so you're ok being labeled a "drug user" rather than "cannabist enthusiast?"
I may prefer one over the other, but both are true. I can say, "I'm a cannabis enthusiast, not a drug user," but that would be inaccurate. The same thing goes for "vaporizer" and "thermal extraction device". I'm fine with Dynavap using T.E.D., it's George's insistence that it's no longer a vaporizer that rubs me the wrong way. Dynavap's quirky nomenclature is charming, but there's already a thriving stoner vernacular.
Yes, language matters, and that's why the PACT Act is full of it. It doesn't just say, "anything called a vaporizer". It defines and describes the devices it targets, no matter what you call them. It's more important to make sure postal authorities understand that your product doesn't meet the definitions, despite the name. Sure, call them T.E.D.s, but it won't take much investigation to figure out that you can find them at Planet of the Vapes by pulling down the Vaporizer menu. Postal investigators might even see that as a deceptive practice.
If there 's one oddly hopeful aspect of the PACT Act, it's that George can actually claim the Dynavap is just for weed as a defense against punitive action for interstate shipping of paraphernalia. Ironically, we used to have to claim it was for tobacco--and that ruse couldn't keep Tommy Chong out of prison.