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A warning to fellow consumers. If you are buying shatter from your local dispensary do yourself(And your Dispensary), a favor and stay away from any shatter produced by Grow State(The label on the package says Altered State Concentrate). They use plastic screw top Carafes with no parchment on the bottom, just straight into the plastic. I was in my local shop the other day looking for some quality shatter and was recommended the Old Man Jack from Grow State, the man at the counter next to me, told me straight up to avoid it as it came in plastic containers, but I decided to take my chances, and guess what? Not only was he right(It was in plastic screw top containers) but I got burned for $60 as one of the containers was glued shut by the shatter that was melted all in the threads, and would not even open. And the other, I got about half of the product from leaving the rest stuck to the inside of the container. I contacted Grow state and pointed out the issue, and included clear pictures of the problem. Thomas the sales guy actually seemed concerned and tried to see if something could be done, but then the owner of the company Kip called me back and was more interested in making excuses for why they use plastic instead of Glass, or Silicone. The reason given for not using silicone was the cost(.75 per container) Kip said I should go ahead and heat up the plastic(thereby releasing the toxic chemicals from the plastic into my product even at low temps.) When I told him as an Environmental Specialist I didn't think that was great advice to be giving people since even non heated plastic is known to leach dangerous chemicals, you probably shouldn't be heating it up to get your product out(He blamed my shop for not handling it right on there end and keeping it cool). I then called my local dispensary, and explained my problem. They said Kip had already called them to inquire about the situation, and they were aware and sympathetic to my problem. I petitioned that either they A) Stop Selling Grow State Products until they(Grow State) clean up there act, and package responsibly. B) Open the outside packaging of Grow States Products so that consumers can clearly see and feel if the containers are plastic. C) Have each of there bud tenders let the customer know that they have had problems with Grow State Shatter containers and they should be weary of buying them. One of the major advantages of legalization is that we are supposed to be getting a PREMIUM, SAFE, product. Plastic containers that stick to the product and leach toxic chemicals into your product(Specially if you have to heat it to get the product out) do not meet that standard. If a company cannot be bothered to spend an extra .75 cents(Which by the way would be passed on to us anyway) so we would pay $31 instead f $30, or spend $.01 for a disk of parchment to make there expensive product usable. Then you should avoid that company, as it calls into question there standards and practices regarding there most important asset, the consumer.