Great Work Tobias Coughlin-Bogue: This is an issue that has been with us since the earliest days of indoor gardening. It's hard to keep a clean space. Pathogens such as Mites, Powdery Mildew, Root Aphids etc, etc, thrive, once established, in this environment. Filling Warehouses full of weed is a recipe for disaster if you can't keep your garden environment in balance. Every grower knows this and every grower has experienced, at one time or another, the big HIT. This is when pathogens become so bad that you either have to sacrifice the garden, which is always hard, or you have to spray with oils and/or pesticides, sometimes up to the day of harvest. YUK. This weed always sucks. It's hard to say to someone "chop down and begin again!" But sometimes that just has to be done. For many big growers systemically treating your gardens with poison has become standard practice. It's easier, especially when you consider yourself to big to fail. Self regulation does not work when the stakes are this high. These tests will become the new norm. If you want your product on the shelves then it will be held to higher standard. This is the future of legal weed.

And in response to Gorodnitsky's comment that he only used these pesticides on his "Medical" grows - The real Medical growers are the ones who truly love this plant for its healing properties. They become well versed in true living organics, probiotics, biodynamics and they would never pass poison off as medicine. We should all have access to this plant. If each and every one of us had the "legal" right to grow our own flowers, we could make our own medicine in the form of a topical or a tincture; we could infuse oils which enhance the flavor of our food; we could juice the young leaves which is excellent way to relieve stomach discomfort. All this is fun and easy to do. The only thing that made it hard was Prohibition. We cannot let Regulation become the new Prohibition. Washington State needs a home grow. It's time we all stopped fighting for our right to grow this plant for ourselves. It's time we all sit back and enjoy the new world that is unfolding.

To be continued: