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Re: jerseyfish post# 22515

Monday, 09/01/2014 7:11:37 PM

Monday, September 01, 2014 7:11:37 PM

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Sorry, even "Weed Activist" warns against this kind of fraud. This is a hard hitting piece by a FRIEND of legalized marijuana against the BS the scammers are pulling.

ANYONE reading or wondering about the value of "hemp" based products has to read this.

http://weedactivist.com/2014/02/23/snake-oil-history-repeats-itself/


Snake Oil: History repeats itself

Humans can be relatively stupid and gullible creatures. We will believe anything if you put the right sales spin and fancy marketing on it... the cannabis snake oil salespeople are out in full force to sucker you out of your hard earned cash before prohibition ends...

The quasi-legal state of cannabis and the lack of oversight or regulation make it extra easy picking for these modern day medical hucksters. What we have is a perfect storm for fraud, corruption, and deception.

...people are pushing the boundaries of medical truth and ethics to sell hemp/weed oil products. Since the regulators cannot regulate the market without ending the complete prohibition of cannabis and acknowledging it does need oversight, people are left to make their wild claims and sell their bogus oils on the open market with very little fear of prosecution. It is disgusting.

...These con-artists have exploited the popularity of cannabis and zero regulation to make crazy marketing claims about their products.

...These formulations start with a crude and dirty hemp paste (contaminated with microbial life! I have seen this and these organisms decompose the paste. The paste perhaps even contains residual solvent and other toxins as the extraction is done in China ) made in a process that actually renders it unfit for human consumption.

What these companies are doing is criminal and dangerous.


...these folks are making a big press to separate you from your money by providing false hope at inflated prices before the veil of prohibition is lifted and they are found out to be frauds.

...These bold faces liars and fraudsters are here to do one thing…make money and lots of it. They are using these schemes to boost their stock profiles as well. It is all a very twisted and ugly game to sucker investors and people who want to believe, but who do not live in a medical cannabis state, out of their hard-earned cash.

It is f*d up and we as a community should not allow for this to go on in our name. There are people’s loyalties being bought and sold on the open market to give some credence to these bullsh*rs; and it never ceases to amaze me what losers will fall into the traps of these frauds. But it is happening and many choose to stand back without saying a word in hopes that the whole deal does not collapse before our eyes and dismantle the work we have done so some bastards can have their get rich quick scheme based on lax supplement laws and misleading marketing.

This story is so big it is hard to write in one piece and it is only growing by the day. More to come on CBD only legislation, stock scammers, and inferior oil products in their own rights later. But it is up to us, as a community, to begin asking the tough questions and exposing these scams before good people get hurt any more.






Jordan Belfort in "Wolf of Wall Street": "Rich people don't buy penny stocks. They're too smart."