Author: Luke Khoury, Senior Scientist As the California cannabis industry approaches the end of its’ second legal year, it becomes appropriate to examine the environmental impacts of this [...]

Author: Luke Khoury, Senior Scientist In both antiquity and the modern world, novel technologies solve society’s greatest obstacles to progress. Blockchain technology is one such tool. Synonymous [...]

THE PHARMACOGENOMICS OF CANNABIS + YOU Author: Luke Khoury, Senior Scientist Editor: Angelica Shubbie, Quality Systems Coordinator The emergence of novel cannabinoid therapies into the healthcare [...]

Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Terpenoids: Non-Cannabinoid Natural Products of Cannabis Author: Luke Khoury, Senior Scientist Editor: Angelica Shubbie, Quality Systems Coordinator Throughout the history [...]

Author: Luke Khoury, Senior Scientist Editor: Angelica Shubbie, Quality Systems Coordinator Chlordane, developed in 1948, is a highly chlorinated chemical species with molecular formula C10H6Cl8; [...]

Author: Luke Khoury, Senior Scientist We know you’ve heard the word appellation, most likely in regard to wine. At last year’s Emerald Cup, the Mendocino Appellations Project shared their [...]

On January 16, 2019, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) officially approved state regulations for cannabis businesses across the supply chain. The BCC noted that the new cannabis [...]

The Bureau of Cannabis Control has recently published a new fact sheet providing information about licensed laboratory reporting and testing requirements. This document has been uploaded to the [...]

There had been quite a bit of conversation online about how cartridges might impact the testing results for heavy metals. This Q&A with Sonoma Lab Works’ Lab Director, David Chen, addresses [...]

As we all know, phase III adds heavy metals to the state’s required testing list.  Many labs had to add and calibrate additional equipment. Not all equipment is the same, nor does it include the [...]