Kevin McKernan

The reality is they already have that problem. They probably don't have the source of it.

The reality is they already have that problem. They probably don't have the source of it.

The reality is they already have that problem. They probably don't have the source of it.

It's out of control. And it's not – what frightens me about that is no one's screening those things for pesticides, for metals. And the whole vape industry is a very new industry from cannabis plants. Like when you pull and extract these things out of cannabis plants, the pesticides tend to enrich more than the cannabinoids. Right. So you'll get pens that are just loaded with pesticides.

It's out of control. And it's not – what frightens me about that is no one's screening those things for pesticides, for metals. And the whole vape industry is a very new industry from cannabis plants. Like when you pull and extract these things out of cannabis plants, the pesticides tend to enrich more than the cannabinoids. Right. So you'll get pens that are just loaded with pesticides.

It's out of control. And it's not – what frightens me about that is no one's screening those things for pesticides, for metals. And the whole vape industry is a very new industry from cannabis plants. Like when you pull and extract these things out of cannabis plants, the pesticides tend to enrich more than the cannabinoids. Right. So you'll get pens that are just loaded with pesticides.

Like that whole valley crisis, that wasn't vitamin E acetate. The what crisis? There was a Valley crisis right before COVID that many people forgot about because COVID came in and destroyed everyone's lives. But the Valley crisis was a vaping crisis that killed a bunch of people. They had ground glass capacities in the lungs, all these things that sound like COVID.

Like that whole valley crisis, that wasn't vitamin E acetate. The what crisis? There was a Valley crisis right before COVID that many people forgot about because COVID came in and destroyed everyone's lives. But the Valley crisis was a vaping crisis that killed a bunch of people. They had ground glass capacities in the lungs, all these things that sound like COVID.

Like that whole valley crisis, that wasn't vitamin E acetate. The what crisis? There was a Valley crisis right before COVID that many people forgot about because COVID came in and destroyed everyone's lives. But the Valley crisis was a vaping crisis that killed a bunch of people. They had ground glass capacities in the lungs, all these things that sound like COVID.

But it was about six months before COVID hit. And it was pinned down to some nicotine and THC pens. And eventually the CDC said, well, about 70% of these things have vitamin E acetate. It must be vitamin E acetate. Vitamin E acetate has been in vape pens for 10 years. It's not vitamin E acetate. It's probably pesticides they're not looking for.

But it was about six months before COVID hit. And it was pinned down to some nicotine and THC pens. And eventually the CDC said, well, about 70% of these things have vitamin E acetate. It must be vitamin E acetate. Vitamin E acetate has been in vape pens for 10 years. It's not vitamin E acetate. It's probably pesticides they're not looking for.

But it was about six months before COVID hit. And it was pinned down to some nicotine and THC pens. And eventually the CDC said, well, about 70% of these things have vitamin E acetate. It must be vitamin E acetate. Vitamin E acetate has been in vape pens for 10 years. It's not vitamin E acetate. It's probably pesticides they're not looking for.

And a couple of testing labs we know in the space were finding high levels of pesticides in those pens. And those pesticides, the nature of them means that they can be in parts per million, maybe parts per billion in cannabis. You put them through an extraction system and they're in parts per thousand. Like the cannabinoids might enrich threefold in the pens.

And a couple of testing labs we know in the space were finding high levels of pesticides in those pens. And those pesticides, the nature of them means that they can be in parts per million, maybe parts per billion in cannabis. You put them through an extraction system and they're in parts per thousand. Like the cannabinoids might enrich threefold in the pens.

And a couple of testing labs we know in the space were finding high levels of pesticides in those pens. And those pesticides, the nature of them means that they can be in parts per million, maybe parts per billion in cannabis. You put them through an extraction system and they're in parts per thousand. Like the cannabinoids might enrich threefold in the pens.

Like they might go from the plant from 20% to 80%. maybe 60% in the pens, but you can see the pesticides go up 100-fold in concentration. You don't want to have an unregulated vape pen thing out there when the cannabis field right now

Like they might go from the plant from 20% to 80%. maybe 60% in the pens, but you can see the pesticides go up 100-fold in concentration. You don't want to have an unregulated vape pen thing out there when the cannabis field right now

Like they might go from the plant from 20% to 80%. maybe 60% in the pens, but you can see the pesticides go up 100-fold in concentration. You don't want to have an unregulated vape pen thing out there when the cannabis field right now

has two different regulatory structures, one where you can grow outdoor hemp and no one can really QC it or does QC it, and you can load it with pesticides, doesn't have to go through safety testing, and ends up sold into gas stations outside of whether Amendment 3 votes yes or no. So Florida is loaded with this.

has two different regulatory structures, one where you can grow outdoor hemp and no one can really QC it or does QC it, and you can load it with pesticides, doesn't have to go through safety testing, and ends up sold into gas stations outside of whether Amendment 3 votes yes or no. So Florida is loaded with this.