253rd ACS National Meeting April 2-6, 2017
San Francisco, California
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Ask Dr. Safety: Chemical & Occupational Safety in the Cannabis Industry
Cosponsored by CCS
H. J. Elston, N. R. Langerman, Organizers
| Time | Title | Presented By: |
|---|---|---|
| 3:35 PM | Introductory Remarks | |
| 3:40 PM | Sensible approach to workplace drug testing for cannabis | J. Marcu, R.W. Phifer, E.M.Pryor |
| 4:00 PM | Ask Dr. Safety: Chemical & occupational safety in the cannabis industry | N.R. Langerman, H.J. Elston |
Monday, April 3, 2017
Cannabis: Emerging Challenges in Regulations, Product Analysis & Processing
Cosponsored by AGFD‡, CCS, CHAL‡ and SCHB
J. Marcu, E. M. Pryor, Organizers, Presiding
| Time | Title | Presented By: |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Introductory Remarks | |
| 9:05 AM | Cannabis analysis: An overview of testing requirements and challenges in a rapidly emerging industry | M.J. Wilcox, J. Marcu |
| 9:25 AM | Quality control analysis of contaminants in the medical cannabis market in California: Pesticide, plant growth regulators, residual solvents, and microbiological contaminants in cannabis, cannabis extracts, and cannabis infused products | J. Wurzer |
| 9:45 AM | States as cannabis laboratories: The far-reaching implications of federal non-recognition in the regulation of marijuana contaminants | J. Angermann, J. Strull |
| 10:05 AM | Intermission | |
| 10:20 AM | Assessing regulatory compliance at medical cannabis operations in the United States for patient focused certification | J. Marcu, K. Nevedal, S. Sherer |
| 10:40 AM | Challenges cannabis laboratories face in product analysis representative samples | D. Chen |
| 11:00 AM | Hemp as a nutritional supplement: Ensuring potency, safety, and regulatory compliance in manufacturing cannabis-derived health products | A. Pham |
| 11:20 AM | Concluding Remarks |
Cannabis: Emerging Challenges in Regulations, Product Analysis & Processing
Cosponsored by CCS and SCHB
J. Marcu, E. M. Pryor, Organizers, Presiding
| Time | Title | Presented By: |
|---|---|---|
| 1:30 PM | Introductory Remarks | |
| 1:35 PM | Residual solvent contaminants in cannabis concentrates | J.T. Fischedick, D. Egerton |
| 1:55 PM | Cannabis grow facilities: Identification and handling of hazardous wastes, a problem for Environmental Health Departments | D. Keenan, M. Duazo |
| 2:15 PM | Thermal decomposition of THC on preparation of a distilled hash oil: A case study. | D. Lane |
| 2:35 PM | Intermission | |
| 2:50 PM | THCA and CBDA: More than simply inactive precursors | G. Moreno |
| 3:10 PM | Emerging challenges in cannabis regulations | R. Mirkarimi |
| 3:30 PM | CANN History: The first year as a subdivision at the ACS. | E.M. Pryor, J. Marcu, M.J. Wilcox, E.L. Oltermann, A. Pham |
| 3:50 PM | Panel Discussion |
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