Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
With the passage of the 2018 Agricultural Improvement Act (Farm Bill), forensic laboratories have been tasked with differentiating seized cannabis samples as either hemp or marijuana. The new legislation declassified hemp as a Schedule 1 drug substance and defined it as cannabis containing 0.3 % or less of decarboxylated-Δ9-THC (total Δ9-THC). The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working to help forensic laboratories with these challenging measurements through the development of extraction protocols and analytical methods. This webinar provides a summary of the method development studies and screening of cannabis plant and cannabis-derived finished products commercially available.
This webinar was hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on June 27, 2023.
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