Study: Kids who vape tobacco are more likely to go on to use cannabis August 8, 2022 AggregatedNews Uncategorized 0 Comments Vaping is growing more prevalent among young people — in 2021, 1 in 9 high school students said they had vaped in the past month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Increasingly, those kids are vaping cannabis.… Read More→
Synthetic vs. Natural Hemp: A Legal and Labeling Minefield November 11, 2020 Henry Baskerville Compliance and Regulations, Hemp Policy & Legal, Lab Testing, Policy & Legal, Processing, Standards and Certification 0 Comments The DEA’s recent interim final rule--which appears to be in contravention of the letter and spirit of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (aka the Farm Bill)--continues to cause concern and turmoil in the industry. The proposed rule addresses CBD… Read More→
Was The Marijuana Vaping Illness Around Longer Than We Thought? August 12, 2020 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments EVALI before the 2019 outbreak, and new cases may be currently obscured by the pandemic. Chatter around E-cigarette or Vaping-Related Lung Illness (EVALI) has been consumed by the more lethal COVID-19 pandemic, but new research indicates that hospitalizations due to… Read More→
CDC: More people obtain THC vapes from family, friends than dispensaries January 15, 2020 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments A large majority of the people suffering from a vaping-related lung illness said they used products containing THC, and most of them obtained the products through “informal” sources, according to new federal data released Tuesday. According to the Centers for… Read More→
Some patients with vaping-related lung injuries are being hospitalized a second time October 16, 2019 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Federal health officials investigating mysterious vaping-related lung injuries said Friday that some patients are being hospitalized for a second time, a disturbing new development in the ongoing national outbreak that has spread to every state except Alaska. “We are aware… Read More→
Massachusetts Orders 4-Month Ban on Sale of All Vaping Products September 25, 2019 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments The state’s action is the toughest to date, as vaping-related illnesses and teenage use of e-cigarettes climb. Facing declining sales and public backlash, Juul, the dominant e-cigarette maker, is considering layoffs. Massachusetts on Tuesday went further than any other state… Read More→
Vaping-related illnesses surge as FDA discloses criminal probe September 19, 2019 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Federal officials said Thursday that at least 530 people in 38 states have become sickened by a mysterious vaping-related lung illness, part of a growing national outbreak. In a sign of the seriousness of the e-cigarette investigation, officials disclosed that… Read More→
The Fentanyl Failure March 15, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say. In May 2016, a group of national health experts issued an urgent plea in a private letter to high-level officials… Read More→