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By Victoria McGrane
GLOBE STAFF
Massachusetts Attorney
General Maura Healey, one of
the state’s most popular politi-
cians, endorsed Senator Eliza-
beth Warren for president
Thursday, handing her fellow
Democrat an important — if

not all that surprising — en-

dorsement hours before War-

ren was set to face off against

2020 rivals on the debate stage.

And she’s wasting no time

jumping into the fray on her

candidate’s behalf: Healey was

set to be at Thursday evening’s

presidential debate in Houston

as a surrogate for Warren, a

spokesman said.

“What I’ve come to know is

that Elizabeth Warren is laser

focused on how we help fami-

lies in this state and across this

country,” Healey wrote in a let-

ter to supporters Thursday, an-

nouncing her endorsement.

“She also knows that you can’t

just tell people what you’re go-

ing to do. Real change happens

whenyouhaveaplantogetit

done, and the resolve and strat-

egy to fight for it.”

Healey and Warren have

been close allies since before ei-

ther entered elected office. As a

lawyer in the state attorney gen-

eral’s office during the 2008 fi-

nancial crisis, Healey was close-

ly involved in grappling with

the tsunami of home foreclo-

sures that ensued — and War-

ren, then a professor at Har-

vard Law School, was a key ad-

viser to Healey and her

colleagues.

Healey, who has gained na-

tional attention for her aggres-

sive legal battles against the

Trump administration, was

raised in New Hampshire,

home of the nation’s first pri-

mary contest. A strong public

speaker, Healey could be an as-

set for Warren there, as well as

in Massachusetts — should the

Democratic primary remain

contested through Super Tues-

day, March 3.

Victoria McGrane can be

reached at

[email protected].

Follow her on Twitter @vgmac.

Maura Healey endorses Elizabeth Warren for president

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By Naomi Martin
GLOBE STAFF
State regulators, reacting to
growing alarm about the health
risks of vaping, endorsed a
measure Thursday to require
marijuana companies to dis-
close all ingredients in vape car-
tridges sold in licensed stores.
The move by the Massachu-
setts Cannabis Control Com-
mission followed a Globe report
last week raising questions
about regulatory gaps in the
state’s oversight of additives in
regulated marijuana cartridges.
“This is something we’ve
taken very seriously as a com-
mission,” executive director
Shawn Collins said, adding that
the change is “an attempt to
disclose to patients or consum-
ers what is actually in the prod-
uct they may be procuring.”
The commission voted
unanimously to include the rule
in its proposed regulatory
changes that it will vote on later
this month.
Concerns over vaping prod-
uct chemicals have exploded in
recent weeks, as health officials
nationwide investigate the
cause of a mysterious and dead-
lylungillnessafflictingpeople
who reported vaping marijua-
na, nicotine, or both in days or
weeks before suffering breath-
ing problems. Health officials
have urged people to stop vap-
ing until they determine the
cause.
Six people have died nation-
wide, and 450 have fallen ill.
Massachusetts officials are in-
vestigating 10 possible cases
but haven’t confirmed any.
Health officials have found
that several samples provided
by patients include a chemical
called vitamin E acetate, an oil
that can be safe in food or on
skin but potentially harmful
when inhaled.
New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo said this week he would
subpoena three companies —
including one based in Am-
herst, Mass., called Mass Ter-
penes — for selling thickeners
that contained nearly pure vita-
min E oil for vape cartridge
manufacturers.
The owner of Mass Ter-
penes, Daniel French, of Athol,
had not returned requests for
comment earlier this week, but
after the Globe published an ar-
ticle online late Wednesday
about the company, his lawyer
contacted the newspaper the
next day to say French wants to
help.

“He’s extremely concerned

and disturbed about the devel-

opments,” said Dick Evans, a

Northampton cannabis attor-

ney. “He wants to be as helpful

and as cooperative to the public

health authorities as he can.”

Evans did not make French

available for an interview, but

said he is “a young business-

man and he’s trying to do the

right thing.”

The company posted on its

website Thursday that the vita-

min E chemicals had been

“widely available across dozens

of other companies” and said it

had stopped selling products

containing vitamin E.

Officials say black-market

cannabis vape products seem to

be particularly dangerous, but

there is little clarity on how

much safer regulated vape

products may be. One of the pa-

tients who died had visited a li-

censed dispensary in Oregon.

Massachusetts health ex-

perts and cannabis industry ex-

ecutives told the Globe last

week that certain questionable

chemical fillers used by mari-

juana companies and allowed

under the regulations could

turn out to be unsafe.

The commission’s regula-

tions have long required disclo-

sure of ingredients, but the

commission has not mandated

that companies list specific ter-

penes. But on Thursday, Collins

proposed the cannabis commis-

sion require licensed compa-

nies to list the names of individ-

ual terpenes in their products

and the portion they make up

of the substances.

Terpenes are a broad class of

aromatic chemicals that can be

created in a lab or derived from

marijuana and other plants.

Commissioner Shaleen Title

requested that each thickener

or additive — often used to ad-

just flavor or viscosity — also be

listed. It’s unclear whether the

regulations would require com-

panies to list the source of the

terpenes.

Amid the concerns, many

companies have e-mailed cus-

tomers in the past week to say

they use only cannabis-derived

or plant-derived terpenes.

Collins said he planned “a

holistic approach” to address

the safety fears. The steps in-

clude surveying licensed opera-

tors and labs to understand

what chemicals are currently in

use, whether the commission

should further modify its rules,

and what role testing labs can

play.

Commissioner Britte

McBride said she hoped the

agency would collaborate with

the Department of Public

Health, which has mandated

clinicians report possible cases

of vaping-related illnesses, to

learn whether any were linked

to licensed marijuana stores.

Industry leaders praised the

commission’s efforts as a step

toward more safety and public

confidence in the legal pot mar-

ket. Approval of the proposed

rules would be important to

help people know what they’re

ingesting “for both safety and

consumer preference,” said Joe

Gilmore, president of Massa-

chusetts Recreational Consum-

er Council.

“It sounds like a move in the

right direction,” said Brandon

Pollock, chief executive of Theo-

ry Wellness, a marijuana retail-

er.

The proposed rules are

smart, but the commission

should also consider banning

flavors and testing cartridge

hardware, which could leach

heavy metals into vapor, said

Chris Hudalla, a chemist who

runs marijuana testing compa-

ny ProVerde Laboratories.

“Flavorings are one of the

hugest concerns for me,” Hu-

dalla said. “When they permit

things like cinnamon or banana

or whatever, there could be

some potential hazards.”

Naomi Martin can be reached

at [email protected].

Follow her on Twitter

@NaomiMartin.

State cannabis agency calls for

disclosure of vape ingredients

Proposalfollows

deaths,illnesses

linkedtochemical

‘Thisissomething

we’vetakenvery

seriouslyasa

commission.’

SHAWNCOLLINS

Executive director of the

Massachusetts Cannabis

Control Commission, after a

Globe report last week raised

questions about regulatory gaps

in the state’s oversight of

additives in regulated

marijuana cartridges

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