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The people using the cutting agents were sellers on the blackmarket. Do you really think they're going to collect and pay sin tax and follow regulations? This w

• nrp 7y ago
  Actually, it seems some adulterated products made it into the legal market, which seems to indicate insufficient control and inspection along the supply chain: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1097011 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1097011 In any case, reasonable regulations are already going into place in states where THC products are legal: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2019/12/12/thc-vape-massachusetts-ban-over/ https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2019/12/12/thc-vape-mass... The availability of known-safe, conveniently-available, regulated alternatives tends to erode black markets pretty successfully. See alcohol or Spotify as examples.
  • fingerlocks 7y ago
    This isn’t the best refutation. In your first link, 80% of cases were confirmed black-market. The remaining were self-reported by users that would not name the dispensary or brand name of the product. Then from your second link regarding new regulations: ...the CCC said it has not seen evidence that anyone stricken with the mysterious and in some cases deadly lung condition bought their vape products from a licensed pot shop or medical dispensary. They are instead believed to have been sourced from the black market.
    • stjohnswarts 7y ago
      Whenever you see "self reported" on an illegal product you know that it could be accurate or off by an order of magnitude, so I completely agree with you.