15 out of 15 tested bootleg marijuana vape cartridges tainted with cyanide, pesticides.

[DetlefK]

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/vaping/tests-show-bootleg-marijuana-vapes-tainted-hydrogen-cyanide-n1059356

[dem4decades]

1. Legalize pot now

[SoCalNative]

2. You are aware that these black market products

are sold in states where marijuana IS legal, right?

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-17/as-illnesses-spread-fake-vape-gear-sells-on-l-a-streets

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-25/knockoff-cannabis-products-headache-for-california-legal-weed

[dem4decades]

4. I live in a state without legalized pot, if a state has legalized pot it

Would be regulated and uncontaminated. Maybe a little more costly but safer.

[shanti]

6. It IS regulated in CA

BUT the problem is that anyone can buy the packaging and the cartridges and put their own concoction in them. Even in California. When the price of legal cartridges (~$30-60 apiece) is high, there is always someone willing to undercut them on the street. The Washington Post had a good expose on this issue.

[SoCalNative]

7. It is regulated in California

yet the unlicensed pot shops are proliferating and being slow to be put out of business.

[skypilot]

3. I knew that China would show up...

...somewhere in this article.

[shanti]

5. Best to stick to flower

Flower can be vaped too, quite well, actually.

[obamanut2012]

8. Yup, Snoop Dog's vape pen is wonderful

You can vape flower and resin, not just carts.

[shanti]

9. Some more well-liked ones:

Storz & Bickel (I have a Mighty), Dynavap, Arizer, Lotus, Magic Flight, Pax. There's a learning curve, but no combustion is involved - better for your lungs. And for folks who are only medicating with CBD, there is flower that is just CBD.