SMOKING,
VAPING and Your Health by Jessica Zimmer There is little peer-reviewed science available on how smoking and vaping cannabis grown with pesticides affects human health. However, most experts agree that inhaling anything burned is not recommended, and pesticides can exacerbate health risks.
T
here is little data about how smoking and vaping cannabis containing pesticides affects respiratory and overall health, yet available information about pesticides and cultivation practices has led cannabis testing labs and medical professionals to agree about what is healthier for patients. “Most people who use cannabis for medical purposes have chronic conditions with ongoing symptoms. They don’t need to develop additional concerns,” says Dr. Ethan Russo, a boardcertified neurologist and director of research and development at the International Cannabis and Cannabinoids Institute in Prague. “Up to 70 per cent of pesticides on cannabis will be transferred in the smoke to the lungs and into the bloodstream. They will not get burned up. There’s a great potential for (developing) cancer as well as a chronic cough, too much phlegm, and bronchial problems.”
26
Maximum Yield
