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Title: LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories

Edition: Winter 2020

Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas

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 research, use, and legalization around the world

1.2 Regulation and standardization of cannabis testing

1.3 Why test?

2. Laboratory testing of cannabis

2.1 Analytical aspects of cannabis (cannabinoids, terpenes, and contaminates)

2.2 Analytical methods and tools (sampling, cannabinoids, terpenes, and contaminates)

2.3 Cannabis testing laboratory workflow

2.3.1 Differences in analysis among medical, recreational, supplement, and topical cannabis products

2.4 Reporting and certification of results

3. LIMS, informatics, and cannabis testing

3.1 Informatics in the cannabis testing lab

3.2 LIMS flexibility for cannabis testing and other markets

3.3 Systems implementation and integration

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 vendors 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