USAF Lip Balm Recall

Somebody in ordering is in trouble! The Air Force has recalled lip balm that contains THC due to the use of hemp oil in it. Its too low a dose to show up on a drug screen but, you know, zero tolerance and all that.

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 22, 2015
Category: Drugs | Military

Comments

It's not easy being natural.

Posted by KDP on 12/22/15 at 03:49 PM

I wonder if they told people WHY before or after the recall? 'Cause there'll be one hell of a difference in what was gathered in.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/22/15 at 11:17 PM

Hemp oil is used in a lot of things. If you could get even mildly mellow by consuming massive quantities of any product, it'd be more strictly regulated.

My grandfather grew hemp during WWII. It was a typical government program -- he had to buy a special license and pay special taxes, but then the government paid him a subsidy to make it more profitable than raising corn.

Posted by Phideaux on 12/23/15 at 12:38 AM

Phideaux: yeah, but don't tell that to the advocates of the War On Some Drugs. The only thing they'll believe is that tobacco is fine, but just a teensy bit of hemp will turn you into a raving lunatic, so Three Strikes!

Posted by Richard Bos on 12/24/15 at 01:29 PM

I never believed in Christmas Miracles before, always they were a construct of Hollywood but today, Richard and I agree 100% on something and..... it's Christmas.

A miracle!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/25/15 at 12:48 AM

It's happened before, Expat. We just have to pick the subject... some things we'll agree on, some things we never will. We'll agree on the stupidity of governments, just not on the solution for that problem.

Posted by Richard Bos on 12/26/15 at 12:35 PM

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