Sydney Lupkin

But in each state, there were only between 60 and 120 contaminants that were being regulated.

So in other words, different states were looking for different contaminants.

I also asked Lung, you know, whether states testing for just more contaminants maybe had safer weed.

And he said no.

Wow.

It's not really well studied.

So a state that might be testing for 300 things might not be testing for the one thing that is guaranteed to give you cancer someday.

And a state only testing for a few contaminants might in fact be testing for that very bad thing.

But without that research, which is hard because weed is still federally illegal, it's really hard to know what the worst contaminants are.

Yeah, I definitely want to echo that.

I talked to a weed cultivator who went from the illegal market to the legal one, and he described it as this sort of wild, wild west.

And this guy was like, yeah, there used to be just a guy in a room spraying pesticides with the door closed and no protective gear.

And that just doesn't fly in the legal market.

So if you care about the people who are growing your weed...

It's nice to go legal.

And then just if you're trying to be safer for you, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with what your state regulations are and to regularly check recall lists, which are often published online.

I think that that would be a good idea.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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