Dr. Ruth Emmert

Dr. Ruth Emmert spent thirty-three years in pharmaceutical quality control, the last decade as Director of Analytical Sciences at a Minnesota pharmaceutical company, ensuring that what was on the label was actually in the bottle. When North Dakota legalized medical cannabis, she reviewed the state's laboratory testing requirements and found them inadequate. She has been writing about the gap between cannabis marketing and cannabis science ever since — how to read a certificate of analysis, why THC percentage tells you less than you think, and what patients should actually be asking before they make a purchase. She is not here to sell you on anything. She is here to make sure you understand what you're buying.