Tests show bootleg marijuana vapes tainted with hydrogen cyanide
NBC News commissioned one of the nation’s leading cannabis testing facilities to test a sampling of THC cartridges — 18 in all — obtained from legal dispensaries and unlicensed dealers.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Three purchased from legal dispensaries in California all tested safe.
- 13 out of the other 15 samples from black market THC cartridges were found to contain Vitamin E and 10 of the unregulated cartridges all tested positive for pesticides.
- Twelve people have died from mysterious lung illnesses linked to vape pens, and 805 others have been hospitalized in 46 states.
