{"id":19668,"date":"2019-10-05T12:39:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T16:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=19668"},"modified":"2019-10-05T12:41:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T16:41:10","slug":"and-the-truth-shall-set-you-free-well-not-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/19668","title":{"rendered":"AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE &#8211; WELL, NOT REALLY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the FDA has finally come clean on the real issue. We&#8217;ve known it all along, but now they are admitting it. Illicit tainted THC cartridges. Yes my friends, drug dealers have taken down the industry, not only in America, but all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>But life is good right? I mean, with something like this from the FDA, we should be in the clear&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement on consumer warning to stop using THC vaping products amid ongoing investigation into lung illnesses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19670 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/safe_image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/safe_image.png 540w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/safe_image-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is why today, we\u2019re strengthening our message to the public in an updated consumer alert stating that they should not use vaping products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive component of the cannabis plant. Additionally, consumers who choose to use any vaping products should not modify or add any substances such as THC or other oils to products purchased in stores and should not purchase any vaping products, including those containing THC, off the street or from other illicit channels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read their entire release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/statement-consumer-warning-stop-using-thc-vaping-products-amid-ongoing-investigation-lung-illnesses?fbclid=IwAR1-PoyXi2Q2pgyHx749u9VhQlzy2h-sB8zyqOYoBO1IuiZgR8XEWrvBgeU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No, I don&#8217;t think so. The damage is done. Businesses continue to suffer. Businesses continue to close. Sales are down, not only in America, but all over the world as we&#8217;ve very clearly heard when we were in Greece, and now in France.<\/p>\n<p>The fights against the bans need to continue. The calls into the White House and our representatives need to continue. The Twitter war must continue.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, one of the most important things this industry can do is to come together and create a positive PR campaign for vaping. As I said, the damage is done, and it&#8217;s going to take a long time, a lot of work, and a lot of money to regain consumer confidence in vaping. We know how good it is. 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We&#8217;ve known it all along, but now they are admitting it. Illicit tainted THC&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-is-it-safe","category-recent_news","category-uncategorized","wpcat-20-id","wpcat-15-id","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19671,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19668\/revisions\/19671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}