Author: Chris Osher
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Colorado marijuana regulators consider major changes to how labs test for contaminants
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Colorado marijuana manufacturers would no longer be allowed to choose which product samples they send for mandatory lab testing under a new regulatory proposal discussed at a…
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Smoke and mirrors: How intoxicating hemp seeped into the first recreational marijuana market in the country
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. The owner of a marijuana testing lab called a top regulator in Colorado on his cellphone in April 2024 with an urgent situation. “We’ve got something that’s…
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We tested vapes in Colorado for signs of hemp. This is what we found.
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Leaders in the Colorado marijuana industry have complained in recent years that intoxicating products derived from hemp are endangering consumers and creating unfair competition, threatening to upend…
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Contaminated marijuana prompts Colorado to consider new off-the-shelf testing program
Ongoing debate over whether new program would result in actual sanctions for findings of contamination
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Judge denies push to overhaul Colorado marijuana testing rules
A Denver district court judge ruled against a cannabis cultivator’s request to force Colorado to immediately overhaul the state’s cannabis testing rules and seemed ready to rule for a complete dismissal of the case, after a full day in court Wednesday arguing over whether the state is living up to its obligation to protect marijuana…
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Former Colorado parental evaluator pleads guilty to felonies in custody case fraud case
A former Colorado parental evaluator who sent more than 20 child custody cases into chaos amid accusations that she lied about holding a doctorate in psychology pleaded guilty on Friday to two felonies and a misdemeanor. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced in a press release that Shannon McShane, 57, pleaded guilty to one count each…
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Colorado parental evaluator faces scrutiny over handling of high-conflict custody cases
A Moffat County district court judge barred William Montgomery from having any contact with his children or his wife, Stephanie, after the wife sought a protection order, stating in one court filing that William, in his most recent attack, had attempted to head butt her three times, grabbed a handgun from a dresser and threatened…
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Is Colorado cannabis safe? Testing for potency, contaminants riddled with loopholes
Elizabeth and Luke Mason, scientists who met during graduate studies at Colorado State University, saw cannabis legalization in 2012 as an opportunity. With backgrounds in biochemistry, microbiology, and analytical chemistry, they launched Aurum Labs in Durango in 2014, believing they could build a successful business while setting a standard for scientific rigor. As state regulators…