I am intrigued by this leafly.com article (right) that tracks the path of illicit vapes from China to some kids' lungs in a hospital or on a coroner's slab in the USA.
The interesting part is two fold.
First, how much "government" is not involved along the way. From customs, to health inspectors, to local business tax law, and so on.
Clearly, in reading through the article, the State of California is responsible for a major portion of this debacle. LA's "skid row," for example, is a major source of materials for the problem: fake boxes, "honey cut," and so on.
Second, I have learned from parsing through a lot of Facebook that "legal" THC vape carts are not necessarily that great in terms of quality. Various folks complaining of "breathing problems" after using "government sponsored" THC vape carts. I wonder what these are cut with (see "Honey Cut" in the leafly.com article).
So where is the "vaping leadership" on government's failure to even notice the THC problems?
Clearly the folks selling this stuff on LA's skid row are worried about it. But California isn't.
Why not call this out?
Why not point out that "government" - the very people taking your vaping rights away - are responsible for allowing this in the first place?
In my experience vape people are reasonably diligent in checking the quality of what they make and sell.
California can ban "flavors" yet lets LA's skid row run unimpeded, unregulated and uncontrolled.
Why isn't anyone asking about "Honey Cut?"
In fact, what is being used in "legal" THC vape carts?
Yet our "vaperatti" don't call this out...
Don't ask these questions.
There's a clear link between THC carts and injury and death.
Yet we don't exploit it.
Hence we are the victims.
Lower, now, then smokers who at least are wise enough to use something safer than vaping.
The interesting part is two fold.
First, how much "government" is not involved along the way. From customs, to health inspectors, to local business tax law, and so on.
Clearly, in reading through the article, the State of California is responsible for a major portion of this debacle. LA's "skid row," for example, is a major source of materials for the problem: fake boxes, "honey cut," and so on.
Second, I have learned from parsing through a lot of Facebook that "legal" THC vape carts are not necessarily that great in terms of quality. Various folks complaining of "breathing problems" after using "government sponsored" THC vape carts. I wonder what these are cut with (see "Honey Cut" in the leafly.com article).
So where is the "vaping leadership" on government's failure to even notice the THC problems?
Clearly the folks selling this stuff on LA's skid row are worried about it. But California isn't.
Why not call this out?
Why not point out that "government" - the very people taking your vaping rights away - are responsible for allowing this in the first place?
In my experience vape people are reasonably diligent in checking the quality of what they make and sell.
California can ban "flavors" yet lets LA's skid row run unimpeded, unregulated and uncontrolled.
Why isn't anyone asking about "Honey Cut?"
In fact, what is being used in "legal" THC vape carts?
Yet our "vaperatti" don't call this out...
Don't ask these questions.
There's a clear link between THC carts and injury and death.
Yet we don't exploit it.
Hence we are the victims.
Lower, now, then smokers who at least are wise enough to use something safer than vaping.
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