{"id":14902,"date":"2018-10-25T19:04:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T19:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=14902"},"modified":"2019-03-04T18:14:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:14:25","slug":"as-california-legalizes-pot-few-smokers-realize-cannabis-is-often-contaminated-with-pesticides-mold-heavy-metals-and-chemical-toxins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2018\/10\/as-california-legalizes-pot-few-smokers-realize-cannabis-is-often-contaminated-with-pesticides-mold-heavy-metals-and-chemical-toxins\/","title":{"rendered":"As California Legalizes Pot, Few Smokers Realize Cannabis Is Often Contaminated With Pesticides, Mold, Heavy Metals And Chemical Toxins"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of yesterday, it\u2019s now legal for adults in California to purchase recreational marijuana. This is being hailed as a breakthrough against marijuana prohibition, but the masses of would-be pot smokers in California seem to carry a popular delusion that rests on the false idea that marijuana is\u00a0safe<\/em>\u00a0to smoke in unlimited quantities because it\u2019s \u201cnatural.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As much as I disdain prohibition against any medicinal plant \u2014 and I\u2019m convinced the \u201cWar on Drugs\u201d was a miserable failure \u2014 I have news for all those who smoke pot:\u00a0Smoking anything is a health risk<\/strong>\u00a0because you\u2019re inhaling a toxic stew of carcinogens produced in the smoke itself. Whether you\u2019re smoking pot or tobacco, you\u2019re still poisoning yourself with the very kind of carcinogens that promote lung cancer, heart disease, accelerated aging and cognitive decline.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just because cannabis is now\u00a0legal<\/em>\u00a0to smoke in California doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a wise habit to embrace. (There\u2019s also a much better way to consume cannabis: Liquid form for oral consumption, as explained below\u2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

California, which increasingly seems to be operating in a delusional fairy tale bubble on every issue from immigration to transgenderism, believes the legalization of recreational marijuana is a breakthrough worth celebrating. \u201cThe dispensary staff cheered as hundreds stood in line outside the club, waiting to shop and celebrate,\u201d\u00a0reports SF Gate<\/a>. \u201cAt some shops, the coming-out party was expected to feature live music, coffee and doughnuts, prizes for those first in line and speeches from supportive local politicians\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Because, y\u2019know, in a state that\u2019s being overrun by illegal aliens, the junk science of \u201cinfinite genders\u201d and university mobs of climate change cultists, what\u2019s really needed is a whole new wave of\u00a0lung cancer victims<\/strong>\u00a0to add even more burden to the state\u2019s health care costs. Genius! Gov. Brown should run for President or something\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Inhale some more pesticides and see how \u201cnatural\u201d you feel<\/span><\/h2>\n

Sadly, many pro-cannabis consumers in California have convinced themselves that Big Tobacco is evil, but smoking pot is safe and natural\u2026 even \u201cgreen.\u201d Yet the cold hard truth of the matter it that marijuana in California is often produced with a toxic cocktail of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. Yep, the very same people who buy \u201corganic\u201d at the grocery store are now smoking and inhaling cancer-causing weed grown with conventional pesticides. These are the same people who are concerned about 1 ppb of glyphosate in their Cheerios while simultaneously smoking 1,000 ppb of Atrazine in their weed. But science be damned, there\u2019s a bong and a gas mask handy. Smoke up!<\/span><\/p>\n

California pot has already been scientifically proven to be shockingly contaminated. A whopping \u201c\u202693 percent of samples collected by KNBC-TV from 15 dispensaries in four Southern California counties tested positive for pesticides,\u201d reports the\u00a0UK Daily Mail<\/a>, which also reports:<\/span><\/p>\n

That may come as a surprise for consumers who tend to trust what\u2019s on store shelves because of federal regulations by the US Agriculture Department or the US Food and Drug Administration. \u2018Unfortunately, that\u2019s not true of cannabis,\u2019 Land said. \u2018They wrongly assume it\u2019s been tested for safety.\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I suppose all the science in the world is irrelevant when you have a mob of people who just want to get high. These are the same people who will March Against Monsanto, but they won\u2019t even buy pesticide-free weed that they\u2019re\u00a0inhaling.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Edible cannabis products often contain toxic solvents, too<\/span><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s not just the pesticides in weed that are a major concern: Edible pot products also frequently contain traces of toxic solvents such as hexane. Because of the shocking lack of regulation of cannabis product production in places like Colorado, many small-scale producers are using insanely dangerous solvents to extract CBD, THC and other molecules from raw cannabis plants. Those solvents include:<\/span><\/p>\n