Gummies for Grown-ups

Joe Woolworth: [00:00:00] Hi, this is Martin Andelman and welcome to Gummies for Grownups, a podcast about THC gummies and other things cannabis related. We're here today. I know on the first episode, obviously I caused some people to get a little mad. I said that you know, cannabis has gotten too strong and a lot of people, you know, were sort of offended by that.

I'm not really sure why A lot of people responded by saying, you know, Hey, it's not too strong for me, and I wanted stronger, or whatever. That wasn't really the point. I mean, if you are currently a cannabis user and, and, and it's fine for you, that's fine, but it doesn't change the point that it's. Gotten [00:01:00] kind of strong and it's very hard for people that don't have any resistance to, to try it or to to use it.

And that's too bad. So anyway, I know I said in the last episode that, you know, I'd start having guests on this week, and I promise I will. Okay. But the reality here is that something has come up that I have to tell you about because it's shocking and awful. Okay. been a lot published. There's been a lot published lately. I've been reading all of it. I think about Delta eight and Delta nine labeling. And the COAs, the certificate of analysis that come from labs.

It's a lot of it's bullshit and that's really troubling. You have to be careful. I know that, you know, learning about cannabinoids sounds like a science class and maybe a lot of people don't, don't want to do it, but I think now you really need to know what's inside before you take it. And I'm gonna tell you why.

This is the result of [00:02:00] a, of a study where. The, the people that did it, they bought 51 different Delta eight products and they sent them to, they even named the lab here, fet, the lab in Santa Ana, California. And here's what came back. You ready for this? First of all, illegal levels of Delta nine, THC, all over the place.

In fact, 76% of the labels. Were wrong when they compared them with the certificate of analysis. The products had a lot more THC, Delta nine THC than would be allowed. Those products are illegal. They're not legal. The one product contained 7700% higher than the legal limit of 0.3 delta nine 7700%. Now, I guess we could say it was maybe an error, an oversight.

Or those people are shitheads. I, I don't know where you fall on that. I know where [00:03:00] I am. The other thing is that some of these things are just completely faked. We saw one chocolate bar, it said 3,500 milligrams of D nine, and when I checked the lab report, there was no D nine in it at all. About 125 milligrams of D eight, but no D nine at all.

None. It's a lie. The whole front of the package is a lie. Now, obviously, look, we, we need more regulation here. I mean, people said, oh, Martin, you're advocating, you know, for regulation. Yeah, I am. I, I mean, you, you can't just have packaging and labels and lab reports that are being faked. That's an awful thing.

How about this? 84% of companies. Have some type of lab report for their product. They all should, but 84% do. But 67% of those are not tested for impurities. So you don't really know what's inside. It's just not [00:04:00] an adequate lab report. A 77% of products had less Delta eight THC than advertised on the package.

Age verification, almost unheard of. Only 14%, six out of 44 required age verification for online purchases. That's unbelievable. Does anyone think that asking somebody on a website if they're over 21 constitutes age verification? Is that how that works? In a bar, you walk in, the bartender goes, how old are you?

You go, I'm over 21. And he goes, bye, and I'll pour you a drink. It's ridiculous. Nobody should be doing it. This is disturbing. You can find it online. A lot of half the companies don't even put any warnings on labels. Some of them are making claims that are just ridiculous. I mean, this is unbelievable.

You can find it online. You can just search for, you know, Delta eight [00:05:00] labeling discrepancies. You'll find these articles and studies everywhere. I wanted to tell people to warn them. Okay, now I know I'm the CEO of Delt. Trium, and I, I know that, you know, Datrium doesn't do those things. I mean, we do have an age verification on our site.

We do double lab test every product, double lab test. You know what that means? It means we send out the finished product to one lab. We get the report, we then send it to another lab that's totally unrelated in a different part of the country and doesn't know about the first one. And we get that lab report.

If they don't match, we wouldn't offer it. I mean, how can you possibly expect somebody to eat a gummy and they have no idea what's inside? I. That's gotta stop. And you have to be careful. You can't just go out there, it, it, you don't know what you're getting. So make sure the products you're using, the products you're looking at all have lab [00:06:00] reports.

It's called a COA Certificate of analysis. Make sure you look at it. Don't trust the label alone. And then think about things like. Some initials you should remember, if, if it says THCO or T-H-C-P-I, I wouldn't use 'em. I, I, I would skip it. Unless you're a super experienced user and know what you're doing, those cannabinoids are too strong.

They can be unpleasant, and they really have no business going into gummies for regular people. So I had to tell you, I mean, it's, I, I don't wanna name the companies because I think that it just feels bad, but. You know, I guess they put them in the report so they're all named. And you can see companies that have not followed the rules they should have followed and as of now are getting away with it.

So look, TH, c, delta eight, TH, c, delta, some Delta nine, some of the different cannabinoids. Blended can be wonderful. They can, they can really add to your life, but not if you're not taking what you think you're [00:07:00] taking. So let's be careful out there and I'll be back soon with the next edition where I'll try to have a guest.

How's that? All right. Be careful out there.