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January 25, 2013 Subscribe · Forward A Look Inside The Mind Of A Curiously Fashionable Marijuana Chemist If you are a medical marijuana patient in Michigan and want to check your cannabis for the presence of molds or other impurities, one option would be to send it to a marijuana testing lab. The facilities are also used by dispensaries and connoisseurs to find plants with a particular flavor, potency or effect. Iron Laboratories, based in Walled Lake, is one of a handful of these companies located in the Great Lakes State. Joseph Rutkowski, who works as a chemist with the company, has a passion for science and a very distinctive sense of style. Although he currently lives in Ferndale, he can frequently be found hanging out in Detroit -- decked out with a cape, a cane and a very fancy mustache. The Huffington Post caught up with Rutkowski to find out more about the marijuana testing industry, his transformation from a welder into a "cannascientist," and, of course, his advice for aspiring fashion mavens. Continue reading... Local Stars Heading To Huge Music Fest LOOK: Motor City Icons Kilpatrick Headed Back To Prison For Weekend Getaway Jenny Risher, Photographer, Highlights Motor City Icons In 'Heart Soul Detroit' (PHOTOS) Great Lakes NASA Photo Offers Stunning Satellite View Of Wintery Michigan J Dilla Record Collection Items Put For Sale On Ebay By Mother Maureen Yancey Kwame Kilpatrick Parole Violations Send Ex-Detroit Mayor Back To Prison For Weekend Joe Rutkowski, Marijuana Chemist, Shares His Expertise On Fashion And Cannabis Science For My Detroit Joe Rutkowski, Marijuana Chemist, Shares His Expertise On Fashion And Cannabis Science For My Detroit Great Lakes NASA Photo Offers Stunning Satellite View Of Wintery Michigan J Dilla Record Collection Items Put For Sale On Ebay By Mother Maureen Yancey RABBI JASON MILLER Granting Delmon Young Teshuva as He Moves to Philly In recognition of the importance of repentance and judging others with the benefit of the doubt, I wish Delmon Young the best in Philadelphia. I don't suspect he will find himself getting in trouble again since I wholeheartedly believe he learned his lesson well. Continue reading... REBECCA SOLNIT A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year We have far more than 87,000 rapes in this country every year, but each of them is invariably portrayed as an isolated incident. We have dots so close they're splatters melting into a stain, but hardly anyone connects them, or names that stain. Continue reading... JARED BERNSTEIN Unions in America: 2012 Data Even as the labor market expanded in 2012, union membership fell again, both in the private and public sectors, according to data released this morning by the BLS. Continue reading... JOAN L. WITTE Small Business Owners React to Michigan Governor's State of the State Address Investing in transportation infrastructure goes beyond mere road improvements and short-term benefits. It also generates significant economic returns to other industries and ultimately increases tax revenues too. Continue reading... PAUL RUTH It Starts With Justice The attitude that one neighborhood is safer than the other and that it is each community's own crime issue to be dealt within isolation. It is the muggers and thugs being told to hit the 8 mile. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.