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If I have put the pieces together correctly, they were sketchy THC carts that used a vitamin e oil to achieve super high concentrations of THC (95%) or so. Normal THC carts don't have that high of a concentration. I'm guessing some backyard chemist realized they could cram more in using vitamin e oil over the more standard vape oils used (propylene glycol, etc).

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It's not to achieve high concentrations, it's to disguise the fact that it's been cut at all.

Distillate that's minimally cut will typically be very very thick. The more it's cut, the thinner and runnier it will be. Customers figured this out and started equating runny pens with low quality.

Dealers basically responded by using cuts that aren't obvious. This doesn't make the concentration any higher but fools the end user.

Are you sure? Because it's not that easy to dissolve cannabinoids, except in lipids. I haven't been into making carts myself in a number of years, but back when I did the major hassle and challenge was actually getting your extract to dissolve, and people were experimenting with formulations to get better mixtures with less effort and heat.

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