Analytical testing of botanical medicine is an important aspect of safety and quality of the plant material. Certificates of Analysis are required across the natural products industry and applied to all botanicals (under the Dietary Supplements Health and Safety Act [DSHEA]). While there is plenty of information available on the potential therapeutic use of Cannabis, little of this information has been subjected to a widespread peer review and none of this information in North America has been coupled with the identity, quality control, purity, and testing rubrics to ensure safety, efficacy and tools needed to be compliant with independent standards.
Establishing guidelines for testing is only one of the topics addressed in the current document in process by the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia: Cannabis Monograph. Dr. Sexton is a technical advisor to Roy Upton on behalf of Americans for Safe Access in the drafting of this document, which will likely be a significant tool to use to approach the cannabis rescheduling issue and take it to a next level.
Come to learn the basics of the analytical tools, the questions to ask in selecting a laboratory, what it means to have a 'validated' methodology, and give input on what information is important on a certificate of analysis for medical grade Cannabis plant material and products.
* What: Dr. Michelle Sexton, ND: "Demystifying Cannabis Analysis"
* When: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 7 p.m.
* Where: Cannabis Resource Center, 1714 1st Ave S Seattle in Sodo
* Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1714+1st+Ave+S+98134
* Details: free and open to the public
Future speakers
Future confirmed (but not scheduled) speakers include:
Philippe Lucas - Founder and Executive Director of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society, a non-profit medical cannabis distribution center, and elected Councillor to the Victoria City Council.
* http://thevics.com/
* http://www.victoria.ca/cityhall/mayor_council_prof_lucas.shtml
Debby Goldsberry - Director of the Berkeley Patients Group, a medical cannabis collective operating since 2000, and co-founder (in 1989) of the grassroots Cannabis Action Network.
* http://www.berkeleypatientsgroup.com/
* http://www.myspace.com/cannabisactionnetwork
Previous speakers
