>> WELL THE NEXT YEAR BUSINESS
EVERYONE WILL 18 OR MORE DEATHS
AND A RED 1000 ILLNESSES HAVE
NOW BEEN LINKED TO
VAPORIZER PRODUCTS AS THE
BANKING CRISIS SPREADS ACROSS
THE US ONE CANDIDATE TESTING
LAB IS BLOWING
THE TOP OFF THE LIST, IF THEY
TRADE BY TESTING ILLEGAL
PRODUCTS FOR PESTICIDES AND
ADDED IT'S CHEDDAR CANDIDATES
REPORTER CHLOE A YELLOWISH
JOINED BY AARON RILEY PRESIDENT
OF CAN A CHLOE IS GOING TO SEE
A.
>> THANKS CHRIS AND SO AARON
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US TODAY BEFORE WE DIVE INTO
THIS REPORT TELL US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT CAN A SAFE AND THE
ROLE IT PLAYS IN CALIFORNIA IS
LEGITIMATE CANNABIS MARKET.
>> SURE THANKS FOR HAVING ME SO
CAN SAVE WAS FOUNDED IN 2011
WITH FOR THE FIRST SO CREDIT TO
CAMPUS TO SING LIVE IN WORLD.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SITUATED IN LOS
ANGELES
CALIFORNIA. WE DO PROBABLY
ABOUT A 3RD OF ALL THE
COMPLIANCE TESTING CALIFORNIA
WHICH ENDS UP THE POINT ABOUT
50% OF ALL THE PRODUCTS ON THE
SHELVES IN CALIFORNIA
RETAILERS.
>> CALIFORNIA THE IDEAL PLACE
TO DO THIS TYPE OF COMPARISON
WITH ILLICIT VERSUS LEGAL
PRODUCTS.
>> RIGHT SO THE REASON THAT
CALIFORNIA IS A GREAT PLACE TO
DO THIS TYPE OF COMPARISONS
BECAUSE CALIFORNIA HAS A
SIGNIFICANT BLACK MARKET.
CALIFORNIA HISTORICALLY HAS
BEEN THE LONGEST MEDICAL
MARKET MARIJUANA BUT THERE ARE
A LITTLE BIT DELAYED IN TERMS
OF REGULATING AND HAVING A
RECREATIONAL MARKET. SO
CALIFORNIA HAS THE LARGEST
MARKET IN BOTH REGARDS THE
LEGAL MARKET AND THE BLACK
MARKET.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT NEW
REPORT THAT YOU RELEASED IT
COMPARED IT WAS A DEEP DIVE
COMPARING SOME ELICIT MARKET
PRODUCTS WITH THEIR LEGITIMATE
COUNTERPARTS CAN YOU WALK US
THROUGH SOME OF THOSE RESULTS.
>> OF COURSE SO
WE DO THE COMPARISON OBVIOUSLY
IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT NEWS, WE
KNEW
THAT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT HELP
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC MEDIA
GOVERNMENT ON IN TERMS OF WHAT
WAS HAPPENING.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE SEND US A
LIST OF CARS WE WENT OBTAIN
SOME AND THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO
DO A COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT
WHAT YOU COULD FIND THE ILLICIT
MARKET AND WHAT YOU FIND THE
REGULAR MARKET WHICH THE
REGULAR MARKET WE CONTINUALLY
TEST FOR FOR ALL OF OUR CLIENTS
THAT ARE SELLING A LICENSED
RETAILERS. SO AFTER WE OBTAIN
THESE ILLICIT MARKET CARTRIDGES
WE SUBJECTED THEM TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE REQUIRE
TESTING. WE ALSO DID VITAMIN D
TESTING AND THE RESULTS ARE
PRETTY SHOCKING EVERY SINGLE
ILLICIT MARKET KARCHER THAT WE
TESTED FAILED 4 FIELD WHAT
WOULD BE THE CALIFORNIA
REGULATORY REQUIRE TESTING.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM
CONTAIN PESTICIDES ABOUT 90% OF
THEM CONTAINED PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF VITAMIN E
ACETATE. SO THE RESULTS WERE
SHOCKING TO SAY THE LEAST IN
TERMS OF HOW BAD THESE ILLICIT
MARKET ARCHES WERE COMPARED TO
WHAT YOU CAN FIND IN THE
REGULATED MARKET.
>> AND A LOT OF FOCUS HAS YOU
KNOW IN RECENT DAYS BEEN ON
VITAMIN
E ACETATE BUT NEW RESEARCH FROM
THE MAYO CLINIC SUGGESTS THAT
SOME
OF THE INJURIES IN THESE
PATIENTS IS MORE CONSISTENT
WITH CHEMICAL BURNS HAS THIS
SHIFTED YOUR RUBRIC AT ALL FOR
TESTING OF THE SHIFTED HER
FOCUS FROM SORT OF LIKE THESE
LET THE FACE CUTTING AGENTS
LIKE VITAMIN E TO SOME OTHER
SUBSTANCE.
