Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton is walking back comments he made on Fox Business Network in which he stated black market cannabis may be laced with the deadly opioid fentanyl—a claim that has been repeatedly debunked.
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made the statement while being interviewed about the push towards cannabis regulation in the U.S. by Fox Business host Stuart Varney last week.
When asked if legal weed is much more potent than black market weed sold in the 60s and 70s, Linton said there is a range but that unregulated weed comes with risks, including contamination.
“What happens is if you buy it in the illicit market, sometimes it may be extremely strong and you don’t know what you’re getting. Sometimes the supply chain may cause it to be adulterated with other activations, could be fentanyl, and so these are the sorts of things where if you don’t regulate it, how strong it is, is a big question,” he said. He added that without regulation, “the sketchy players prosper.”
In an interview with VICE Tuesday, Linton said he would have preferred to have limited his remarks to advocating for a regulated supply chain, without raising fentanyl contamination.
There have been no confirmed cases in Canada of weed being laced with fentanyl.
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He said that his comments have created “volatility.”
“That topic will not come out in the public again unless there’s evidence that says it should and now it appears there isn’t,” Linton added.
The claim that cannabis is sometimes laced with fentanyl has been previously debunked, but the myth has persisted as fentanyl continues to permeate the illicit opiate supply chain. A VICE investigation into claims about fentanyl contamination in other drugs, including weed, found that some of these warnings are issued when a person who overdosed had multiple drugs in their system, with authorities assuming that one substance was laced, without knowing for sure. This assumption has already shaped drug and public health policy in response to the opioid crisis.
David Juurlink, head of clinical pharmacology and toxicology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, said he’s not aware of a single documented case in which cannabis was found to be contaminated with fentanyl.
Government data obtained by CBC News in 2017 found that in all of the drug samples collected by police forces, Canada Border Services Agency, and the Correctional Service of Canada between 2012 and September 2017, zero samples of cannabis were found to have been laced with fentanyl.
Juurlink said he doesn’t understand why anyone would lace cannabis with fentanyl, as “the disincentives (financial and otherwise) seem pretty obvious.”
“Claims like this just add to the every-present fentanyl hysteria, confusing an already-complex issue and promoting scaremongering that doesn’t serve to make anything better,” Juurlink said.
Linton said his comment about “sketchy players” prospering without regulation was a reference to illicit market cannabis sellers who have no quality control and may sell to minors. He added his core point is that a legal, regulated marketplace offers the best quality control and safety for consumers.
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THE DWEEB..... LINTON ,,,
made the statement while being interviewed about the push towards cannabis regulation in the U.S. by Fox Business host Stuart Varney last week.
When asked if legal weed is much more potent than black market weed sold in the 60s and 70s, Linton said there is a range but that unregulated weed comes with risks, including contamination.
“What happens is if you buy it in the illicit market, sometimes it may be extremely strong and you don’t know what you’re getting. Sometimes the supply chain may cause it to be adulterated with other activations, could be fentanyl, and so these are the sorts of things where if you don’t regulate it, how strong it is, is a big question,” he said. He added that without regulation, “the sketchy players prosper.”
In an interview with VICE Tuesday, Linton said he would have preferred to have limited his remarks to advocating for a regulated supply chain, without raising fentanyl contamination.
There have been no confirmed cases in Canada of weed being laced with fentanyl.
Again with the #fentanyl-laced cannabis? This time it is Bruce Linton, CEO of Canopy Growth, spreading this misinformation on Fox Business https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/cbd-regulation-will-keep-criminals-from-contaminating-the-marijuana-plant-canopy-growth-ceo?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …
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8:19 AM - Jun 3, 2019
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CBD regulation will keep criminals from contaminating the marijuana plant: Canopy Growth CEO
The popularity of CBD makes the product susceptible to chemical contamination by criminals, according to the world’s largest legal marijuana grower.
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He said that his comments have created “volatility.”
“That topic will not come out in the public again unless there’s evidence that says it should and now it appears there isn’t,” Linton added.
The claim that cannabis is sometimes laced with fentanyl has been previously debunked, but the myth has persisted as fentanyl continues to permeate the illicit opiate supply chain. A VICE investigation into claims about fentanyl contamination in other drugs, including weed, found that some of these warnings are issued when a person who overdosed had multiple drugs in their system, with authorities assuming that one substance was laced, without knowing for sure. This assumption has already shaped drug and public health policy in response to the opioid crisis.
David Juurlink, head of clinical pharmacology and toxicology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, said he’s not aware of a single documented case in which cannabis was found to be contaminated with fentanyl.
Government data obtained by CBC News in 2017 found that in all of the drug samples collected by police forces, Canada Border Services Agency, and the Correctional Service of Canada between 2012 and September 2017, zero samples of cannabis were found to have been laced with fentanyl.
Juurlink said he doesn’t understand why anyone would lace cannabis with fentanyl, as “the disincentives (financial and otherwise) seem pretty obvious.”
“Claims like this just add to the every-present fentanyl hysteria, confusing an already-complex issue and promoting scaremongering that doesn’t serve to make anything better,” Juurlink said.
Linton said his comment about “sketchy players” prospering without regulation was a reference to illicit market cannabis sellers who have no quality control and may sell to minors. He added his core point is that a legal, regulated marketplace offers the best quality control and safety for consumers.
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YES ....
.EVERY PL IN CANADA GROWS POISON by using sprays for food crops that CANT BE WASHED OFF EVER
AND EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW AND HAS A RIGHT TO!!
LINT??....... yer on your way to the LINT TRAP ...where all hit get s stuck eventually.
