 2026
Canada legalized cannabis nationwide in 2018. Every legal package is lab-tested, plain-wrapped, and sealed with a government excise stamp you can check yourself.
Aug 30, 2026
France is one of Europe's toughest countries on cannabis. Its medical program is still stuck in a pilot, and the CBD you can buy is capped at 0.3% THC with no health claims.
Aug 29, 2026
Britain legalized medical cannabis in 2018, but only specialists can prescribe it, so it stays rare. The everyday market is trace-THC CBD, vetted as a food, not a drug.
Aug 28, 2026
Thailand went from the world's most open cannabis market to prescription-only in three years. Today a legal purchase needs a doctor's form, and the flower needs a lab report.
Aug 27, 2026
Germany legalized possession and non-profit cannabis clubs, but there are still no recreational shops. Its real safety backbone is the pharmacy, where every batch is tested to a pharmacopoeia standard.
Aug 26, 2026
Turkey has no dispensaries. Legal cannabis is a low-THC pharmacy product, approved by the medicines agency and tracked unit by unit with a QR code.
Aug 25, 2026
Japan just made using cannabis a crime, and legalized cannabis medicine in the same reform. The CBD on shelves has to be near-zero THC, proven in a lab before it clears customs.
Aug 24, 2026
Brazil has no dispensaries. The cannabis you can legally buy is a pharmacy medicine, backed by an ANVISA authorization number and a lab report on every batch.
Aug 23, 2026
No distributor, no THC triangle, and the state runs its own tracking system. Here's who certifies what's in your Washington cannabis, from producer to checkout.
Aug 22, 2026
The grower self-samples to a single lab, the package carries two warning marks, and edibles cap at 5 mg a serving. Here's who certifies your Massachusetts cannabis.
Aug 21, 2026
Two different agencies split the job, and, unusually, there's no cannabis symbol on the label at all. Here's who certifies your Illinois cannabis.
Aug 20, 2026
No distributor, and the lab drives to the grow to pull the sample itself. Here's who certifies what's in your Michigan cannabis, from grow to checkout.
Aug 19, 2026
No distributor, and the grower even pulls its own sample. Here's who actually certifies what's in your Colorado cannabis, from grow to checkout.
Aug 18, 2026
An independent firm pulls the sample on video, and, unlike California, the COA QR is required right on the label. Here's who certifies your New York cannabis.
Aug 17, 2026
The farm doesn't issue it. The dispensary doesn't either. Here's who actually certifies what's in your cannabis, from harvest to checkout.
