CCC ED Travis Ahern speaks about his job description, agency transparency, lab testing, social consumption, and the road ahead for cannabis in Massachusetts
From price compression, market saturation, and closures, to straight prerolls galore and a “massive influx of live rosin”
Body passes recommendation for Cannabis Control Commission to “prioritize previous [Cannabis Advisory Board] recommendations”
Issues around Independent Testing Labs for Massachusetts cannabis were front and center at Cannabis Control Commission hearing
“Either regulators step in and solve this problem, as we have seen in multiple states, or honest labs go out of business.”
Testimonies expected to address topics spanning total yeast and mold counts to test-batch sizes and widespread industry fraud
Guest Opinion: Consumers and workers are being harmed by the failure of the CCC to use shelf testing and analysis of aggregated compliance test results to monitor the market.
From the Cannabis Control Commission to municipal battles and lab testing, these topics are bubbling in the bay State right now
“I won’t say which lab is manipulating data and which isn’t, but both can’t be right.”
“My experiences leading an organization to protect consumers … have led me to see Chair Shannon O’Brien as a needed reformer at the Cannabis Control Commission.”
