[alistproducer2]

>Vaping of marijuana was at the root of a public health crisis that unfolded this summer

The fact that it takes the author two more paragraphs to elucidate that the illness was in fact linked to bootleg, vitamin E-containing cartridges is disappointing, but not surprisingly. That fact seems really material to the argument.

[catalogia]

I'm not so sure it's just the bootleg products. Last time I went into a weed store, they had a big pamphlet with a list of recently recalled products and all were oils/concentrates. These are ostensibly legal products that were being sold in a properly licensed/regulated retail store.

[mylons]

there's definitely a big push from entrenched industries that will suffer with marijuana's legality, and Boomer's treating it like a taboo.

the front runner for the LIBERAL party in America is anti weed ffs.

[trophycase]

Most of the democratic party is conservative.

[allovernow]

Politics are relative. There are also far more than two neat little dimensions on which to analyze political orientation. The 2 principle component vectors of progressive/conservative beliefs between, say, UK and US are not aligned if one reduces the political spheres to 2 space.

People really need to stop thinking inside of 2 little boxes, RvsD or progressive vs conservative. This reductionist thinking is really bad for society.

[vorpalhex]

Your personal Overton window is likely extremely liberal/progressive and outside the mainstream.

[Xelynega]

Mainstream for who though? The Overton window for the United states is very different from Canada's even though they're right next to each-other. For a lot of countries, the United States democratic party is fairly far to the right.

[bag531]

On the contrary, yours is extremely conservative/reactionary, and even moreso outside the mainstream.

[Gatsky]

The investigation is ongoing, vitamin E is not confirmed as the causal agent.

Anyway, the problem is actually people inhaling random chemicals, a problem which vaping has gifted to us. There will be other cases of lung injury unrelated to vitamin E.

Frankly, even 1 more dead guy is too many, I support a total ban on vaping.

[tannedNerd]

So I also assume you fully support prohibition of alcohol then? Since it kills 1,000s a year in the US?

[Gatsky]

This is a foolish argument. 1. Vaping is at the stage where it can be controlled, whereas alcohol is beyond that point. Public health is not best served by a logically coherent approach where every product is treated fairly. 2. Alcohol will not burn your lungs and kill you in a few days at recommended usage levels, whereas vaping random juice apparently will.

[jrace]

Drinking ISO alcohol will make you go blind. Drinking moonshine can kill you.

[ta999999171]

> Vaping is at the stage where it can be controlled

Strongly disagree, see: Prohibition

[sybarita]

How do you suppose you would "control" vaping any more than you can control alcohol? Every idiot knows how to fill a vape cart now

[gizmo686]

No one is pro inhaling random chemicals. They are pro inhaling specific chemicals. The fact that there is contamination is a problem of quality control and regulation.

[amanaplanacanal]

Smoking also Vaporizes whatever it is you are smoking. I doubt replacing Vaping with smoking is going to be a public health win. Regulating what is in the vape liquid probably would be though.