~Dankster~420
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Hello (RIU). Dank here. I was reading a few emails this morning, and I ran across this one, and I would like to share incase you've yet to read it. I think its something that is very important, and should be really thought about. One being because its talking about how the negative feedback that (dabbing) is getting.
The reason I posted this is because I would LOVE to hear everyones feedback as to how you guys/gals feel about it yourself
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Here's the information:
One of the marijuana legalization movement's most widely accepted slogans has always been thus: Marijuana is inherently safe to the user.
Supporters of legalization have often cited public health statistics to bolster this claim. After all, alcohol, legal since the repeal of prohibition in 1933, is reported to cause approximately 80,000 deaths each year in the United States according to the Center for Disease Control.
This, per the CDC, makes alcohol the third-leading cause of lifestyle-related death in the United States. The CDC reports that in 2006, there were more than 1.2 million emergency room visits and 2.7 million physician office visits due to excessive drinking, and that booze-related illness caused $223.5 billion of damage to the United States economy.
The CDC also credits alcohol with a vast array of unintentional injuries, including traffic injuries, falls, drownings, burns, unintentional firearm injuries, and increases in injury-causing behaviors, such as domestic violence.
In contrast, in December 2012, the Huffington Post reported on the results of a new study by UC San Diego, which found that a teen who consumes alcohol is likely to have reduced brain tissue health, but a teen who uses marijuana is not.
Even that bastion of conservative journalism, Fox News, reporting in 2006 on a study by UCLA on the negative effects of marijuana use, stated that a clear increase in cancer risk was seen among cigarette smokers in the study, no such association was seen for regular cannabis users.
But, the tables may be turning on the powerful arguments in favor of pots negligible adverse health effects.
Within the past two years, there have been repeated reports in the media of incidents in which 911 responders have been called due to cannabis overdoses.
The alleged cause? Dabbing, a practice by which potently extracted cannabis concentratehash oil or butane honey oil is dabbed onto a super-heated surface. The vapor that is created by dabbing is inhaled by the smoker.
Some claim that Dabbing is the vanguard of recreational pot use allowing ingestion of smaller quantities of smoke, yielding a powerful high, with fewer negative, collateral health problems. Others, however, maintain that only a few hits lead to an uncomfortable high, and worse the loss of consciousness, injury and even death.
For example, the Humbolt Sentential reported in March that, at the NORML conference in LA, there were three separate emergency calls due to ingestion of high-potency cannabis extract. It was also reported that one individual lost consciousness, fell and fractured his nose on the sidewalk.
Also that month, an SF Weekly headline proclaimed Thanks to Dabbing, It Is Possible to Overdose on Marijuana.
So, while its health effects may be questionable, what about the legality of dabbing? Examining the laws of Colorado and Washington state, two jurisdictions that have recently legalized recreational use, we find:
Under the Colorado law, marijuana is defined as all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including marihuana concentrate.
In Washington, the voter-approved Initiative 502 legalized possession of 72 ounces of marijuana infused product in liquid form, however, the state has until December to develop further specific rules governing use, sale, and possession.
Obviously, other state laws dealing with legal, medical use of marijuana would need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
One final thought: while this attorney prefers to leave didactic diatribes for the persuasion of judges seated in courtrooms, the practice of dabbing begs the question: is it really worth it?
We are living in a historic moment in time. A moment in time when the federal government has proclaimed it will cease prosecuting many low-level, non-violent drug offenders. Two states have legalized recreational marijuana use, and the feds have vowed not to interfere (see our previous article on this development).
Dabbing may be novel. It may offer a familiar rush more seasoned users crave. But it seems counterproductive, to say the least, to nullify the best argument the legalization camp has had at its disposal for years: unlike the legal high booze brings, pot doesnt harm the user.
Here is the link as to where I had found this info. http://bigbudsmag.com/lifestyle/article/dabbing-may-cost-marijuana-its-mellow-reputation-september-2013
The reason I posted this is because I would LOVE to hear everyones feedback as to how you guys/gals feel about it yourself
?: Here's the information:
One of the marijuana legalization movement's most widely accepted slogans has always been thus: Marijuana is inherently safe to the user.
Supporters of legalization have often cited public health statistics to bolster this claim. After all, alcohol, legal since the repeal of prohibition in 1933, is reported to cause approximately 80,000 deaths each year in the United States according to the Center for Disease Control.
This, per the CDC, makes alcohol the third-leading cause of lifestyle-related death in the United States. The CDC reports that in 2006, there were more than 1.2 million emergency room visits and 2.7 million physician office visits due to excessive drinking, and that booze-related illness caused $223.5 billion of damage to the United States economy.
The CDC also credits alcohol with a vast array of unintentional injuries, including traffic injuries, falls, drownings, burns, unintentional firearm injuries, and increases in injury-causing behaviors, such as domestic violence.
In contrast, in December 2012, the Huffington Post reported on the results of a new study by UC San Diego, which found that a teen who consumes alcohol is likely to have reduced brain tissue health, but a teen who uses marijuana is not.
Even that bastion of conservative journalism, Fox News, reporting in 2006 on a study by UCLA on the negative effects of marijuana use, stated that a clear increase in cancer risk was seen among cigarette smokers in the study, no such association was seen for regular cannabis users.
But, the tables may be turning on the powerful arguments in favor of pots negligible adverse health effects.
Within the past two years, there have been repeated reports in the media of incidents in which 911 responders have been called due to cannabis overdoses.
The alleged cause? Dabbing, a practice by which potently extracted cannabis concentratehash oil or butane honey oil is dabbed onto a super-heated surface. The vapor that is created by dabbing is inhaled by the smoker.
Some claim that Dabbing is the vanguard of recreational pot use allowing ingestion of smaller quantities of smoke, yielding a powerful high, with fewer negative, collateral health problems. Others, however, maintain that only a few hits lead to an uncomfortable high, and worse the loss of consciousness, injury and even death.
For example, the Humbolt Sentential reported in March that, at the NORML conference in LA, there were three separate emergency calls due to ingestion of high-potency cannabis extract. It was also reported that one individual lost consciousness, fell and fractured his nose on the sidewalk.
Also that month, an SF Weekly headline proclaimed Thanks to Dabbing, It Is Possible to Overdose on Marijuana.
So, while its health effects may be questionable, what about the legality of dabbing? Examining the laws of Colorado and Washington state, two jurisdictions that have recently legalized recreational use, we find:
Under the Colorado law, marijuana is defined as all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including marihuana concentrate.
In Washington, the voter-approved Initiative 502 legalized possession of 72 ounces of marijuana infused product in liquid form, however, the state has until December to develop further specific rules governing use, sale, and possession.
Obviously, other state laws dealing with legal, medical use of marijuana would need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
One final thought: while this attorney prefers to leave didactic diatribes for the persuasion of judges seated in courtrooms, the practice of dabbing begs the question: is it really worth it?
We are living in a historic moment in time. A moment in time when the federal government has proclaimed it will cease prosecuting many low-level, non-violent drug offenders. Two states have legalized recreational marijuana use, and the feds have vowed not to interfere (see our previous article on this development).
Dabbing may be novel. It may offer a familiar rush more seasoned users crave. But it seems counterproductive, to say the least, to nullify the best argument the legalization camp has had at its disposal for years: unlike the legal high booze brings, pot doesnt harm the user.
Here is the link as to where I had found this info. http://bigbudsmag.com/lifestyle/article/dabbing-may-cost-marijuana-its-mellow-reputation-september-2013
right on..
