Vaporizers

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced a breakthrough on Friday in its investigation into the ongoing vape crisis, singling out vitamin E acetate as the likely culprit behind the spate of hospitalizations and deaths.

A group of Massachusetts medical cannabis patients is challenging the Department of Public Health’s right to regulate cannabis vaping products after officials issued a four-month ban in September; patients argue that the regulations should come from the Cannabis Control Commission.

A top CDC official suggested that cannabis vaporizer regulations could go a long way to protect consumers from the ongoing, vape-linked lung disease crisis.

Four medical cannabis patients in Massachusetts have asked to join a lawsuit challenging the state’s four-month vaporizer ban approved last month by Gov. Charlie Baker.

Oregon is the third state to ban outright flavored vape pen products; the state’s new six-month ban, starting October 15, was born from an executive order by Gov. Kate Brown (D) earlier this month.

Washington regulators have issued a 120-day temporary ban of all flavored vaporizers, including nicotine- and cannabis-based products; the governor has called for lawmakers to pass legislation making the ban permanent.

77 percent of patients affected by the vape-linked pulmonary illness were using vaporizers containing both THC and nicotine; “nearly all” of the cannabis vape products, however, were obtained from “friends, family members, illicit dealers, or off the street.”

Uncle Ike’s dispensary in Seattle, Washington recently ran a barrage of lab tests on cannabis vaporizers in the shop to search for vitamin E acetate, the compound linked to a recent swell of vape-related hospitalizations. 100% of the products passed the tests.

A governor-issued ban in Massachusetts will block the sale of cannabis and nicotine vaporizer products for four months; the ban comes after 61 people in the state have fallen ill with the vape-related pulmonary illness.

A new Nielsen report suggests legal U.S. cannabis sales could surpass $40 billion by 2025; the sector was worth just $8 billion in 2018.

Amazon has removed from its offerings products that could be used to create counterfeit cannabis vape pens; the products included specific vape cartridges and even fake “California Compliant” stickers.

Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts will soon require extra ingredient details on cannabis vape cartridges, extracts, and concentrates amid the breakout of a deadly, vape-linked pulmonary illness.

The CDC is not ready to definitively link illicit market cannabis cartridges to the vape-linked lung diseases that have hospitalized hundreds of Americans.

Cannabis vape products tested by the New York State Health Department contained high levels of vitamin E acetate, a compound that has been linked to vape-related pulmonary illnesses; the agency did not say if the compound was found in products available via state-licensed dispensaries.

“CCELL” vaporizer cartridges manufactured in China have been failing new heavy metals testing standards in California. Even products that pass testing are concerning those who are aware.

Using a marijuana vaporizer at the right temperature can optimize which terpenes are prominent in the vapor.