Saturday, January 6, 2024

Still Retesting

The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following statement. 

Mass re-testing of certain medical cannabis products placed on an administrative hold began Wednesday, January 3. The Mississippi State Department of Health and the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program anticipate cleared products will be back on dispensary shelves soon. The re-testing process for all products under the administrative hold is expected to take two to three weeks.   Cleared batches of products will be released each Friday until all products are re-tested. The priority for re-testing starts with flower/bud, which serves as the base for many products, followed by concentrates and then infused products.   

 


  “Patient safety is our top priority,” said Laura Goodson, Director of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program. “We are tasked with making sure all test results meet the regulatory standards and that approved products are available to those in the medical cannabis program.”

  An administrative hold was placed on a large number of products on December 21, 2023, after the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program (MMCP) found discrepancies during an audit of Certificates of Analysis (COA) surrounding original test results for pesticides and mycotoxins completed by Rapid Analytics. An investigation into the discrepancies is ongoing. The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program is covering the cost for all re-testing of products.

  Patients are encouraged to contact dispensaries to see what products are available.

25 comments:

Cheech & Chong said...

Dude, the 'testers' must be very stoned by now, and experiencing extreme "munchies."

Anonymous said...

I'm a certified 'patient'. All the cute bullshit posts aside, it's obvious that the State Department of Health has not a single clue what the fug they're doing. It's not their fault. It's program design.

If you're looking for comfort, find it in the fact that this state's Cowboy-Hat Ag-Commissioner is far removed from the process and is counting strawberry plants in Iuka.

Anonymous said...

“Patients” now that’s funny

Anonymous said...

@2:03 as a 'certified patient' you appear to have been dosing yourself quite adequately since you seem to know so much about the program.

My bet is that the SDOH knows many more clues than the single one that you don't know about what the "fug" (whatever that is) that is being done.

Frankly, I have a lot more faith in the SDOH's ability to control this foolish 'medical' program than one of its 'certified patients' (patient - as 2:51 points out, that is funny!!) thinks he/she knows.

But anyway, thanks for playing. Go back to your Cheetoes and try to ration out whatever 'prescription' -- oh, that's right, its not a script, its a license --- you might have left until they can get some more product on the shelf for your enjoyment.

Anonymous said...

What is a crying-ass shame is the doctors who are certifying these patients. The ones with that mentality should have been weeded out during the med school application process, but since they weren’t I guess this is the next best thing - they are in a position where they can’t hurt anyone.

Anonymous said...

The Joke of "Medical" Marijuana, or, Reality Hits Home as Predicted

1. No Standard in Quality or Production

There are few guidelines when it comes to how marijuana plants must be raised for dispensaries that sell the drug to patients. Each plant could be vastly different from another grower’s plants, which in turn means that the buds will likely have very different levels of THC.

A joint rolled from one plant will provide a different intensity of a high than another plant, and there is no monitoring of the patient’s use of the drug to ensure that they are finding the right type of plant for their 'needs."


2. No Dosing Standard

When a patient is prescribed any other type of medication, they are given a dosing schedule by the doctor telling them how much to take, how to take it, and how often.

When someone is prescribed marijuana, they get a card that allows them to access dispensaries that sell the drug. They are not given any guidelines about how they should take it or in what amounts – something that would never happen with any other medication.

3. Potential for Harm Through Chronic Use

Chronic smoke inhalation and overdose on edibles are just two of the risks of chronic use of marijuana that we know about. Use of the drug legally for medicinal or recreational purposes had not been studied heavily, so we don’t yet know the full extent of the harm that comes to those who take the drug for long periods of time and/or in large amounts. Now we see every day the harm, the added crime, the exacerbation of mental illness, and the chaos brought by this disastrous charade. Studies are rolling out, but it's too late.

4. Easier Access = Increased Marijuana Abuse

When it becomes easier for people to get marijuana, it means that they use more and have more in their homes. This in turn means that those who don’t have medical marijuana cards – including teens and young adults – have increased access to the drug and may be more inclined to use and abuse it, developing a drug dependency when they may not have otherwise.

5. Legalization Changes Public Opinion of Harm Potential

As more and more states legalize the drug for medicinal – or recreational – purposes, it gives the impression to those who don’t take the time to do the research that the drug is safe and/or harmless. In fact, for all drugs prescribed by a doctor, even prescription pills that are highly addictive like OxyContin and Percodan, the prevailing attitude is that the doctor’s okay makes them safe to use in any way or combination.

Just as predicted, the cons and the con artists sold us a bill of goods. The usual lies about tax revenue, when dealers never pay tax and sell weed with impunity at a lower price. The lies about its "cures" and wide spectrum of possible uses. All BS sold by self interested "investors" and dopers who wanted the joke of a license to be stoned.

Anonymous said...

