Tag: Black Market News
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The Legal Importance Of Understanding Between Legal CBD, And Illegal CBD
They’re the same molecule. One kind of CBD can get your kids reported to DHS, as internal emails to state employees showed last week. The other kind is specifically codified in Iowa law to not allow DHS interference — meaning legislators explicitly told DHS to not go after people if they have a medical cannabidiol…
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5 People Died So Far From Illegal Unregulated Marijuana Pens #BlackMarketNews
So this isn’t good for anyone, but it may lead to solutions. The problem is clearly that marijuana is illegal, which leaves unregulated products on the street that make people sick. Black market issues are front and center as the marijuana industry reaction to the vape pen outbreaks across the country — now totaling over…
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First Death Linked To Minnesota THC Pen #BlackMarketNews
KIMT reports. U.S. health officials said Friday they have identified 450 possible cases in 33 states, including three other deaths in Illinois, Indiana and Oregon.
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Death By Vapors: Vitamin E Acetate Making Black Market THC Cartridge Users Deadly Ill #BlackMarketNews
Kaiser Health News, among other media outlets, are sounding the alarm on hundreds of people throughout the country reporting sicknesses as a result of black market vape pens with THC. Yesterday WeedPress reported hospitalization numbers around 250; today it is upwards of 450 people. Three users so far may have died. This may be somewhat…
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#BlackMarketNews: Hundreds Sickened; Officials Today Interviewed 8 Minnesotans About Vape Pens
Originally reported by the AP and linked here from KNSI Radio: The Star Tribune reported Tuesday that health officials have interviewed eight of 15 patients in Minnesota who have been hospitalized for severe respiratory illnesses with confirmed links to vaping. Rich Danila of the Minnesota Department of Health says all eight inhaled THC, the compound…
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First Year Projected Legal Illinois Marijuana Sales To Be $242 Million; 80% of Sales Expected To Be On Legal Market, Destroying Black Market
From the Chicago Sun Times: Your weed dealer will be OK even after marijuana becomes legal — here’s why Cost and convenience and will help keep the black market thriving, experts and dealers say. By Tom Schuba Aug 26, 2019, 6:00am CDT A longtime Chicago dealer said he offers his customers familiarity and convenience, which…
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Not Just Iowa: 15 Confirmed Minnesota Cases Suspected Of Lung Damage From Vaping
From MPR News: The Minnesota Department of Health says it has confirmed four cases of severe lung injuries associated with vaping, and is investigating 11 more. Last week, the department urged health care providers to report cases severe lung disease possibly linked to vaping, after Children’s Minnesota reported four cases. Some of those patients required…
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Four Iowans Report Severe Sickness After Using Likely Counterfeit THC Vape Pens #BlackMarketNews
Vape pens on the black market have been unsafe for quite a while now due to counterfeit cartridges, shipped for one or two dollars from China, filled with homemade cannabis oil instead of standardized and tested products. Many major labels have been involved. Iowa has no legal access for these products, so everyone who uses…
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Missouri Marijuana Lobbyist Granted Pre-Trial Release Following Federal Charges
Initially reported as facing up to 25 years in prison a well-known and highly respected cannabis activist appears to have taken a cash donation and gotten charged in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana charge as a result. ABC 17 KIMZ News says, “Eapen Thampy was given pretrial release after a hearing in the Jefferson City…
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