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flacohandsome
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:37 am Post subject: Weed vapes with vitamin E gained popularity on social media |
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The ingredient that investigators think is behind many of the vaping illnesses appears to have gained popularity on social media.
The compound, an oil called vitamin E acetate, was described in online tutorials as a way to dilute bootleg THC vapes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
The illnesses, called EVALI, or e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury, have now sickened 2,506 people and killed at least 54 nationwide.
A CDC analysis of emergency room visits showed that the onset of the outbreak was sudden, suggesting a change in what people were vaping around that time. The analysis found that ER visits for vaping problems sharply increased beginning in June, and peaked in September. Although doctors continue to report cases, the numbers now are declining.
The CDC published its analysis, along with three other reports detailing ongoing investigations of EVALI, on Friday.
A majority of patients reported using vaping products with THC, the main psychoactive component of marijuana, bought off the street or from friends.
And a growing body of evidence points to vitamin E oil as a likely culprit in what's made people sick.
"We are confident that vitamin E acetate is strongly linked to the EVALI outbreak," Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director at the CDC, said on a call with reporters. The CDC analyzed samples of lung fluid from 51 EVALI patients; 48 contained vitamin E acetate. By contrast, none of the lung fluid samples taken from 99 healthy people had vitamin E.
Vitamin E acetate has a consistency that is much like pure THC oil: thick, goopy and viscous. Officials think it was used as a way to dilute THC products. |
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DanielLee5
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I don't find it surprising Most of stoners I know switched to vaping from smoking weed, the advantages of a weed vaporizer are obvious as for me. Vaping is safer, healthier, cheaper, smells better and has no side effects. |
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Lavarda
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