MA Bans Vaping Product for Four Months –Including for Medical Use

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2 points·cmiles74··5 comments

Banning electronic nicotine devices right now, because of their link to contaminated THC vaping illnesses, is like banning vaccines delivered by hypodermic needles because needles are linked to Hepatitis infections by IV drug users.

This is what happens when decisions are made based on political/PR based reasoning, rather than logical reasoning.

It will appear good on its face to most people, but very specific edge cases will be catastrophically impacted with little fanfare.

I agree!

Enforcement is always difficult. Creating more laws does not mean a shift in the culture or the behaviors in a society.

I was surprised to see them ban medical marijuana based vaping products. They have been part of the MA medical program for maybe five years now with no reports of any illnesses.

The THC products are the actual culprit in the illnesses, and based on a review of all the evidence banning those alone would be more responsible. Really, the feds need to legalize cannabis and let the FDA regulate it instead of the current approach, which is "people using cannabis are all criminals and deserve to die."

edit - obviously not all THC vapes are causing illnesses, but the lack of regulation is making things very murky. There really needs to be a grown-up approach to them involving responsible regulation of the supply chain.

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