For those that work with the same product every day, it can come as a surprise when others don’t recognize something so familiar. As a result, people don’t always label their products correctly. We receive samples here at the lab on a regular basis that are not fully labeled, so we’ve become quite good at identifying the different product types – and … Read More
QA Samples – updated rules
On May 31, the WSLCB finally released their latest ruleset for QA sampling. As always, we here at Confidence have waded through the codes to bring you a summary of the changes and how they will impact you. Bear in mind that these rules are not going into effect until August 31, but it is always best to be prepared. … Read More
Hard data is good to find…
Slowly but surely, as cannabis becomes legal again in states across the US and in countries across the world, scientists are beginning to delve back into researching cannabis. Research grants are becoming more available as interest grows in the biomedical benefits of the plant, and accordingly more research papers are being published and peer-reviewed. One paper that caught our collective … Read More
Flower Trends Over Time
The chart below depicts the THC Total values for all flower samples submitted to Confidence Analytics and reported to the WSLCB’s seed-to-sale traceability system to date. As you can see, it’s pretty steady at 18% average, but there’s always a slight dip in the late fall season. Typically, the central 50% of the distribution is between 15 and 20%. When … Read More
April Fool?
You may have seen us re-tweeting some obtuse and verifiably wrong information from a relatively new twitter account, Stoners Against Terps. Today being the day that it is, we can reveal that we are the instigators of that account. Our intent was to have some fun while bringing awareness to one of the most important and underrated components of cannabis: … Read More
Microbes in Approved Pesticides
In Washington State, the pesticides that may be applied to cannabis crops are limited to those approved by the WSLCB and the WSDA. The repository for data on these pesticides is the PICOL database. The PICOL database is a one stop shop to find out what active ingredients, brand names, and more, are ingredients in the various pesticides available. Pesticide approval does not … Read More