09-19-2019, 02:12 PM
(09-19-2019, 01:59 PM)vbin Wrote: All due to vaping issues. Anyone looking at CGC or CRON? Anyone know How much MO paid to CRON for each stock they own?
It looks like the majority of the reports to date relating to vaping illness involve black market THC vaping cartridges, or discounted (import/unregulated) off-brand nicotine cartridges where the THC or nicotine vape juice has been cut with an adulterant. One of the adulterants that has cropped up repeatedly is vitamin E acetate, which is used to cut THC in some of these cartridges. The vitamin E acetate is an oily compound that binds to the lungs, causing lipoid pneumonia. The onset of symptoms can occur in just weeks. The often-repeated news story regarding the 18yr old with the "lungs of a 70 year old man" concerns a young man who was vaping THC cartridges with Vitamin E acetate.
Given the circumstances of many of the reported cases, it is unlikely that Juul's pods, which have been on the market for years, are the culprit. Most of their customers would have been long-dead if that were the case.