Well, little doubt the CDC has homed in on a root cause (discussed on this board for three months). We know vitamin E acetate is
not used in nicotine juice but widely reported in THC. Slam-dunk case, right? Well, not so fast.
Guess what the CDC actually said:
“known additive” that has been known to be used on the black market to “dilute” or thicken the liquid in e-cigarette or THC vaping products.
So there it is. The CDC is stating that vitamin E acetate
is used in e-cigarette liquids. Oh, and by the way, also in THC vaping products. This is a massively misleading and disingenuous announcement that will cost lives.
I am past the point of overlooking their faux pas — this is now dangerous. And appears deliberate The only thing in common between these two products is the word "vaping".
Local TV news carried the story here and never said a word about black market THC. They laid the blame at the feet of "vaping". This is a problem.
If truth mattered to the CDC, they would have written:
a “known additive” that has been known to be used on the black market to “dilute” or thicken THC liquid in e-cigarette or vaping products.
But that is not what they wrote....