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insofarincogneato t1_j9zcycu wrote

Reply to comment by thehoagieboy in Fentanyl found in THC gummies sold in 3 Montgomery County smoke shops, DA warns by ImperialIIClass

That would require a lot of trustworthy product to be made with a lot of money earned just to throw it away to make a little bit of untrustworthy product without the group being greedy and maintaining profits. It also requires running a tight enough ship to have zero info-sec issues. The organization and backing for that from a bunch of small groups working together would have to be colossal. You believe the likelihood of that?

Anyway, unsafe products from major corporations leave the factory all the time because of negligence. Recalls only happen when there's been a government mandate or that get too much bad publicity.

Why would a large corporation allow folks to hurt their bottom line otherwise? We have a long history of large businesses shutting down lobbying and advocacy groups.

I'm not saying it isn't a conspiracy, I'm saying there's other more common explanations.

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Weekly_Ad6452 t1_ja01a5m wrote

Good point. All one has to do is look up the Ford Pinto on Google. Ford made the decision to just pay out in lawsuits than to end up spending more $ to ultimately solve the defect in their own factories.

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thehoagieboy t1_ja2222p wrote

So if I understand you correctly, you're implying that the company that is producing Delta 8 THC products has some cross contamination issues with Fentanyl? OK, that might make sense if the same company that makes the delta-8 products ALSO makes fentanyl. I'm not aware of that being the case, are you?

I'm not ready to blame the Tylenol manufacturers for the 1982 Tylenol laced with potassium cyanide. Why would that have been in the manufacturing plant at all?

I really try to not be a tin foil hat person, but they're making it easier.

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insofarincogneato t1_ja2nox6 wrote

I want to stress again that I'm not implying anything, I'm talking about common situations that may reasonably happen which would offer a logical explanation in place of a hypothesis that isn't based on fact or common practices about a hidden malicious agenda.

Tin foil hat moment though if you like, but if they did use it to cut costs and make the product, or other inferior products illegally that could lead to cross contamination, would you necessarily be aware that that's the case? What does regulation, inspection and enforcement look like in the industry?🤔

Potassium cyanide is used commercially for printing, dyeing, metal cleaning, and electroplating. As well as other uses that probably aren't relevant here... all reasonable jobs one might expect in a production facility.

Johnson and Johnson makes a lot of stuff, from pharmaceuticals to medical instruments. I think that if folks couldn't think of a reason why that compound would be there they either aren't trying hard enough or have a bit of bias to look past.

The J&J case is extra sus when we remember other suits brought up against them, specifically the asbestos contaminated talc that was found in their baby powder which everyone knew about.

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