[FWD: Re: AAMC: Establishing a test or an assay for MMJ quality control]

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Subject: Re: AAMC: Establishing a test or an assay for MMJ quality
control
From: Leyona <Leyona@hawaii.rr.com>
Date: Thu, July 16, 2009 6:26 pm
To: Art Livermore <art@explorastore.com>
Cc: aamcnewtalk@drugsense.org

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On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Art Livermore <art@explorastore.com> wrote:

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> AAMC is very interested in this topic. Does anyone have suggestions about
> common contaminants that should be tested for in a certification program?
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> Arthur Livermore
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> National Director
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> American Alliance for Medical Cannabis
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> 44500 Tide Avenue
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> Arch Cape, OR 97102 USA
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> Phone: 503-436-1882
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> Email: national.director@letfreedomgrow.com
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> From: Casey
> Date: Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:32 PM
> Subject: Establishing a test or an assay for MMJ
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm in the process of developing a test or an assay to control the quality
> of medicinal cannabis in order to promote uniformity and informed use
> through a certification program, and I saw a quote from your husband's
> email
> to ProCon.org in 2002. It's listed here
> <http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/viewanswers.asp?questionID=000335> ,
> and
> in it he says,
>
>
> "Many of the major university labs are equipped to characterize and assay
> [chemically analyze] agricultural samples. With certified assays and
> testing, medical cannabis could be properly packaged and labeled for
> patient
> use.
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> Cannabis prohibition prevents medical growers from access to laboratories
> that could conduct proper assays. There is, at present, no Good
> Manufacturing Practices, nor FDA oversight.
>
> Well capitalized pharmaceutical ventures such as GW Pharmaceuticals in
> England who possess a government license to grow medical cannabis can and
> do
> conduct comprehensive tests to insure consistent quality and purity of
> their
> medical product...
>
> I was hoping you might know what the most important items to test for in
> order to ensure healthy usage. So far the plan is to include THC, CBN,
> arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury. Please let me know if you
> can
> think of any other common contaminants that would be present in cannabis.
> Also as part of our program we are hoping to have medical professionals
> advise us on what exactly makes medicinal cannabis high quality and safe.
>
> Thanks for you time
>
> Casey
>
>
>
> P.S. If there is someway to get the rest of that email I would appreciate
> it, as he supports a testing/certification program according to the quote
> from the email.
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