From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years, according to an Associated Press tally derived from interviews, court records, news accounts and official releases.
In states with and without legal marijuana markets, drug investigators, highway patrols and local police departments have been adjusting to searching for a form of marijuana that comes in small packages, doesn’t smell like pot and might look like legal nicotine vapes — or require discerning what’s legal and not in states that allow marijuana use.
Vaping rapidly gained ground in the past few years among marijuana users as a fast-acting and discreet alternative to smoking the drug. Thirty-three states have legalized marijuana at least for medicinal use, but bootleg vape “carts” — short for cartridges — have cropped up there and elsewhere, selling for roughly $20 to $50 apiece.
To marijuana legalization advocates, the increased focus on black-market marijuana cartridges is an argument for legalizing and regulating the drug nationally in the name of safety. Juvenile court pot vape possession cases have increased roughly threefold in the county in about a year, Rich said. Meanwhile, she’s prosecuting two people charged in September with marijuana trafficking after a seizure of 1,971 THC vapes shipped from California. Rich said they were labeled with such flavors as banana, tangelo and Girl Scout cookie.
Mary Jane Vaping? Bad idea- Today's Weed is so strong that all U need is 1 Hit per 8hrs. I know, I used 2 Grow it Overseas.
This is big money for the Justice system. Vapors for weed is a felony crime in illegal states. One individual gets busted, the Justice system stands to make big money from one individual.
They could legalize, regulate and tax instead.
It ain't THC, it's access to legitimate products. Quit pushing this fakenews angle that the CDC has proven false. This is conspiracy theory news & it's been debunked numerous times. Russian news trolls at ABC
In case you were still on the fence about prohibition being more detrimental than the product: here you go.
Omg give them to me fr
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