A Jackson-based cannabis testing lab announced last week that potentially deadly toxins have been detected in over-the-counter cannabis products widely available throughout Mississippi.
Employees and scientists at Steep Hill Mississippi, a cannabis testing lab, said cannabis products contained 30 to 40 times more tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component in marijuana, than federal law allows.
Specifically, they tested products containing Delta 9 THC, most common type of THC in cannabis plants, according to the health and wellness publication Healthline.
They also found some products contained pesticides such as bifenazate, myclobutanil, metalaxyl, malathion, chlorantraniliprole, diazinon, spinosad and permethrins, according to Cliff Osbon, president and co-founder of Steep Hill Mississippi,
Osbon said those products would have failed the Mississippi Department of Health's standards of medical marijuana by containing pesticides.
Lee Yancey was a co-author of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, which was signed into law last year.
In response to Steep Hill Mississippi's findings, Yancey said he plans to file a new bill next month that effects those hemp-based products that were tested, though he was sparse on specifics of the bill. (Clarion Ledger 12/12/23) Illegal amounts of THC found in legal cannabis products across MS (hattiesburgamerican.com)
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