Turns out vaping ain't too good for you either...

[Volpone]

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Friday again urged people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses.

Officials have identified about 450 possible cases, including as many as five deaths, in 33 states. The count includes newly reported deaths in California, Indiana and Minnesota.

No single vaping device, liquid or ingredient has been tied to all the illnesses, officials said. Many of the sickened — but not all — were people who said they had been vaping THC, the chemical that gives marijuana its high. Many are teens. ...

https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-health-officials-report-new-vaping-deaths-repeat-warning

 

[The Question]

You’re late to the party on this one. People were getting sick after vaping synthetic THC, aka “K2” / “Spice.”

The CDC actually had to clarify that.

 

[Volpone]

What about the part of the article linking vaping to weight gain, mental retardation, and delusions of grandeur?

 

[Mirah]

What about crushing it up and snuffing it up your nose?

 

[The Question]

But by all means people should keep smoking and getting things like COPD, emphysema,

What about the part of the article linking vaping to weight gain, mental retardation, and delusions of grandeur?

That's being-an-asshole related, not vaping-related.

Or, to put it another way:

 

[The Question]

What about crushing it up and snuffing it up your nose?

I don't recommend using synthetic THC in any fashion.

 

[jack]

Not when the real stuff abounds, for sure.

 

[The Question]

Exactly. If you're gonna smoke pot, smoke the real thing. That Spice/K2 shit is purely Florida Man territory. Might just as well smoke bath salts and eat somebody's face as use that crapola.