A recent report by a cannabis lab manager shows the labels on cannabis products are allegedly reporting the wrong THC level. THC is the psychoactive component in cannabis. The higher the percentage, the stronger the effects. As you can imagine, getting a different amount than what you expect comes with consequences.
"We've been reading a lot of reports over the last several years about the inflation of THC, the potency numbers, and how it was affecting different markets," Jeffery Havard, lab manager at Havard Industries, said. Havard says THC potency has been an issue around the US, with inconsistencies between what labels claim, and what customers actually get. He says Oklahoma is no different.
"We went to three different dispensaries," Havard said. "We just asked the budtenders to give us one of each of the most popular strains. So, we ended up getting 15 samples total, and we tested all of those 15 individual samples out for their THC potency."
The results from Havard Industries says all 15 samples were overreported. According to the report, on average, the samples were 78% weaker than their label listed, though some were off by nearly 200%.
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