Teresa Carr

One, they had recently opened a state testing lab, which kind of is a new trend among state regulators.

So there was that.

And there was also their regulatory body had recently cracked down on several labs for THC inflation.

In fact, most of their labs in the state they cracked down on for THC inflation.

So it seemed a place to go where the regulators were actually taking some action and trying to do something about the problems that we were talking about.

The experts I talked to, including Max, are most concerned with inhaling the contaminants because as opposed to going through your GI tract, this is going, the vape or the smoke is going directly into your lungs and then it gets directly into your bloodstream.

And when you think about it, like let's say you're eating an apple, well, you can wash the apple and if there's anything on it, you know, you can take it at least off the outside, but you don't wash your weed.

And we really don't know how those inhaled contaminants are going to get into your system and affect you.

So when you think about mold, it's everywhere.

And most forms are fairly harmless.

But there are a few forms that can cause serious health problems to humans, especially if you inhale them.

And so that's one of the areas experts are most concerned about.

And that's the idea that somebody, especially somebody with a compromised immune system, might inhale one of these toxic molds.

And there have been.

case reports of people becoming seriously ill with pneumonia and serious lung respiratory problems from that.

The other thing that scientists are worried about are heavy metals and pesticides that are toxic to the nervous system.

For example, there's a type of pesticides that's commonly used in cannabis called organophosphates.

It's a class of pesticides.

And research has linked that

to the onset and faster progression of Parkinson's disease, which is really a concern because a lot of Parkinson's, I think something like 40% of Parkinson's patients use cannabis to help with their symptoms of the disease.