Clear Chronic is another cart brand that we see making the rounds in THC vaping culture. It appears to be a bogus brand that’s nothing but packaging. There doesn’t seem to be any regulated, licensed company behind it. Yet it’s as prolific as any other black market brand we’ve found.
Clear Chronic cartridges flood the market
Questions about them come up all the time:
- Reddit oilpen, one year ago
- Reddit oilpen, two years ago
- Reddit weed, 10 months ago
- Reddit oilpen, 8 months ago
- Reddit oilpen, one year ago
- Reddit fake cartridges, 7 months ago
- Reddit oilpen, one year ago
That last post contains a comment linking to a lab test result. If you scan in that QR code, however, SCLabs will say that “the owner has marked the results as private” and only say that the test was performed on 10/24/2017. Remind me to complain about this later.
Clear Chronic is being advertised online
Here is one person in Lynchburg, VA, on LeafedIn, which is becoming a mighty questionable site in general. Here is another site with Clear Chronic, this one claiming it’s by “Full Spectrum Concentrate Labs.” That sounds like it should be a legit company, and yet a quick Google reveals this very page as the sole source of the full quoted phrase. And this online seller includes Clear Chronic in its products.
One thing we can’t find is a licensed, registered, above-the-counter dispensary selling Clear Chronic carts.
Clear Chronic packaging notes
Some carts appear to have alternative packaging. One online seller identifies a product as “Clear Chronic – Banana Train Wreck” while showing this packaging shot that looks familiar:
That’s because it resembles the Coco Chanel logo, which is also used by another black market brand we’ve covered before: California Confidential. But note the packaging is the long, thin box design which Clear Chronic has kept, while California Confidential typically comes in short, squat packaging. On the other hand, the name “Clear Chronic”
Note the final “C” in the name is reversed, signaling a connection to the former (?) Coco-Chanel logo. This could all be a coincidence, or it could be a clue that there’s a connection between these two brands. When we speak of brands being “related,” we mean they could have been both invented by the same packaging printer in China.
Black market cart brands that are packaging-only show this inbred tendency to half-copy each other, knock-offs of knock-offs. Witness the infamous and chaotic Runtz “brand,” which cross-breeds with other street brands including Chronic Carts, which could also be related to Clear Chronic.
There are dozens of social media accounts all claiming to be the Clear Chronic brand
Who is Clear Chronic?
- This Facebook account whose “about” section is blank?
- This Instagram account which posts the same bogus lab result mentioned previously?
- Or this ClearChronic420 Instagram account?
- What about the “official” Instagram Clear Chronic?
- Of course “official” Instagram accounts always come in twos!
There’s all that and much more lurking behind the #clearchronic tag on Instagram. In fact, Chronic Carts are synonymous enough with black market brands that the same tag also fetches images for Dank, TKO, Boom, Mario Carts, and other street makes of cartridge.
Complaining later: I’m sick and tired of seeing “private” lab tests!
Getting back to what I wanted to complain about later, this practice of misleading lab results is the most vexing part of the unregulated cartridge epidemic. Why do testing labs even allow this? What is the point?
Cannabis safety testing labs need to require testing agents to declare – AHEAD OF TIME – whether they want the results private or not. Then mark that ON THE PAGE, so we don’t have to run and fetch a QR code and go to a website and then find a door slammed in our face.
As it stands, lab result sheets get pasted on Instagram, the average phone user sees a screenshot and concludes “yup, all good!” That’s the purpose that black market brands have for posting a lab test sheet with the testing party’s information removed, and with the results marked “private.” Most of the time the page is even clearly edited. That’s what the QR code is FOR, is to verify that the page has not been altered.
This is a matter of public safety and health, which is the whole reason we have cannabis product testing facilities to begin with. When you release a page with a QR code and then don’t let people see the results behind the QR code, you just helped spread a lie.
Unlicensed, unregulated brands like Clear Chronic may contain anything
There is a deadly epidemic of lung illness tied to black market cart usage. Vaping-associated pulmonary injury has so far claimed 42 lives and hospitalized more than 2000 users. Unregulated vape carts could contain heavy metals like lead, pesticides, cut such as Honey Cut, or simply bunk. Or they could be fire if you’re lucky. But a lot of people in the hospital right now weren’t lucky.
If anybody has more information on where these are circulating, please feel free to help us protect public safety by sharing it with the community here in the comments or in our forum.
I live in Erie PA,
(Lets Go Steeler Nation)🫡😆
Where marijuana is still illegal for recreational and adult usage.
But we live 45 minutes away from Buffalo NY,
so people from here go there and get stuff.
Then u got people here,
that have med cards of course,
and they go to the legit, local
dispensary but they weed be garbage!😆
Then there is still people that buy off the street,
from 1 gram to a LB!
But the last time i went,
I got 4 of these clear chronic carts.
And my personal opinion is,
I got a orange cream and a bananna one
And they both add up!💯
Very flavorful and have kick,
taste just like bananna, and just like orange cream!
I got a gelato one and sunset surbert
And they taste simular
But the sunset one is a indica 88.09%
And the gelato one is a hybrid 88.89%
And the gelato one has a bit more of a stronger kick!
They add up in my opinion 2!
I do plan to try more💯🫡
U gotta think,
There are so many rich people that
Jumped on makin money off the
pot train when it became legal,
Aint no tellin who really are founders and creaters behind these private accounts!
Just because its private dont mean they dont got doctors, geniuses, or experts involved!🤔
Espically if u have a weed connoisseur included!😆👍
And if people were given the option to keep their info private,
Im pretty sure there is a substancial ammount of people that followed the rules and are selling quality product,
that preferred to remain private!
I believe these are legit carts, and i would definitely recommend them!
If they turn out to be jacked up,
I apologize for my cosign in advance,
For everytime i do cosign another person they seem to end up disapointing me😆
So my apology in advance if these are not legit carts!💯🙏🤷♂️🤦♂️
And i will stop consuming them the minute im alarmed, or shown proof of it being more poisionous versus
pure marijuana!💯🫡👍
If i actually felt other wise i would state that as well💯
Thank you
H.$.N©️™️
Our son purchased clear chronic, including orange cream, and has cannibus induced psychosis. He is at Clarion Psychiatirc with severe delusions and was 302ed and 303ed. Praying he recovers but will be seriously pursuing illegitimate companies and will work the federal authorities to prosecute to the maximum extent of the law
Found these in Central NY. They seem really good. There’s a cool hologram on the box that you scan, and it takes you to a site that verifies authenticity. The blueberry indica tastes fine and is the only vape I can enjoy without choking! It can easily be charged with your cell phone charger. So far so good here. I will probably get another! Cheers 🍻
Look out WNY! These are being sold at the rez for $15 a gram. The price alone is a warning in a market where you normally spend 40+
Shit say what you will but I’ve been getting them for months the strains are always correct the teens are right and there fire as fuck sorry you got a shitty plug lmao😂💨😎
These look so fake! I can’t believe that someone posted in the forum, trying to get you to change this one. Shaking my head! The THC percentage is on the damn box! That’s all you need to see to know that it’s not a legitimate product!
nearly all of the legit oils seem to be lazed with something. i’ve bought original eureka cartridges from an la dispensarie. it causes lung issues and heavy cloggage compared to regular joints(with tobacoo). other brand oils are similiar
what shops did u go to?