Tom Vega: Marijuana testing facilities

This letter is in response to the Jan. 3 article titled, “Deerfield to negotiate host community agreement with cannabis testing lab.” Deerfield should cease and desist any negotiations with marijuana testing facilities. There are zero testing standards anywhere for potency, pesticides, added ingredients, or labeling and testing labs literally make up their own. Massachusetts publishes next to zero in useful lab testing data and negative outcomes. I have personally tried, and so has the Massachusetts Addiction Prevention Alliance under the Freedom of Information Act, to force the Cannabis Control Commission to release marijuana lab testing data. I’ve co-authored bills for the House and Senate that would mandate the transparency and release of dispensary lab testing data.