The state crime lab does this sort of testing all the time. It is an extraction and HPLC chromatography test. I would speculate they (the certified lab, not the over worked crime lab) could do fifty or sixty a day with triplicate results (as in three different samples) tested.

I actually considered opening a testing lab a couple of years back. This service will be a money making machine.

Anonymous said...

@7:28 p.m. - My, My, you do seem to be an angry little man, triggered by anything that blows up your Fauntleroy's. The post you find fault with was entered at 2:30 - Not 2:03.

Getchu some weed, dyslexia and anger issues may be covered, check it out Bro.

Anonymous said...

Oh my noes! A bunch of boomer drunks don’t like weed

Anonymous said...

Say it with me: “recreational.”

It has ALWAYS been about recreational.

Anonymous said...

Patients on OxyContin
Patients on Fentanyl
Patients on Vicodin
Patients on Viagra

So yeah, patients using THC

Anonymous said...

@7:59 am
That's it. Always.. Lobbyist pursuing since day 1 with their talking points, lies and clout.

Anonymous said...

7:59 - You make that same claim almost every day and it makes no sense in this context.

Are you suggesting our State Health Department has seen the need to test for product safety as pushing for recreational weed?

Whether its controlled, recreational or from the street corner, I would assume any 'participant' hopes for product safety. (See fentanyl deaths in the footnotes on page 9.)

Anonymous said...

What is a crying-ass shame is the doctors who are certifying these patients. The ones with that mentality should have been weeded out during the med school application process, but since they weren’t I guess this is the next best thing - they are in a position where they can’t hurt anyone.

January 6, 2024 at 7:39 PM

What you may not realize is this is NOT Entirely the doctor's fault! A while back Food & Drug created a "Fith" vital sign, the "Are you in pain today & if so rate your pain on a scale on one to ten". If a patient says he / she other is in pain & the doc doesn't prescribe some type of pain med then the patient goes online & posts a SCATHING review of said doc! Then the docs employer gets on his ass & if he keeps getting these reviews then the med boards get after him & it just keeps getting worse & worse for the doc. That's how this whole "Script Pinkiller Epedemic" thing has got outta control! The doc is sometimes caught in a No Win situation. My daughter has even been threatend by patients with "Review Retaliation" if she did not prescribe what they want. And if the doc gives in only once then word gets out into the "Network" and here they come in droves to that one doc who "Gave In"...

Anonymous said...

it a plant , let adults enjoy it .
its a gift from god for our use

can some of you bronze age fairytails experts help me out on that verse or whatever

Anonymous said...

I subscribed to it for PTSD about a year ago. In that time, I've been able to completely cease a 30-year, self-medicating cycle of alcohol abuse and absurd intake. Those that have no experience with the program surely have a wide canvas available to mock it. Be my guest.

I've become much more productive in my professional and personal life, my health has rebounded, my liver has healed and I've dropped over 40 pounds. I sleep soundly, don't experience anxiety like I did and feel like my life has started over again in many ways.

Of course, you're welcome to tell me how much more acceptable pouring poison down my gullet is just because you don't agree with THC. You have my attention. Bowl is packed and ready.

Anonymous said...

PTSD = Pretty Tired of Socialist Democrats

Anonymous said...

12:22PM, you sound precisely like the person who, in the comments beneath another Kingfish story, was pretending to be a guy who'd grown up in Jackson, moved-away, then moved back to Jackson (and never been happier!). Honestly, whoever's paying you to post your nonsense, needs to hire someone less obvious.

Got the Munchies? said...

Methinks that there are some amateur "testers" posting above.

Anonymous said...

I’m the author of the “crying-ass shame” post above. To be clear, I was toking way before many of you were born, back when a three-finger bag was five dollars. To me, THC is preferable to alcohol and I just wish they would legalize it for recreational as well as medical use and quit the charades. It’s much more pleasant being around a stoned person than a drunk one, and they’re much less likely to fight or puke on you.

Anonymous said...

This thread proves beyond a doubt that the 'Brain-Drain' myth is just that, a myth.

No way in hell all these bar-stool medical experts (e.g. 2:38, 1:08, 11:44) would be around these parts if all the knowledge-base were leaving the state.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the Compliment!

Anonymous said...

2:38 - And you sound like a sad, disgruntled little person who has nothing better to do than hide under the bridge and knock down anyone's sense of contentment and positivity. I feel sorry for you. Go get laid or something.

Anonymous said...

1-7-24 @12:21 , ET AL,

Oleander is also a plant from the Earth, but I wouldn't advise smoking it. Same goes for many varieties of mushrooms.

There is a small percentage of people who seem to really benefit from using MJ, but it's nowhere near the number who seem to think they need it. Same goes for amphetamines and alcohol.

The Hidden Agenda said...

Recreational use law in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...


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