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Are you certain this is only happening from illegal products? Here are pictures of brands new york has flagged: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdoh/sets/72157
by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Are you certain this is only happening from illegal products?
Here are pictures of brands new york has flagged: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdoh/sets/72157710703391248/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdoh/sets/72157710703391248/
And according to this article: https://beta.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/09/05/contaminant-found-vaping-products-linked-deadly-lung-illnesses-state-federal-labs-show https://beta.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/09/05/contaminan... a man died after using a product purchased from a dispensary:
a middle-aged adult who died in late July of a severe respiratory illness had used an e-cigarette containing marijuana oil purchased from a legal dispensary. It’s the second death linked to vaping nationwide and the first to be linked to a product bought at a store.
- dr_dshiv 7y agoI suspect it is only illegal products because they have only shown pictures of brands but not actually referred to any brands in the text of the article. I find that strange.
- propman 7y ago“All issues have come from illegal products.” You confidently state Yet claim terrible journalism...
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- ry4nolson 7y agoThe title of your first link is literally "Pulmonary illnesses associated with black market vaping products"
- balaksakrionon 7y agothanks for that, flickr cuts off a significant portion of the title for me: Pulmonary illnesses associated with b... I also don't live in NY so I don't know those brands; the fancy packaging makes it appear similar to much of the recreational stuff I've seen in other states. The second point still stands.
- cannaceo 7y agoThese are not actual brands. Black market vape manufacturers buy generic packaging that is sold to anyone. There's no actual company behind these "brands". They exist only on the black market.
- dole 7y agoDecent article on buying boxes and how "brands" like Dank Vapes can have a social presence on IG and other platforms but avoid responsibility for "official" or "unofficial" products. "They act like a cannabis company, but they actually don’t exist. They’re in the packaging industry," ... "These are just people filling cartridges as 'Dank Vapes.' It's not a singular facility. It's just people in their garages filling them and selling them.” https://www.inverse.com/article/58581-dank-vapes https://www.inverse.com/article/58581-dank-vapes
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- balaksakrionon 7y agoThanks for that info
- johnbrodie 7y agoI'm not hip to all the various state's stands on THC/CBD containing products, but from your first link: >Laboratory test results showed very high levels of vitamin E acetate in nearly all cannabis-containing samples analyzed by the Wadsworth Center as part of this investigation. At least one vitamin E acetate containing vape product has been linked to each patient who submitted a product for testing. Vitamin E acetate is not an approved additive for New York State Medical Marijuana Program-authorized vape products and was not seen in the nicotine-based products that were tested.