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Some truth to the ‘potent pot myth’
Some truth to the ‘potent pot myth’
Source: (As reported in ScienceDaily, March 18, 2014) Wiley. (2014, March 18). Some truth to the ‘potent pot myth’. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 9, 2014 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140318093906.htm
ScienceDaily Summary:
People who smoke high-potency cannabis end up getting higher doses of the active ingredient, new research from the Netherlands shows. Although they reduce the amount they puff and inhale to compensate for the higher strength, they still take in more of the active ingredient than smokers of lower potency cannabis.
Journal Reference:
Peggy van der Pol, Nienke Liebregts, Tibor Brunt, Jan van Amsterdam, Ron de Graaf, Dirk J. Korf, Wim van den Brink, Margriet van Laar. Cross-sectional and prospective relation of cannabis potency, dosing and smoking behaviour with cannabis dependence: an ecological study.Addiction, 2014; DOI: 10.1111/add.12508
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