Marijuana and Vaping: Shadowy Past, Dangerous Present

Vitamin E acetate found in some marijuana vape cartridges tested in Massachusetts

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A Massachusetts laboratory says it’s found vitamin E acetate in marijuana vape cartridges tested across Massachusetts, but not in vapes sold at licensed cannabis businesses.

MCR Labs had developed a way to test for the chemical, which is an oil additive found in THC-based vape products that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is now a “very strong culprit” in the ongoing national outbreak of illness that has sickened thousands and caused three deaths in Massachusetts.

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A pioneering test found a toxic stew of dangerous chemicals — including formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide — in the vapor produced by some illicit THC vaping cartridges, according to data shared with NBC News.

Federal health officials and private companies have previously published test results on the cannabis oils used in vaping devices, but the new report from the CannaSafe lab in California is believed to be the release of the first findings analyzing the vapor people suck into their lungs.

In all six bootleg THC cartridges it tested, CannaSafe found the vapors they produced were filled with high levels of pesticides and other harmful substances. One of the illicit products, Maui Waui, contained 1,500 times the legal limit of pesticides.