Pennsylvania’s controversial marijuana vape recall is overturned by appeals court judge June 17, 2022 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments A Commonwealth Court judge on Wednesday allowed Pennsylvania medical marijuana companies to resume selling vapes that were taken off the shelves in February in a controversial recall. “We are thrilled about this decision,” said Judith D. Cassel, an attorney for… Read More→
Marijuana vaping among teens has more than doubled since 2013 October 25, 2021 AggregatedNews News & Insights 1 Comment Teen vaping of marijuana doubled between 2013 and 2020, indicating that young people may be swapping out joints, pipes or bongs for vape pens, according to a new study. Researchers also found that adolescents who say they vaped cannabis within… Read More→
First Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries to start selling vape products Friday March 19, 2021 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments Eight Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries, including three in the Kansas City area will be selling vape pens and cartridges for the first time Friday. Customers have clamored for them for some time, despite varying opinions on just how safe they are.… Read More→
Vaping marijuana linked to lung injury in teens, study says March 4, 2021 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Teens are about twice as likely to report "wheezing or whistling" in the chest after vaping marijuana than after smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes, a new study has found. "This surprised us, we thought we would find more negative respiratory… 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→
Colorado Flags Old THC Vapes That Could Contain Banned Substance March 6, 2020 AggregatedNews Colorado, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Seven brands of marijuana vaping products in Colorado could contain MCT oil, a recently banned additive to THC vaping liquid, according to a health advisory from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division. Officially banned by the MED along with the more-notorious vitamin… Read More→
Should illegal marijuana sellers be taxed in Massachusetts? CCC, state legislators eyeing a task force that would look toward taxation over criminal penalties February 27, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Concerns about the illegal marijuana market in Massachusetts became even more heightened last year as people here in the state, and across the country, started to fall ill from vaping. For Commissioner Britte McBride of the state Cannabis Control Commission, the vaping crisis… Read More→
Michigan testing, labeling rules for marijuana vaping products updated February 8, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued updated rules regarding vaping products Thursday, Feb. 6. The agency is requiring any vaping product that contain ingredients originating outside the regulated market to be tested for potentially deadly vitamin E acetate. All inactive ingredients, required to… Read More→
Michigan recalls 9,380 marijuana vaping products over vitamin E acetate concerns January 23, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Vaping cartridges containing vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent suspected in a nationwide outbreak of deadly lung illnesses, has been discovered in samples of products sold from a Detroit dispensary. The Marijuana Regulatory Agency after 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22,… 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→
Ohio medical marijuana companies ban two chemicals from vaping products December 16, 2019 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Ohio medical marijuana processors have voluntarily banned two substances from their products in the wake of a spate of vaping-related hospitalizations and deaths. A group of Ohio medical marijuana processors recently identified two substances that they will no longer allow… Read More→
Marijuana and Vaping: Shadowy Past, Dangerous Present October 21, 2019 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments For years, a divisive debate has raged in the United States over the health consequences of nicotine e-cigarettes. During the same time, vaping of a more contentious substance has been swiftly growing, with scant notice from public health officials. Millions… Read More→