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How Scissortail Lab is raising the standard for cannabis testing in New Mexico

New Mexico鈥檚 cannabis industry is maturing, and with that comes the critical need to ensure that cannabis products are genuinely safe and trustworthy throughout their journey from seed to shelf. Though rigorous scientific testing and data analysis are the gold standard for recreational and medical markets nationwide, actual lab practices can vary widely despite regulations. 

As an analytical chemist in the testing industry for decades, 鈥 founder Ian Cameron knows what a healthy and mature cannabis market looks like, and he is leading the way for New Mexico to achieve that.

Cameron's own roots in New Mexico run deep. His mother's family 鈥 Chavezes and Montoyas from the Socorro Valley 鈥 farmed chiles in the R铆o Grande bottomlands for generations. He built a career in analytical chemistry in Albuquerque and then left the state to open what is now Oklahoma's oldest cannabis testing laboratory. Never losing sight of New Mexico, where he still has family, Cameron not only observed robust growth and potential in the industry here, but he also noticed an opportunity to have broad-based lasting impact. So, at the end of 2025, Cameron applied for and received his state license to open in Albuquerque.

"Cannabis isn't new to New Mexico," he said, "but building a program the public can genuinely trust, one with real science behind it 鈥 a lot of that work is still in front of us."

The work Scissortail does

Scissortail brings 30 years of analytical chemistry experience to New Mexico, drawing on an amalgamation of medical, environmental and food safety skill sets to generate reliable data.  Spending decades working in the well-regulated environmental testing industry and producing data for the Environmental Protection Agency gives Cameron a unique perspective to the less-regulated cannabis industry. 

That expertise is benefiting 30 to 40 operators across the state, from established multi-state brands to independent growers working to improve their processes. Cameron鈥檚 approach is collaborative: When a client's results raise questions, the conversation starts with what can be learned and improved, not simply whether a batch passes or fails.

That kind of integrity is not without consequences. For example, Scissortail once failed a client's sample for pesticides at five to 10 times the allowed limit, only to be told the client had received a "non-detect" result from another lab. While some operators intentionally seek out labs that report inflated potency numbers or passing contaminant results, Cameron said more operators are searching for real data they can use to produce better products. They often experience Scissortail's approach as a "sigh of relief," a trustworthy benchmark for their brand.

"We want to be the kind of partner that helps you sleep at night, helps you put your best product on the market," Cameron said. "We can help growers and manufacturers prepare for what's coming in New Mexico 鈥 higher standards, more scrutiny, a market that rewards doing things right for the sake of the consumer."

Raising the bar on laboratory analysis

With seven licensed testing labs in New Mexico, including , analytical quality and consistency matters enormously. Cameron is keenly aware of not only how much rides on the numbers that appear on a product label but also of what happens when oversight fails to keep pace with growth. 

Oklahoma, where Scissortail also has a lab, peaked at 33 licensed labs and has since shrunk to roughly 13, Cameron said. The state should serve as a cautionary example of what a proliferation of testing licenses without strong oversight can do to an industry's stability.

"We're doing high-end science," Cameron said. "We want every lab in New Mexico to be held to that standard because when the bar is clear and consistently applied, everyone benefits. Then, growers know what they're producing, consumers know what they're buying, and the industry has something solid to stand on."