By Clint Sharples Vape pens are one of the most popular ways to consume cannabis. They’re affordable and convenient, effective and efficient. But are they safe? Or at least safer than smoking unprocessed cannabis? Nicotine-based vaping has long attempted to position itself as a healthier alternative to cigarettes, and it’s easy to extrapolate this same […]
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Over 500K pot vapes seized in 2 years as busts rise in US
NEW YORK — As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it’s increasingly on law enforcement’s radar, too. From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years, according to an Associated Press tally derived from interviews, […]
How Many More Crises Will It Take For The Cannabis Industry To Realize That It Has An Irrational Structure To Run An Effective Public Affairs Campaign?
I need to revise something I wrote in an article that CBE published on August 7, 2019: “The Cannabis Industry Needs to Rethink the Entire Approach to its Lobbying and Public Affairs Efforts. Now.” The first point I asserted was: “If the cannabis industry was a business, the CEO and the Board would fire whoever […]
New York to subpoena firms selling substances linked to illicit vaping products
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said Monday he is ordering the state health department to issue subpoenas to three companies the department has identified as selling substances linked to the mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses that have sickened hundreds of people across the country. The companies are marketing and selling “thickening agents” that can […]
Contaminant found in marijuana vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses, tests show
State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping have found the same chemical in samples of marijuana products used by people sickened in different parts of the country and who used different brands of products in recent weeks. The chemical is an oil derived from vitamin E. Investigators at the U.S. […]
As vaping-related lung illnesses spike, investigators eye contaminants
State and federal health authorities are focusing on the role of contaminants or counterfeit substances as a likely cause of vaping-related lung illnesses — now up to 354 possible cases in 29 states, nearly double the number reported to be under investigation last week, The Washington Post has learned. Officials are narrowing the possible culprits to […]
Vaping linked to marijuana use in young people, research says
Young people who vape are more likely to use marijuana, according to a study published Monday. The findings, researchers say, support the theory that nicotine rewires the developing brain, changing how people respond to and crave addictive substances. “Adolescents have a brain that’s still changing and developing,” said Dr. Nicholas Chadi, the lead author on […]
Learning Lessons from Troubled Tobacco
When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declares that use of a product has reached “epidemic proportions,” industries tend to notice. The FDA did just that on Wednesday, September 12, in regards to teenage and minor usage of e-cigarettes manufactured by companies like JUUL and sold by numerous retailers. In warning letters sent to 1,100 […]
Pot Candies, Vaping Snuffed Out for Now in Canadian Legalization
Missing segment means continued life for black market, Rules for edibles and other products not due until 2019 A key segment of Canada’s marijuana industry will remain banned for up to a year after the drug becomes legal for recreational use — making it harder for Justin Trudeau to kill off the black market. Edibles, beverages, […]
