Steep Hill Mississippi first to start the medical marijuana accreditation process – SuperTalk Mississippi

Because the Might deadline for cities and counties in Mississippi to choose out of the state’s new medical marijuana program shortly approaches, companies are making ready to meet the necessities set by the State Division of Well being.

One California-based firm known as Steep Hill is forward of the curve because it lately grew to become the primary testing facility to start the ISO Accreditation course of.

Steep Hill, one of many oldest medical marijuana testing corporations within the nation, has laboratories in 9 states, Canada, and Mexico, with the most recent testing facility at the moment being inbuilt Mississippi.

Building of the brand new laboratory, named Steep Hill Mississippi, shall be full in mid-Might as testing devices and tools arrive.

The laboratory will serve to check marijuana for ranges of THC and terpenes together with undesirable parts like pesticides, fungus, and micro organism to make sure their product is protected for affected person use.

Steep Hill Mississippi’s CEO and co-founder Cliff Osbon defined that though the method to get the ability began could appear to be shifting at a fast tempo, preparations have been within the making since 2020.

“I had been dedicated by way of the preliminary poll initiative in 2020, and when the Supreme Courtroom struck that down, we have been simply organizing a bunch of traders to function a testing lab. Despite the fact that the Supreme Courtroom struck that down, we continued to barter with Steep Hill… to license their title and testing methodologies and be the unique licensee in Mississippi.”

Now, due to the yr of extra planning, Steep Hill Mississippi is making giant strides towards changing into the primary medical marijuana testing facility within the Magnolia State.

Osbon additionally voiced his pleasure relating to the soon-to-be full accreditation course of, saying that sufferers who want reduction essentially the most will lastly be capable to obtain it by the top of the calendar yr.

“As a pharmacist, I’m grateful that sufferers have that extra possibility. Medical marijuana is a useful product to a whole lot of sufferers,” he stated. “It’s a crying disgrace {that a} baby with a seizure dysfunction or somebody with a mind dysfunction or PTSD has not had this feature obtainable till lately. I’m thrilled will probably be obtainable quickly, however there are nonetheless about one-fourth of U.S. states the place that isn’t an possibility for sufferers. I actually hope that within the close to future all sufferers that may profit from medical marijuana could have entry to it legally.”

For extra details about cities and counties that won’t be collaborating within the Mississippi Medical Hashish Act of 2022, proceed studying beneath.

Mississippi cities and counties which have opted out of the state’s medical marijuana program