Weed Fraud: Are you Getting Cheated?

Many of the states that have legalized marijuana now require tests for potency and purity to ensure that consumers know exactly what they’re buying when they visit a dispensary. But the labs that conduct these tests are governed by rules that vary widely from state to state, and there are concerns within the industry that unscrupulous labs are operating without adequate oversight and colluding with growers to falsify results.

VICE News visited a testing lab in Washington state, where we uncovered inaccurate labeling on a package of legal marijuana and met a grower who says some labs have offered to inflate his marijuana’s THC content in order to make it more valuable — a practice he believes jeopardizes the future of the industry.

Read: “Colorado’s weed boom will fund schools and opioid addiction” – http://bit.ly/2sUqlG2

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50 Comments

  1. 绿色的lemon on May 19, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    保持低調🍃wx:God_of_cash



  2. Eric Jaramillo on May 19, 2021 at 6:59 pm

    Grow your own I ordered some seeds from Columbia I know I’m not getting cheated



  3. Jeffrey Monahan on May 19, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    It should all be illegal in every shape,way,form… These drug consuumers only care about themselves not the teenagers,preteens,kids ruining their lives. And here all you are splitting hairs about such nonsense



  4. Glenn Elliott on May 19, 2021 at 7:02 pm

    Why not just grow weed with 20 plus% . I don’t get it. The weed i grow for myself is easily up.past 20% but i use growing knowledge to get it.



  5. rodney quinn on May 19, 2021 at 7:02 pm

    The cheek that a man who ruined peoples lives for the doing what he is doing now, except his exempt from any punishments. Fucking shocking tbh



  6. Stay Jaya on May 19, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    LEGALIZEEEE ITTTT – HOW CAN TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL BE LEGAL BUT WEED AND SHROOMS NOT BE IN SO MANY PLACES?! MAKES NO SENSE. ONE DAY GUYS….



  7. Drew Blue on May 19, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    How many people did he lock up for the same?? Boycott his products!!



  8. George Fallon on May 19, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    Could your weed be sprayed with – Heroin , LSD , Legal Highs , e.c.t … ??? Would you like the links to the video’s ?



  9. Uncle Traveling Matt on May 19, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    0:39 what an a-hole person.



  10. STAKBUNDLES18125 on May 19, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    Dude at 1:36 seems like the dude shopping around



  11. STAKBUNDLES18125 on May 19, 2021 at 7:07 pm

    70$ 8ths these days?? Sheesh idc if it’s biscotti



  12. Erika Lenoeye on May 19, 2021 at 7:07 pm

    Me and my plug learned that our weed dealer was spraying smack mixed water on our weed to make it more effective ,that was so dangerous for our health beware u guys before its too late!!



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  14. Papa Smurf on May 19, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    You are so right dispensaries here in Oklahoma be advertising 32% thc but it be more like 10% trust me I’m a professional medicine man.



  15. Dumm Myth on May 19, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    F these guys. Grow your own… May not be the best but it’s yours, you did it.



  16. Christopher Gilbert on May 19, 2021 at 7:12 pm

    Wonder if the cop went back and apologized to all the people who’s lives he destroyed? That is some ballsy hypocrisy right there.



  17. Angel Morales on May 19, 2021 at 7:12 pm

    Do not buy phat panda they are so caught!!!



  18. TheeRepenter AkaTheeComforter on May 19, 2021 at 7:12 pm

    lmao dude talks about the test fakers but has a lab full of what looks like blasted weed not one of those buds they was cutting seemed to have any crystals



  19. Harrison Silva-Costa on May 19, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    This cop just mad he can’t grow good weed



  20. Free Soren on May 19, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    Love this !!! I live in Washington. Get these dishonest people.



  21. Hari M on May 19, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    Will india legalize weed



  22. When Mountains Move on May 19, 2021 at 7:18 pm

    I often buy an ounce because I live far from dispensaries, and I OFTEN get home an weight it being short between 2/4 grams every single time. make sure they don’t distract you with conversation at the dispensary, watch their scale. And sometimes they don’t recalibrate their scales for weeks.



  23. MR. FUCR on May 19, 2021 at 7:21 pm

    You guys should look into cannabis dealers who are selling hemp saying its cannabis..



  24. DA FUCK IS THIS ABOUT on May 19, 2021 at 7:21 pm

    Tegridy Farms baby, the only trustworthy dispensary.



  25. Eddie B on May 19, 2021 at 7:21 pm

    FF Nothing New!



  26. Erick Medrano on May 19, 2021 at 7:22 pm

    This that dickriding some companies but aight



  27. Dominick Defoort on May 19, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    The only people who actually pay attention to the thc levels don’t even care about good pot



  28. TrayDuece14 on May 19, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    Government needs to stop worrying about growers n concentrate on america. This is the topic we have to worry about this is just a plant to me.



