// Definition
Cannabis testing labs that operated in a dual role as both scientific facilities and activist organizations, since their work with a federally illegal substance made them de facto participants in the cannabis reform movement.
// From the Episode
Etienne Fontan described how cannabis testing labs in California, Colorado, and elsewhere were essentially activist organizations because their work was federally illegal. This prevented formal collaboration between labs on testing standardization, as organizing collectively could be prosecuted as organized crime. Labs emerged from the dispensary and compassion club movement's desire to know what was in their products.
// Source
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