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DeKalb County board warns state lab won’t test THC edibles; private lab costs strain juvenile cases
Summary
Board members said the state lab won’t test THC edibles and some vape products, forcing reliance on private labs charging roughly $270–$400 per test; speakers warned those costs and delayed turnarounds could jeopardize juvenile prosecutions and urged seeking grant or prosecutor funding.
The DeKalb County Community Corrections Board discussed a gap in forensic testing that officials say is limiting responses to youth possession cases and could strain local budgets.
Speaker 6 told the board the state laboratory “will not test THC products that are contained in babes or gummies, and they will test leaf based marijuana,” and that the program has located a private lab that can run the analyses. Speaker 6 said the minimum evidentiary test…
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