Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana | Medical News and Health Information

Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana | Medical News and Health Information

  Finally, we have a 3 part series this week called “High Times” and it is not surprisingly about medical marijuana.

•      The dangers of synthetic marijuana are discussed by Dr Christopher Colwell at the Denver Health Medical Center and by Tista Ghosh at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Synthetic marijuana caused more than 11,000 emergency room visits in 2010 so this is not a small problem.
•      The Dangers of real cannabis poisonings by children is the topic of the second part. Read the article to see what Dr Michael Kosnett of University of Colorado School of Medicine and Dr George Wang at Children’s Hospital Colorado have to say to adults about protecting their children if they do have marijuana in the home. Although the federal government has not legalized it anywhere, 21 states plus the District of Columbia have passed laws allowing medical marijuana. It just got on the ballot in Florida so we will be hearing a lot more about it in the coming months.
•      The third part of our series addresses the question: Is marijuana really medicine? There is no conclusion but there are a lot of opinions and I personally am swayed by the patients who swear it helped their seizures or pain or nausea. But you can read what Dr Eduardo Locatelli at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale and Dr Shirley Zelikovshy at Bethesda Health City in Boynton Beach, Fl have to say as well as Dr David Gross, consultant for the Drug Free America Foundation and form your own opinion.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Mark Salley
Communications Director
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
cdphe.officeofcommunications@state.co.us
(303) 692-2013

High Times Series

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High Times - Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana

DENVER, Co. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has enacted an emergency ban on synthetic marijuana after thousands of teens have been hurt, even died after smoking it. Makers misled their customers into thinking fake pot is harmless compared to illegal drugs, but that’s not the case.

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High Times - Pot Poisoning

DENVER, Co. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Twenty states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of medical marijuana. With the increase in availability, there has also been a rise in accidental cannabis poisonings by children. Every state is going to face this issue sooner or later.

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High Times - Medical Marijuana Debate: Light Up or Pop a Pill?

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. Yet it’s still a controversial topic in the U.S. Under federal law, only FDA approved medications can be prescribed; marijuana is not one of them. Still medical marijuana is now legal in 20 states, plus our nation’s capital. So is marijuana really medicine?

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