Editorial standards
BestWeedSuppliers.com is trying to earn trust in a category where vague claims are easy and defensible claims are harder. Our editorial standards exist to keep that boundary clear.
Primary-source rule
On compliance and legal topics we prefer primary sources first: regulators, legislation, official company records, court filings, and clearly attributable public documents. Secondary reporting can help with context, but we do not want a source chain built entirely on summaries of summaries.
Claim ladder
High-confidence claims
Directly traceable to official documents or clearly attributable public materials.
Context claims
Reasonable synthesis from multiple public sources, clearly framed as analysis rather than fact.
Monitoring claims
Used when a brand is visible enough to discuss but the public evidence is not yet strong enough for a broader conclusion.
Rejected claims
Anything we cannot defend, source, or label honestly stays off the page.
Update cadence
Pages should show a meaningful update date only when the contents were actually reviewed. We do not want fake freshness. If a page is materially revised, the update note should say what changed: a corrected statistic, a removed unsupported claim, a new source, or a revised disclosure.
What we avoid
- Unlabeled sponsored copy hidden inside editorial pages.
- Health or safety promises that go beyond public evidence.
- “Best in state” language when the site has not done statewide evidence collection.
- Implied legal advice or medical advice.
- Anonymous certainty where a narrower collective byline would be more honest.