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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 5 November 2019

California cannabis group wants tighter vaping-safety rules

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Most cases have involved million added to funds to
Associated Press products that contain the close illegal retailers. It also
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An marijuana compound THC, recommended more strin-
alliance of major legal typically obtained from ille- gent standards for heavy
marijuana businesses in gal sources. metal testing of vaping
California urged the state In a letter to Gov. Gavin hardware — the devices
Monday to adopt tougher Newsom, the group said that are used to turn con-
safety rules for ingredients it's eager to heighten the centrated cannabis oil into
and devices used in vaping safety of cannabis vaping a vapor. "It is unaccept-
and get tougher with illegal while seeing more funds able that Californians face
shops, amid an outbreak of devoted to closing illegal risks from unregulated and
a mysterious illness appar- pot shops that number in unsafe vapes. It is also criti-
ently linked to vaping. the thousands in California, cal that — like any other
The recommendations from home to the world's largest public health issue — we
the industry group — Legal legal pot market. implement effective solu-
Cannabis for Consumer Among its proposals, the tions that are based on In this Saturday, June 8, 2019, file photo, two women smoke
Safety — come as health group says regulations data and facts, rather than cannabis vape pens at a party in Los Angeles.
officials continue to investi- should expressly ban the fear, to address the root Associated Press
gate a wide range of prod- use of additives, cutting cause of these issues," the geoning illicit market," the the California Cannabis
ucts and chemicals that agents and artificial flavor- group wrote. group, which also request- Industry Association, vape
could be causing the illness ing known to be harmful in "As the stewards of this sup- ed a meeting with New- manufacturer Loudpack,
that have sickened over cannabis vaping products. ply chain, we are eager to som, wrote. Flow Kana, which distrib-
1,600 people nationwide. The group also wants $10 engage in efforts to further The group includes canna- utes cannabis products
heighten the safety of can- bis growers, manufacturers, from small, outdoor farm-
Border Patrol agent kills nabis vaping and mitigate retailers, testing labs and ers, and the online delivery
the risks posed by the bur-
industry groups, including marketplace Eaze.q
man who opened fire

during chase

Border Patrol and other law enforcement agents guard the
scene of a fatal shooting on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Sunland
Park, N.M, a suburb of El Paso, Texas.
Associated Press
By CEDAR ATTANASIO them who took off running,
Associated Press New Mexico State Police
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexi- said.
co (AP) — A U.S. Border Pa- "At some point during the
trol agent who tried to stop foot pursuit, the suspect
some people believed to fired a weapon at the two
have crossed the border il- Border Patrol agents," state
legally shot and killed one police spokesman Ray Wil-
of them Monday after the son said in a statement.
man pulled a gun and One of the agents shot
opened fire, authorities back, hitting the man,
said. who died at a hospital. No
Two agents approached a agents were hurt during the
group four people about shooting in Sunland Park,
a mile from U.S.-Mexico New Mexico, a suburb of El
border and chased one of Paso, Texas.q