Oct 8, 2022 03:13 AM
(This post was last modified: Oct 8, 2022 04:12 AM by C C.)
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/...ed-4-dead/
EXCERPTS: . . . The report documented a mass poisoning from alternative marijuana products tainted with rat poison. The event—which severely sickened 52, killing four—isn't the first or even the largest of such poisonings...
Synthetic cannabinoid products are often sold in small foil packages [...] The products are poorly regulated and can contain an ever-changing lineup of substances to sidestep evolving laws. Nevertheless, they're often falsely marketed as safe, natural, and legal alternatives to marijuana, promising the same benefits as the real drug while being undetectable by drug tests.
Synthetic cannabinoids are dubious and can be risky, but products containing brodifacoum, a rat poison, are particularly dangerous...
[...] Officials don't know for certain why anyone would put brodifacoum in fake weed, but researchers speculated that it could prolong or enhance the effects of synthetic cannabinoids. Brodifacoum has also been found tainting actual marijuana and cocaine.
The poisonings are yet another reason advocates for drug policy reform have called for legalizing and regulating marijuana, which is already happening in some states...
[...] On Thursday, President Biden made movements to reform federal laws by issuing mass pardons for federal simple possession offenses. He also directed federal officials to review the status of marijuana as a "Schedule 1" drug, a designation used for the most dangerous drugs... (MORE - missing details)
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Because in dope logic, legalizing it magically makes people stop buying and using the synthetics. As well as eliminates the practice of tainting the real thing with brodifacoum. The latter started as a personal preference way back in 1994 or earlier, 14 years before the synthetics were introduced to the United States in 2008.
EXCERPTS: . . . The report documented a mass poisoning from alternative marijuana products tainted with rat poison. The event—which severely sickened 52, killing four—isn't the first or even the largest of such poisonings...
Synthetic cannabinoid products are often sold in small foil packages [...] The products are poorly regulated and can contain an ever-changing lineup of substances to sidestep evolving laws. Nevertheless, they're often falsely marketed as safe, natural, and legal alternatives to marijuana, promising the same benefits as the real drug while being undetectable by drug tests.
Synthetic cannabinoids are dubious and can be risky, but products containing brodifacoum, a rat poison, are particularly dangerous...
[...] Officials don't know for certain why anyone would put brodifacoum in fake weed, but researchers speculated that it could prolong or enhance the effects of synthetic cannabinoids. Brodifacoum has also been found tainting actual marijuana and cocaine.
The poisonings are yet another reason advocates for drug policy reform have called for legalizing and regulating marijuana, which is already happening in some states...
[...] On Thursday, President Biden made movements to reform federal laws by issuing mass pardons for federal simple possession offenses. He also directed federal officials to review the status of marijuana as a "Schedule 1" drug, a designation used for the most dangerous drugs... (MORE - missing details)
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Because in dope logic, legalizing it magically makes people stop buying and using the synthetics. As well as eliminates the practice of tainting the real thing with brodifacoum. The latter started as a personal preference way back in 1994 or earlier, 14 years before the synthetics were introduced to the United States in 2008.
