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Title: LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories

Edition: Winter 2020

Authors for citation: Shawn E. Douglas, Alan Vaughan

License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Publication date: TBD

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The table of contents for LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories is as follows:

1. Cannabis testing and research: An overview

1.1 Cannabis legalization, use, and research

1.1.1 History and legalization

1.1.2 Use

1.1.3 Research and analysis

1.2 Regulation and standardization of cannabis testing

1.3 Why test?

2. Laboratory testing of cannabis and its derivative products

2.1 Analytical aspects

2.1.1 Cannabinoids

2.1.2 Terpenes

2.1.3 Contaminates

2.2 Analytical methods and tools

2.2.1 Sampling

2.2.2 Cannabinoid testing

2.2.3 Terpene testing

2.2.4 Contaminate testing

2.3 Cannabis testing laboratory workflow

2.3.1 Differences beyond analyzing plant material

2.4 Certification and reporting of results

2.4.1 Certificates of analysis

2.4.2 Track-and-trace and chain of custody

3. LIMS, informatics, and cannabis testing

3.1 Informatics and automation in the cannabis testing lab

3.2 LIMS flexibility for cannabis testing and other markets

3.3 Cannabis LIMS considerations

3.4 Data privacy and management

4. LIMS acquisition, implementation, and support

4.1 Business considerations

4.2 Acquisition and licensing

4.3 Implementation, maintenance, and warranty

4.4 LIMS solutions for cannabis testing labs

5. A LIMS specification for cannabis testing

6. Final thoughts and resources

6.1 Final thoughts

6.2 Key reading and reference material

6.3 Consultancy and support services