It has become increasingly clear that the wave of respiratory illnesses alarming health authorities is linked primarily to black market cartridges delivering THC, the psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana, rather than the commercial nicotine vapor products that have been used by millions of people in multiple countries for more than a decade. Yet opponents of nicotine use have seized the opportunity to further enflame the moral panic around vaping.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
I'm Starting to Lose Track of All of the Moral Panics
The Vaping Crisis Is a Moral Panic Led by Anti-Smoking Crusaders