Smoke and Mirrors: How Intoxicating Hemp Seeped Into the First Recreational Marijuana Market in the Country
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Colorado, which once served as the model for marijuana regulation, generated billions of dollars in tax revenue while promising to keep consumers safe. Now it’s scrambling to keep harmful hemp off the shelves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-thc-intoxicating-hemp-regulation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Great article, passed along to my kidlet who works for a medical marijuana company in Utah. Thanks!
US Congress is also considering legislation to somehow ban ALL THC products.
People with chronic pain and other conditions use THC products when doctors won't prescribe opiates. That's now a LOT of people because of doctor's fears about liability and insurance.
@ProPublica 1) Vapes OFTEN have toxic crap in them. 2) This is why we SHOULD have a robust FDA doing FAR MORE testing of products AND enforcement when they fuck up. PUBLIC LISTS OF ALL TEST RESULTS. If we ever get rid of the nazis and neoliberal dems we might achieve that. PROBLEMS with toxic adulterants is NOT a rationale for recriminalizing as the war on drugs is a complete, bloody, horrible and racist failure.
ProPublica and The Denver Gazette set out to see whether claims of widespread substitution of hemp for marijuana were accurate.
After testing 14 vapes at dispensaries, this is what we discovered: https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-hemp-thc-testing-results?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Journalism #Research #Data #Colorado #Hemp #Marijuana #Safety #Test
@ProPublica clickbait? Really? I donate for this?
