IT’S PROBABLY ALSO THE WEED: That dizzy feeling isn’t the weed – Chinese pesticides used on pot farms linked to nausea, memory loss and even cancer.
Some chemicals have been smuggled in from China — a sign of the growing involvement of Chinese gangs in legal and contraband pot farming in the US in the wake of legalization.
An LA Times and WeedWeek investigation probed some of the most popular brands of vapes and pre-rolled weed in the Golden State.
Some 25 of 42 legal pot products bought from stores and tested at private labs showed concentrations of pesticides above state or federal safety levels.
Most of the pesticides found were in low concentrations that could harm people who used them regularly.
The full extent of the health threat may not be known for years, researchers warned.
These threats are usually overblown but smoking anything isn’t very good for anybody.