@Frank Sanoica Here is a short YouTube video about it. It's not only legal, but apparently dangerous.
@Tom Young Since you've spent quite a few years in the education arena, what are your thoughts regarding the effect it has on academia? As a high school teacher, my mom says kids who used a lot of weed always had a harder time focusing and retaining the subject on hand.
@Frank Sanoica My dad used to make wine. He never quite could get it clear or sweet enough. Your looks very nice though!
Dunno but I would imagine that vaping the synthetic stuff or smoking the real stuff has about the same effects...... https://theweedscene.com/short-term-memory/
It seems there are certain illegal cartridges the teens are purchasing is what I have gotten from what I've heard. I vape and have no health problems. I don't overdo it either and it seems that may also be the case with some of the teens.
Prescription opioid use and vaping is a tad different in that vaping is an OTC product that is presently available to all users of all age brackets which is the part that I abhor. Along with that there are very few caveats on the package which, as with a package of cigarettes, should be very visible and detailed. That said, anyone suing for anything whatsoever and wins should garner the financial gain. But, on the other side of the coin, any lawsuit that loses should have to pay all of the defendants costs and losses due to the lawsuit.
The money should go to the victims. Will it? I doubt it. After the lawyers and politicians get their generous cut, the victims might get a small token.
The intent of my original post was to point out that when bad things happen, like the deaths of tens of thousands of opioid victims, there is little if no recourse for the victims. What usually happens is that there are class action suits on the behalf of the victims. This simplifies the system.... After all, what courts could handle 30,000 lawsuits for malfeasance or malpractice? So.... as a country we've changed. We look to settle legal suits, by allowing the (in these cases, "companies" ) to settle as "class action" agreements. Of course, not all, but not every victim can or will have the means to sue for the harm caused.. Step two... and agreement is settled for all in a single case, amounting to the incredible millions, billions, and tens of billion dollars. the agreements are made between the company inviolved, and the attorney genereal... either state or federal. Then... the money... where does that go?... Let's say a billion dollar settlement. Does it go to the person who spent $40,000 in a rehab istitution to get off drugs? Does it go to the family of the 15 year old who spent $1,200 for his funeral? Hint... check for yourself... it goes to the attorney general, federal or state... with no constraints on what should be done with the money. There is an intense political battle on this... with the AGA eventually winning out. And, so... roads... maybe hospitals, or maybe farm subsidies. The subject was vaping , but the question was what happens after it becmes a national issue, and involves money?
The kids should all go to "Red Man" or "Day's Work" for getting their Nicotine High. (Those under 70 have no idea what these brands refer to.) Hal
I'm from the south and well acquainted with Red Man. I grew up with uncles who carried their spit cans or cups under their truck seats. I've never heard of the Day's Work brand though.
If vaping ever did become a national issue, I would imagine that it would go about the same direction as when the tobacco companies were sued. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agreement
Maybe they should go back to Chewing Tobacco..... There was never anything wrong with a plug of Red Man or Day's Work..... Hal