Armed guards, secret location: Inside an illegal marijuana bazaar publicized on Instagram. (via NBCNews)
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"They are facilitating a public health crisis," said Timothy Mackey, a professor at the University of California San Diego, who has done extensive research on how social media platforms are used to sell illicit products. The address was posted on a Friday night and visible only to a select group of people: the followers of a privateIt was a darkened street in downtown Los Angeles. Not long after an NBC News producer arrived, he noticed a figure rushing toward him, a man wearing a bulletproof vest with a handgun strapped to his hip.He walked into an alley and through a parking lot, stopping at a fence padlocked with a heavy chain.
The event was blatantly illegal: an underground marijuana bazaar selling bulk amounts of counterfeit THC vape pens, edibles and cannabis flower—all of it unlicensed.linked to vape pens, the majority involving bootleg THC oils. At least 60 people have died and nearly 2,700 others have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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