A recent report conducted on those results found that over 40 percent of pot tested by the state contained illegal amounts of pesticides.

What about organic pot? I don't smoke that much, so I tend to buy organic brands -- have there been cases of organic weed (either concentrates or flower) containing pesticides?

As far as bacteria, I guess I would be more concerned with edibles than burnables (for want of a better word). Even vaporized weed is put to a high temperature. But if an edible has some sort of live bacteria, then eating it could be bad (I'm guessing -- I'm not a health expert).

@1 Probably worth cross-referencing the brands your buying with their results. I don't think the term organic has any legal (or even specific) meaning in this context.

This is a great thing, testing in all three coastal states CA, OR, and WA (from first hand experience) have no law for a standard test results need to follow! This has let unsafe product be bought by consumers and possibly medical patients, WA state law pertaining to test results is loose and does not begin to cover what should be tested in Cannabis products. I have seen test results be less then a page long, that is barely any information there needs to be a baseline that all testing faculties use and what they are testing. All consumers should be aware of what they are putting in their bodies!

What an innovative idea. That's what I call thinking outside the box.

Don't wait for the state, lead the way, show them how business should be done. Maybe one day the LCB will catch up with this idea, it's a best practice in an industry that clearly needs more and better best practices.

@3 Called it, apparently, as the farm in question says that it's likely their organic nutrients got on the sample, and that would result in a positive test for gram negative bacteria.

Funny, my post was just an educated guess, but apparently correct.

Just for a random example of a harmless gram-negative bacteria - Rhizobium species create the nitrogen fixing root nodules in legumes, so you'd be sowing gram-negatives if you used an innoculant when you planted your peas.

Curious why Ian or any other store owners don't just require the brands they carry to submit a pesticide report quarterly. It's really very simple there is no need for this media song and dance by Uncle Ikes... once again.

Personally I think it's no secret these stores are making more money than anyone in the industry by comparison. So good for them, keep randomly testing stuff and make them honest.

Creating another bill for the producer is NOT the answer unless the retailers are going to share the loss. That's $40-$60 extra per lot tested. Producers are dropping like flies because every business, organization, department and individual thinks they are a gold mine and they want some too. Well they're not! Most of them are family run farms just trying to survive and barely making it.