Surely it's the total THCA/THC content that's being tested, as all the THCA is going to be converted to THC while being smoked/vaped, or when decarbed for edibles. Are they seriously only testing for THC and ignoring THCA? That would seem pretty unlikely.
Re:A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze
by nickysielicki on Sunday May 24, 2020 @11:14AM
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That's exactly what's happening.
Hmm, that is... odd! Technically this would allow them to sell uncured weed that's as strong as anything you could find in legal states.
This must surely have been instituted by growers to fool lawmakers into thinking they could self regulate or something?
What I am saying is that due to bureaucracy and loopholes, there is a lot of hemp being sold in the US right now that's high in THCA (1%-4% is a reasonable range, maybe even higher) but is technically underneath the 0.3% d9-THC threshold that the labs are testing for.