"Marijuana laws" are what caused this mess in the first place. The title of this post makes it sound like government is doing something rather than getting out of the way.
Recreational Marijuana Laws has generally meant regulating it in a manner very similar to Alcohol. Given what we've seen with black market products being cut with dangerous chemicals that have sent people to the hospital, I'm happy to know my state performs quality control tests on the marijuana products I'm buying.
Do you really believe that people would "cut" legal marijuana with "dangerous chemicals" and sell it from their dispensary? This barely ever happens with illegal marijuana. The reason drugs like heroin and cocaine are cut is to increase profit margin, either through dilution with a relatively harmless substance, or (more dangerously) a cheaper, more potent alternative like fentanyl in the case of heroin. Marijuana cannot be "cut" in this way, and it is the black market that incentivizes it with other drugs. I should be able to grow it for myself and my friends and family but that's still illegal most places that have rec laws. These laws are preferable to prohibition but it is not the laws that are helping people. It's the plant itself that is doing so.
It's not so much someone cutting pot with dangerous drugs. In the past when you bought from someone, even regularly, there'd be that infrequent time where the guy's supplier didn't come through so the quality or amount was less than the time before.
With pot shops, they print out the THC content on every label so you can buy a consistent product at a regular price every time.
You don't need a government agency to test for THC potency. Businesses can and do already solve that problem. That doesn't seem to be what the parent commenter was getting at, regardless.
As an experienced grower I would trust myself and others I know who have expertise. I wouldn't need a lab test before consuming their product. As a frequent user, exact THC content is not really that relevant. Not nearly as much as knowing the strain and growing process, which as the grower, or the customer of a reputable grower or dispensary, I would know.
We're talking about a plant. The worst that can happen to you is a Peggy Noonan style freak out. Yet we're setting up a system where rent seekers will squat on grow and distribution licenses and the price will inevitably go up.
"Do you really believe that people would "cut" legal marijuana with "dangerous chemicals" and sell it from their dispensary?"
He specifically said, "black market products".
"This barely ever happens with illegal marijuana."
While it isn't the result of "cutting", the poisons applied to illegal pot kills animals (inluding bears) within minutes of ingestion, is destroying ecosystems, and will undoubtedly be impacting the health of innumerable users in the decades to come, destroying lives, and impacting the cost of healthcare.
https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/08/21/cleaning-illegal-...
