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Behind the scenes of a Las Vegas marijuana testing lab

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 04/22/2015 - 08:00

The space is no bigger than a good-sized office break room. On beige counters along the walls and on an island in the center sit off-white rectangular boxes that could be copiers or printers.

But the several hundred thousand dollars of highly sensitive scientific equipment in this room — and others like it — will be key to ensuring medical marijuana sold in Nevada is safe.

A private, state-licensed laboratory like DigiPath must test each batch of marijuana before it is sold to the public — or sold to producers who make edible products. The labs also will have to test each batch of marijuana-infused “edibles,” such as lollipops or cookies, before they are sold.

The state approved 17 labs in Nevada, 15 in Clark County and two in Sparks.

CEO Todd Denkin said DigiPath has put $1.4 million into its lab in an anonymous industrial park just west of...

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