  29. VICE News on May 19, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    Your weed may not be as potent as advertised.
    Watch Next: Will California’s Weed Growers Survive Legal Marijuana? – http://bit.ly/2D83rxF



  30. Beavis Nowell on May 19, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    Pure crop 1 is the way to go



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  32. Chevy Chaze on May 19, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    G.Y.O



  33. Momentium monroe on May 19, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    60 an eighth… Yea stupid your being cheated.



  34. Meat Sucks on May 19, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    Lol. Frost factory. Haha phat panda



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  36. Patrick Smith on May 19, 2021 at 7:41 pm

    Tegrity



  37. saint litt on May 19, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SICK AND GREEDY I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY AND THERE IS ALOT OF FLAKES BE CAREFUL GRAB OFF SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST



  38. Jose Diaz on May 19, 2021 at 7:43 pm

    USDA is bullshit too. It’s just another way the government controls what poisons we eat. There not there to help us . They just about any to fack us in as.s with no lube



  39. Selim Aktaş on May 19, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    Harman kaldım ciaraya olsada 2 kapak vursam kendime gelsem



  40. Xtro 33 on May 19, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    Know the company’s do your research



  41. Tim Supik on May 19, 2021 at 7:45 pm

    Problem is… y’all ain’t got no tegredy



  42. Ivan Velez on May 19, 2021 at 7:46 pm

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  43. MadSativa on May 19, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    The cop gives a cop answer the real reason this is important is. Higher thc results meen better growing practices lab results must be accurate in order to price a product. The product may be safe but its lower thc content could indicate it was grown bad as in not enough flowering time, anything from humidity or temperature problems could mean less thc in the final lab test as well. So for a grow operation to get fixed or false results meen they now are lieing to the customer on what they are buying. Example skywalker kush can test high at over 20% thc its not uncommon, however anything lower than 20% thc on a skywalker kush indicates some problem with the grow that did not allow the plants to mature to there full potential. Meening the end product is not as good as it should be. By fixing or change the percentage of the thc you are now changing the quality of the product. Which is the same as inflating prices on any other type of product a cell phone or a food for example. This has to do with quality and price in the cannabis world this has to do with advertising, so by changing the thc percentage the product becomes more marketable, making it more expensive. When in fact it is an inferior product and should not be priced hi but sold low as it is still safe to consume but not a high value product as if it were grown to its real potential of 20% or more. Thc is a strain specific type thing so their is limit to how high a particular strains thc % can go. Few are at 30% or above but it is possible those strains are in high demand and most because to reach those percentages the grow op is dialed in to reach that type of potential. In other words a very good grow op does not need to fix the percentages but bad ones do. what the cop says is true as far as this is a big issue I see it in NM in CO and in CA. Things like northern lights with a percentage of 31% and I dont think thanks even possible with that strain. Or 28% sky walker kush and the product is full of leaves and no where close to that percentage comparable to products with like 8-12 percent thc. So this is a big issue



  44. Vel 1hunnid on May 19, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    Griffin lott super hypocrit



  45. Total Profit Life on May 19, 2021 at 7:48 pm

    Yeah but the USDA is corrupt too soo…



  46. Jason Gayler on May 19, 2021 at 7:49 pm

    phat panda in his hand w/the false results… no surprise there



  47. Juke on May 19, 2021 at 7:51 pm

    If you disliked you’re a grower doing this



  48. Brian Cook on May 19, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    Hmmm , seems like , as usual , The Feds are the Slow Drag in the whole chain . Just like their handling of COVID 19 , they left EVERYTHING
    up to the individual states to muddle through without ANY Central Advisement or Regulations in place . Serious lack of Standards and Testing
    Facilities has left EVERYONE to fend for themselves , and not Surprisingly , in strolls , GREED , DECEPTION , and CORRUPTION . GROW IT
    YOURSELF AND YOU’LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE USING – I PERSONALLY DON’T TRUST OUR GOVERNMENT TO DO RIGHT BY US
    ANYWAY . THEY HAVE DOGGED US ON THIS ISSUE FOR AT LEAST A CENTURY . WHY WOULD I TRUST THEM WITH MILLIONS IN PROCEEDS ?
    T H E H O N O R S Y S T E M ? NO SUCH THING WITH POWERS THAT RULE



  49. Mike Geron on May 19, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    its like everyone who buys Runtz packaging lol



  50. Edgar The Eagle on May 19, 2021 at 7:54 pm

    And previously, way before weed was legalized, when you used to buy your weed through dealers….how the hell you could know how bad or good was the weed you were about to buy?….or if the weed was grown with pesticides or black mold?….things would have been done maybe worst?….how many but many years of your live you have bought weed from those dealers?….boy my longs may be f up!…🤔