>> WE'RE JUST A LABORATORY OR
AS A WORD TESTING FOR THINGS
THAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR. OF THE STATE
REQUIRE THERE'S ABOUT A 100
DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS FROM HEAVY
METALS THE SOLVENTS
TO PESTICIDES. I'M SEEING THE
INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE MAYO
CLINIC OR PORT I HAVEN'T SEEN
DATA IN TERMS OF WHERE THESE
PRODUCTS ARE COMING FROM THE
STATES THAT PEOPLE
ARE IN. BUT I DO THINK THAT
IT'S KIND OF A COMBINATION OF
THINGS RIGHT IN THE ILLEGAL
MARKET YOU WOULD NEVER FIND
VITAMIN E ACETATE OR REALLY ANY
OTHER CUTTING AGENT AND A
SIGNIFICANT VOLUME BECAUSE
PEOPLE WOULDN'T DO THAT WHERE
IS IN THE ILLICIT MARKET WE'RE
FINDING ALL KIND OF STUFF,
I'M SURE THAT THEIR STUFF THAT
WE AREN'T EVEN LOOKING FOR THAT
AND THERE ARE OTHER HARMFUL
CUTTING AGENTS. I'M OBVIOUSLY
ALL THE PESTICIDES WE'RE
FINDING IN THAT SO THE BEST
THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
SO I'M SURE THAT THERE'S MORE
STUFF IN THESE ILLICIT MARKET
CARTRIDGES AND THERE'S PROBABLY
SOME STUFF AND
THE REGULAR DEPARTURES THAT WE
ARE US ARE LOOKING FOR BUT
DIDN'T TERMS OF HOW WE MEASURE
THE VOLUME
WHAT'S IN THE REGULAR MARKET
PRODUCT FOR UP FOR A VAPOR FOR
INSTANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A
100%
OF STUFF AND THE NETS PRETTY
COME AS A PRETTY COMPETITIVE
MARKET. SO THERE'S A LOT OF
IMPETUS FOR BRANDS HAVE 80 TO
90% CANNABIS OIL.
THEY USE YOU KNOW 3 TO 10% ARE
BEING SO THERE'S REALLY NOT A
LOT OF US
ROOM LEFT FOR OTHER ADDITIVES
WORDS THESE ILLICIT MARKET
PURCHASES, SOME OF THEM TESTED
AS LOW AS 26% CAN HAVE A
NOISE MEANING THAT 75% OF THE
VOLUME COULD BE OTHER STUFF
CUTTING AGENTS WHO KNOWS.
>> SCARY STUFF ABOUT THIS CARE
HAS HAD A NOTICEABLE IMPACT ON
SALES AT DISPENSARIES ACCORDING
TO
DATA FROM HUD SAYS SOME OF
THESE SALES DIPPED 5 TO 10%
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
OUTBREAK.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT
DISPENSARIES CAN REASSURE THEIR
CONSUME THERE'S THAT THE
PRODUCTS THAT THEY ARE BUYING
ARE TESTED UNSAFE.
>> REASSURE CLIENTS IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO STAY IN AGE.
I THINK IT YOU KNOW A LOT OF
THE REGULAR
MARKET, THE THE LICENSE ARE SO
VALUABLE THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF LICENSE RETAILERS. I HAVEN'T
HEARD OF ANY THAT ARE JUST
SELLING BLACK MARKET OR HARMFUL
PRODUCTS AND THE BUYING PROCESS
THE PROCESS OF ALL OF THESE
DISPENSARIES GO THROUGH IS
PRETTY EXTENSIVE. THEY'RE
CHECKING SEAL WAYS WHICH WHICH
IS THAT OUR CERTIFICATE FROM
THE LAB THAT SHOWS THE
TEST RESULTS. THEY'RE CHECKING
CHAIN OF CUSTODY FORMS TO SEE
WHICH FARMS ARE SERVICE
PROVIDERS IS THE STUFF CAME
FROM TO I THINK SHARING THAT
INFORMATION OR AT LEAST MAKING
IT AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS WILL
BE HELPFUL AND A LOT OF THE
DISPENSARIES HAVE THAT IF YOU
GO IN AND HE SAID HEY CAN I SEE
THUS THE SEAL WAY FROM THE LAB
TESTS ON THIS PARTICULAR
PRODUCT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
BUYING THEY WOULD
SHOW THAT MY BIGGEST INCURSION
WOULD ACTUALLY BE MORE ON THE
CONSUMER SIDE AND I WOULD
RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO GO TO A
LICENSE RETAILER DON'T GO FIND
IN THE LEGAL SHOP AWFUL
WEEDMAPS EARLY WITH THE SLOW
DELIVERY SERVICE SPEND 5
MINUTES TO RESEARCH AND MAKE
SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO A
LICENSE CALIFORNIA CAMPUS
RETAILER THAT HAS AN ACTIVE
LIFE AND THAT'S IN GOOD
STANDING. I THINK THAT'S
IMPERATIVE WITH ALL THESE
FINDINGS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS WITHIN OUR STUDY WE
FOUND SOME KNOCKOFF BRANDS THAT
THAT WERE KNOCK-OFFS OF YOU
KNOW MAINSTREAM,
CALIFORNIA BRANDS AND THE
RESULTS WERE ALARMING IN TERMS
OF THE MAINSTREAM BRANDS THAT
WOULD BE AT A LICENSE RETAILER,
WE'RE CLEAN. THEY PASS ALL THE
SAFETY CENTERS. THE KNOCK OFF
OR SOMEBODY, BUT THEY'RE
PACKAGING MAYBE HAD A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT
OF HARDWARE. THEY ALL HAD
PESTICIDES MANY OF THEM HAD
VITAMIN
E SO YOU KNOW FOR CONSUMERS
THAT ARE GOING TO BUY A PRODUCT
THINKING IT'S ONE THING THAT'S
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO