![]() As a result of the legal action, Total Life Changes has now released a statement that reads, in part: “Out of an abundance of caution … TLC has advised persons subject to drug testing to not drink Iaso Raspberry tea.Total Life Changes operate in the nutrition and skincare MLM niche and is headed up by CEO and founder Jack Fallon. These are people who are good workers and family and community members who are not drug users.”įriday is one of the plaintiffs in three class-action lawsuits we’ve uncovered. She hired Attorney Kate Hollist who said, “These are blue-collar, salt-of-the-earth people. I emptied that out to survive,” she said. ![]() Like Granger, Friday says the tea cost her everything. She immediately stopped selling the Total Life Changes products. Granger says if you want to lose weight, do it the right way. We are in the process of learning more about the relevant facts, but are not in a position to report more fully at this time.” At TLC, we care deeply about our customers and are committed to their well-being. The statement reads in part, “We are aware of the allegations about one of our tea products. We received a statement from TLC’s Craig Cole, the Director of Public Relations for Total Life Changes. We told them an independent lab found THC in their product and asked for an interview. Our investigators contacted Total Life Changes about the claims from women who told us they failed drug tests. The package instructs users to drink a sachet of tea every day. He explained that THC can build up in a person’s system with repeated consumption. We asked if those amounts are enough for someone to fail a drug test. “8.2 parts per million for this sample, and this sample shows 17.3, which is a low amount, but it is exact and measurable,” Bornemann said. That’s the ingredient in marijuana that produces a feeling of being high. Volker Bornemann, said in both samples, they found trace amounts of THC. Our investigators took samples to Avazyme Incorporated in North Carolina for testing. Hemp-derived products are legal if they have less than 3.3% THC. The packaging for TLC’s raspberry lemonade Iaso tea clearly states it contains hemp extract, but not THC. She said they made her feel as if she did something wrong. I’ve never smoked a cigarette and I don’t even drink.” “I was clueless, devastated and, of course, I was questioning: ‘Are you sure you have the right person?’” Granger said. But when Granger applied for a new nursing job last fall, she failed the drug test. She lost weight from drinking the raspberry lemonade tea, and liked it so much she became a distributor. She says they escorted her to human resources and took her badge. Here’s what happened when she tried to explain it to her boss. She said, “What? Marijuana? No, I don’t do drugs.”įriday was fired, and she blames it on TLC’s tea. She was shocked when the lab called her with the results.įriday says they asked her how long she had been using marijuana. As part of the worker’s compensation claim, she had to undergo a drug test. A few weeks later she was injured at her manufacturing job. She followed the directions and drank a sachet every day. Friday says she was “looking for a way to drop my A1c level (a measure of one’s long-term blood sugar level).”Ī friend sold her the company’s raspberry lemonade-flavored Iaso tea. She was looking for a way to get healthier when she saw ads on social media about Total Life Changes products. ![]() The tea sounds harmless, but the women claim they failed drug tests because it contained THC, the chemical found in marijuana.ĭ’etta Friday is a diabetic mother of two.
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