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Pharmaceutical companies, are focused on both making the medications and maintaining strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue...

Strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. in fact, studies on the contamination of medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a in two out of three batches of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. h...

Solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy ...

Strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and ...

Strict quality control. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >> testing for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. recent studies on the contamination on medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana. it's one of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the ...