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But a few years ago, they consolidated into the DCC, which is their Department of Cannabis Control.

And they're basically tracking almost every step in the cannabis pipeline.

Like every plant has a tag and an ID and it gets logged into a database.

Like weed manufacturers even have to report how many pounds of like plant trimmings they throw away.

Wow.

The labs have sort of had to keep up with this like really interesting and like creative industry where like, you know, one day they're like, oh, well, now we've got THC popcorn on the shelves.

Like, how do you test that?

Right.

And they've got to figure it out.

And that isn't to say that DCC is like doing everything perfectly because –

It's not.

There was some reporting by the LA Times that there were still pesticides in the legal weed products, particularly in the vapes.

So the department is, you know, evolving and trying to respond to that.

And it's definitely upped its testing and enforcement in the last few years.

So in 2024, there were over 60 weed recalls.

And then this year, they've already had 80 weed recalls.

And it's only October.

Yeah.

And they've taken 10 actions against laboratories so far this year.

Yeah, so he said that there were over 600 contaminants that were regulated across the 30 states that had legalized cannabis at that time.