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Patients and small businesses press CRC on testing limits, hemp access and licensing delays
Summary
During public comment, patients urged safer testing limits and transparency (COAs and solvent labels), hemp‑program operators sought access to Metrc after changes to intoxicating‑hemp rules, and small or minority‑owned businesses described licensing delays and unclear timelines for hiring and opening.
During the open public-comment period, a series of patients, hemp‑program operators and small-business applicants delivered direct appeals to the commission on access and safety.
Patient safety and testing: Telephonic commenter Andrea Bridal urged the commission to reduce a temporary 100‑pound testing batch limit that she called “the largest in the country,” to require certificates of analysis (COAs) be posted online and to mandate solvent labeling on packaged products. “You have the ethical responsibility to lower it and the ability to do so with a single motion and vote,” Bridal said, adding that the commission should hire scientific and medical advisors to better evaluate testing and…
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