Laboratory Analysis Project

HARBORSIDE HEALTH CENTER LABORATORY ANALYSIS PROJECT The Harborside Health Center in San Jose is pleased to announce it has started its laboratory analysis of its medical cannabis products. This effort has been developed in partnership with the Analytical Laboratory Project (ALP). All medicinal cannabis products accepted for distribution to Harborside Health Center in San Jose will be lab tested for safety and potency. For the first time in the 3000-year history of human marijuana consumption, consumers will be provided a scientific assessment of the safety and potency of cannabis products prior to ingesting them.

Potency quantification provides the percentages of three major cannabinoids: THC, CBD, and CBN. Later stages of the program will include the use of patient surveys to develop a comprehensive database of the efficacy of medical cannabis.

San Jose's Harborside Health Center patients are able to access the testing results in three ways: labels in display cases, labels on products, and a book of complete test results. Labels include percentages for THC, CBD, and CBN; and are posted in medicine display cases, as well as affixed to the products themselves. A book containing complete spectrometry reports for each product is available at the service counter for those patients who desire more detailed analytical results. Testing services commenced with an initial launch period to identify and develop the logistics of sample collection and result identification. After these issues are fully addressed, the testing service will be made widely available to other medical cannabis collectives, and individual patients. These services will include an independent certification component, so patients can be assured that the medicine they are purchasing has been tested.