Challenges of Cannabis Analysis and Impacts on Driving and Public Health
Thought LeadersDr. Madeleine SwortwoodAssistant Professor, Department of ForensicsSam Houston State University
In this interview, Dr. Madeleine Swortwood of Sam Houston State University talks to News-Medical Life Sciences about the symposium she will lead at Pittcon this year on the analytical challenges of cannabis and its impacts on driving and public health.
What role does cannabis play in 2021, especially in the realm of public health?
With increased medicinal and recreational use, we really need to have a solid understanding of how this is going to impact drug-impaired driving, workplace safety and even accidental toxic exposures.
How a spice scammer allegedly fleeced the federal government out of thousands of dollars worth of garlic powder
Expired dressing and adulterated cinnamon: Spices purchased for the Bureau of Prisons were mostly filler.
We’ve argued on this website that a little food fraud here and there is not necessarily so bad for us. A few wood chips in a canister of parmesan? Extra fiber, prevents clumping. Mislabeled fish? Usually, no one notices. Most oregano, one study indicates, contains at least a
little nontoxic “bulking agent.”
Sometimes, though, food is more supplement than spice. That was the case in a complaint filed in 2019 by federal prosecutors in South Carolina that alleged the company FlavorPros, along with its owners and affiliates, was scamming the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by adding supplements like flour and starch to the spices it sold the agency (purchased, of course, with taxpayer money). U.S. Attorney Peter McCoy, Jr. announ