On-line hashish platform Leafly not too long ago eliminated two in-depth articles investigating the dying of hashish employee Lorna McMurrey, 27, who handed away after collapsing throughout her shift at a Trulieve hashish manufacturing facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Mike Crawford, the host of The Younger Jurks podcast in Massachusetts, which broke the information of McMurrey’s dying, first posted in regards to the articles’ elimination final week on LinkedIn.
Leafly, which closed down its newsroom in March after reporting monetary difficulties, supplied no clarification for why the tales had been pulled, in accordance with a WeedWeek report investigating the lacking articles.
Part 1 and Part 2 of Leafly’s eliminated investigative sequence can nonetheless be accessed by way of the Web Wayback Machine. Written by Dave Howard, the articles deal with the reason for McMurrey’s dying — the federal Occupational Security and Well being Administration (OSHA) initially concluded that McMurrey had died from inhaling “floor hashish mud” however months later known as it the results of a lethal bronchial asthma assault — and whether or not the tragedy had revealed unrecognized employee security issues within the hashish business.
Howard advised WeedWeek that he didn’t know why the articles had been eliminated:
“I labored exhausting on that sequence, as did my editor, and we felt it had the potential to assist folks within the business. Anytime you might have the possibility to assist somebody keep away from well being issues, you’re taking it.” — Howard, by way of WeedWeek
Trulieve, a Florida-based multi-state hashish operator, paid a $14,502 settlement to OSHA in January over the incident and agreed to analyze the potential risks of floor hashish mud. In the meantime, the corporate not too long ago introduced its departure from the Massachusetts state market.
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