{"id":13681,"date":"2024-09-26T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=13681"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T15:25:41","slug":"a-patchwork-of-cannabis-laws-creates-health-risks-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=13681","title":{"rendered":"A Patchwork of Cannabis Laws Creates Health Risks, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">A new report calls for public education and closing of legal loopholes to keep the public safe.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-bo4jmi e12nqm5i0\" id=\"link-48c52eb0\"><span>The News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As more states have legalized the sale of cannabis, a fractured and inconsistent legal framework has emerged across the country that has prioritized sales income and tax revenue over public health, a new report finds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The report, issued Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, describes an \u201curgent need for a coordinated public health response.\u201d The academies, a nonprofit advisory group of the nation\u2019s leading scientists, said that such a response should include a federally led campaign to educate parents, children and others about the risks of a drug that is increasingly potent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among the other suggestions, the report also calls for a lifting of research restrictions on cannabis. In recent years, many claims have been made about the medicinal and other health effects of the drug but often without substantiation from science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-1\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-mqw7kw e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Even as a patchwork of laws and regulations have emerged, the potency of cannabis products has surged.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Cindy Schultz for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-vlsv4n e12nqm5i0\" id=\"link-3c03d9bc\"><span>Potency<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Currently 24 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/civil-and-criminal-justice\/cannabis-overview\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">have legalized the sale of cannabis<\/a> for recreational use, according to the National Conference on State Legislatures. In 13 other states, cannabis is legal for medicinal use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even as a patchwork of laws and regulations have emerged, the potency of cannabis products has surged, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/nida.nih.gov\/research\/research-data-measures-resources\/cannabis-potency-data\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">as measured by the growing concentration of THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis.<\/a> The rapid increases have left the public unaware of the health risks, particularly to young people, pregnant women and seniors, according to Yasmin Hurd, director of the Addiction Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine and the vice chair of the committee that issued the latest report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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In recent years, many claims have been made about the medicinal and other health effects of the drug but often without substantiation from science.Even as a patchwork of laws and regulations have emerged, the potency of cannabis products has surged.Cindy Schultz for The New York TimesPotencyCurrently 24 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories have legalized the sale of cannabis for recreational use, according to the National Conference on State Legislatures. In 13 other states, cannabis is legal for medicinal use.Even as a patchwork of laws and regulations have emerged, the potency of cannabis products has surged, as measured by the growing concentration of THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis. 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