Oregon: Only Two Labs Licensed to Test Recreational Cannabis After Oct. 1
Changes are coming to Oregon's recreational cannabis industry on October 1.
Starting next month, all recreational cannabis must be tested by a lab that is accredited with Oregon Environmental Lab Accreditation Program (ORELAP) and licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC).
Right now, there are only two such labs.
Green Leaf Lab was one of the first licensed labs in the state. Their entire business is cannabis testing.
“When we started, nobody in Oregon really knew what cannabis testing was,” said Rowshan Reordan, owner of Green Leaf Lab.
Reordan took KATU through her laboratory with chemist Emily Weatherford to show how they test.
“You homogenize your cannabis sample, you weigh out a given amount of it, you extract that using organic solvent, you are going to take that extraction and dilute it,” said Weatherford.
Then she tests the samples.
“I analyze cannabis to find its potency, check for pesticides,...
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