Self-Help: How State-Legal Cannabis Operators Can Respond to the Vaping Crisis March 12, 2020 Jennifer Fisher Op-Ed, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Over the last decade, there has been a remarkably swift rise in the popularity of vaporizers and vaping products. As reported by the BBC, the number of people using vaporizers increased from 7 million in 2011 to over 41 million… 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→
Potential culprit found in vaping-related lung injuries and deaths November 8, 2019 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments CDC describes “breakthrough” in finding vitamin E acetate in lung fluids of patients Federal health officials have identified vitamin E acetate in the lung fluids of 29 people sickened in the outbreak of dangerous vaping-related lung injuries. The discovery is… Read More→
Some States With Legal Weed Embrace Vaping Bans, Warn Of Black Market Risks October 26, 2019 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Around Washington state, cannabis shops are being required to hang signs warning customers of "severe lung injuries" and "deaths" associated with vaping. Kevin Heiderich, a co-owner of one such shop, House of Cannabis in Tacoma, Wash., believes the government response… Read More→
Vaping Epidemic and Cannabis: What Cannabis Businesses Can Expect October 9, 2019 Hilary Bricken News & Insights, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Founder at Harris Bricken Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the U.S. is facing a vaping epidemic where consumers are potentially inhaling/ingesting very toxic chemicals in the form of vaporized nicotine liquid and THC… Read More→