A TV reporter in California purchased, tested and reviewed $600 worth of cannabis products - all on the company dime.
Mike Sugerman, reporter for San Francisco's CBS station KPIX 5, had been ill due to aortic bacteria, according to NY Daily News. He was prescribed medical marijuana during his recovery and he noticed that some marijuana had a stronger affect on him than others. It got him thinking.
Sugerman purchased the weed used for his report legally with his card from 12 different dispensaries. He told a coworker that his bosses "were cool" when he expensed the pot to the company, according to The Guardian. He then had the potency of each sample tested in a lab.
The lab discovered that the marijuana samples had much less THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) than advertised on the labels and some of the samples were covered with mold and bacteria, according to The Guardian.
Sugerman reported that the FDA does not regulate marijuana retail because the federal government still recognizes it as illegal, according to The Guardian. "I don't buy anything that hasn't been tested," said Don Land, a chemistry professor that Sugerman interviewed. "I don't buy aspirin from someone on a street corner. I go to a pharmacy."
"We're flying blind here, Sugerman told The Guardian. "And it's medicine."
