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The researchers present their work today at the 251st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). "Producers of cannabis edibles complain that if they send off their product to three different labs for analysis, they get three different results," says Melissa Wilcox, who is at Grace Discovery Sciences. "The point of our work is to create a solid method that will accurately and reliably measure the cannabis content in these products." More than 30 states and the District of Columbia have either decriminalized cannabis or have allowed legal medical access to it. One recent study has shown that where marijuana edible products are legally available, labeling is at best inconsistent and at worst misleading. In fact, researchers who recently analyzed cannabis products legally purchased in three U.S. cities found that only 17 percent of the tested edibles containing marijuana had labels that accurately listed the amount of tetrahydrocann...

This research discovered that marijuana use dysfunction is commonly related to different substance use problems, behavioral issues, and incapacity, and goes largely untreated. Credit score: © Photographee.eu / Fotolia The proportion of People who reported utilizing marijuana up to now yr greater than doubled between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, and the rise in marijuana use problems throughout that point was practically as giant, in accordance with a brand new research within the  American Journal of Psychiatry . The analysis additionally confirmed that 2.5 p.c of adults--nearly 6 million people--experienced marijuana use dysfunction up to now yr, whereas 6.three p.c had met the diagnostic standards for the dysfunction in some unspecified time in the future of their lives. The collaborative research was carried out by scientists at Columbia College's Mailman Faculty of Public Well being, Columbia College Medical Heart, and...