for legal marijuana in 2019, with $473 million in sales through May in California, Oregon, and Colorado alone. Which means that a lung disease epidemic could have a major ripple effect throughout an industry that, despite its lucrativeness, is still trying to be taken seriously by both mass consumers and the federal government.
And if illegal cannabis vapes are hard to regulate, the legal CBD industry might be even harder. Since CBD became available for purchase nationally under the 2018 Farm Bill, the cannabis-derived compound turned into the wellness aid of the moment — it’s even on track. But even if vaporizing CBD won’t come with a THC-like “high,” its cartridges could still be filled with chemicals you wouldn’t want to ingest. And, unlike THC’s strict regulations, CBD is the wild west.
When reached for comment, Alex Traverso, assistant chief of communications for California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control, pointed to the agency’s education and awareness campaign, which has been up and running “for about the past four months.” When pressed if there was anything else the agency had done to enforce black market manufacturing prior to this summer, Traverso said, “The bureau has been doing enforcement against the illegal market since late 2018.
Though Corral says the state needs to put “a lot more money and a lot more research” into educating consumers and shutting down illegal operations, Kingpen is now working to mitigate the counterfeiting issue itself.
Feds can make more money if it stay illegal for now
legalize and we won't have bootlegs.
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The word is out! Vape at your own risk!