Marijuana company sued for not making customers high enough

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A California cannabis company is being sued by two local consumers for allegedly lying about the potency of its products.

in state court last week accusing DreamFields Brands of false advertising, intentional misrepresentation and unjust enrichment, among other charges.

At issue in the case is how much Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is contained in DreamFields' Jeeter pre-roll products. THC is the chemical found in cannabis that gives users a high. DreamFields markets its products as having higher than average levels of THC, but an independent laboratory test found the pre-rolls do not have a higher concentration of the chemical, lawyers for Centeno and Wilson alleged. In one instance, a Jeeter product labeled as having a THC content of 46% was found to contain between 23% and 27%, the lawsuit states.

"Consumers are willing to pay more for cannabis products with higher THC content, and expect to pay less for cannabis products with lower THC content," attorney Christin Cho, who is representing the plaintiffs, said in a

 

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CBS News can write all the sarcastic headlines it wants, but people deserve to get what they pay for. False advertising should be punishable, most especially for consumable products that are used to treat medical conditions.

Careful you don't make it harder on the small growers by making everything too expensive and recreating big ag.

Justice!!!!! 💨

And that one of the reasons why legalizing Marijuana is smart. Goverment oversight to keep growers honest about their product.

🤔🤔🤔 it's a liable case because if the bottle suggests your getting a curtain amount of THC and your not then THAT FALSE ADVERTISEMENT.

How high do you need to be? High is high, eat an entire McDonalds Then you are high enough. Me being the judge” throughout this ridiculous law suit “ I don’t have time, I need to get to McDonalds before the pot heads do!

It got to come high,hahaha..I'm out of here,what!

Well, why not? If a liquor company waters down their whiskey, they’d get sued also.”

Next time go to Cheech & Chong.

Mary Jane gives you boobs, like they say...

This is why government regulation can be a good thing, if pot were legalized federally that is.

Josiah and cap Garin,Redman,Mexico,Kila6…never test their products

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