fyzygy Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 From Double Blind: The past few semanas have been, uh, eye-opening in regards to toxins being found in popular psychoactive products. The LA Times dropped a bombshell investigative story about pesticides being found at alarming levels in legal cannabis products—yes, including in well-known brands we all have likely consumed. A flurry of lawsuits have since ensued and the Department of Cannabis Control has remained largely silent on the issue, despite issuing a few random product recalls. While that story has caused an absolute utter shitstorm in the cannabis space, the FDA and CDC also launched an investigation into a “mushroom” brand called Diamond Shruumz from Santa Ana, CA earlier in June. These products landed 23 people in the hospital and rendered 36 others ill with an array of symptoms, including seizures, nausea, vomiting, and abnormal heart rate and blood pressure. The FDA and CDC released some lab tests they conducted on a few Diamond Shruumz products, but they only tested two products out of dozens available, so it’s impossible to know what’s causing the illness with certainty. However, journalist Michelle Lhooq investigated the COAs on Diamond Shruumz’s website, and… well, you’ll have to read the story to see what she discovered after talking to the labs the brand employed. What I will say is product safety is not looking great right now, despite the recent recall of Diamond Shruumz. The takeaway? Either know your dealer or grow your own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Fleishman Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 (edited) ... Edited August 16 by Ishmael Fleishman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyzygy Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Criminalisation puts consumers at risk, no doubt. But so too, commercialisation. I've seen well-to-do, know-nothing cannabis gangsters use everything from neem oil to Mortein, all in a vain attempt to control spider mite for which they've provided the ideal conditions. And this despite the availability of biological controls, even pre-emptive biological controls, that cost no more than chemical options. I've read that plant growth accelerators are available "under the counter" in Oz, from your local hydro store. But I'm not at all convinced that the medicinal cannabis industry grows a product that is any safer. After all, they're in it for the same reason as the would-be gangsters: rapid turnovers of product and cash. I'm not sure what regulations, if any, surround the production of medicinal cannabis. Minimal, I'd say. (The LA Times report in OP could be referring to cannabis products for the recreational market, and/or medicinal, I don't know). As far as I know, only organic certification stipulates freedom from synthetic pesticides. Any kind of closed-system, monoculture crop, is all the more vulnerable to infestations of pests. A friend worked at a mushroom farm, where the fruiting bodies were routinely sprayed with sheep dip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fyzygy Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 1 hour ago, Ishmael Fleishman said: I think getting your cannabis from a suppliers who also consumes his own product would be best. Definitely not in my experience. Growers who deal and smoke their own stuff can get consumed by paranoia. Too much of a good thing, is a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenjonny Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 It's good that the article mentions that there is certification programs that can assure consumers about the quality of products however I think the jury is still out on things such as abermectin (possibly your sheep dip) and whether its actually a concern. My concern is that australia being formative in its industry does not have these assurances and becomes a dumping ground for poor product from overseas. Looking at you biocann... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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