Key Findings:

• Heavy metal and phthalate contamination in CBD may counter-balance its proposed health benefits.
• Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Hg), phthalates, and CBD label accuracy were quantified in CBD products.
• Only 42 % of products fell within ±10 % of the CBD claimed on the manufacturer label.
• Low-level heavy metal and phthalate contamination of edible CBD was pervasive.
• Tight regulations for CBD product label integrity are needed.
  
  

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Key Takeaways

• There are few studies on mortality on individuals entering treatment for cannabis usedisorders (CUD).
• We highlight higher CMRs (Crude Mortality Rates)and SMRs(Standard Mortality Rates) for individuals with both cannabis and alcohol disorders.
• High and statistically significant SMRs were from circulatory systemdiseases, for men, women, and among CAUDs.
• The results of our study show that individuals with only cannabis use disorders have a lower mortality risk compared to those with cannabis and alcohol use disorders.

Conclusions: The results of this study show that individuals with only cannabis use disorders have a lower mortality risk compared to those with both cannabis and alcohol use disorders.

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Breast cancer (BC) is the commonest human cancer and its incidence (BC incidence, BCI) is rising worldwide. Whilst both tobacco and alcohol have been linked to BCI genotoxic cannabinoids have not been investigated…Data show that exposure to cannabis and the cannabinoids Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, (THC) CBD, CBG and alcoholism fulfil quantitative causal criteria for BCI across space and time. Findings are robust to adjustment for age and several known sociodemographic, socio-economic and hormonal risk factors and establish cannabinoids as an additional risk factor class for breast carcinogenesis. BCI is higher under cannabis-liberal legal paradigms.

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(Europe is not exempt from cannabis caused congenital cannabis defects)

Data indicate that metrics of cannabis exposure are closely linked with CLAR and satisfy epidemiological criteria for causality. Along with Hawaii and the USA, Europe now forms the third international population in which this causal link has been demonstrated. Cannabis as a predictor of limb anomalies was more potent than tobacco or alcohol. Cannabinoid access should be restricted to protect public health and the community genome/epigenome transgenerationally.

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Compared with non-users, female athletes who regularly use cannabis had reduced early anaerobic power production and may have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, according to published results.

Researchers from the School of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Northern Colorado…overall, found non-users produced “significantly greater” anaerobic power output compared with cannabis users, as determined by stage-1 and stage-2 Wingate assessment scores. However, researchers noted anaerobic fatigue, as determined by 30-second Wingate assessment scores, was “significantly lower” in cannabis users (51%) compared with non-users (61%).

Despite comparable body composition and cardiovascular fitness between the cohorts, average C-reactive protein concentration levels determined cannabis user had an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with non-users.

“Chronic use of cannabis in physically active female athletes may be linked to lower initial power output and higher risk for CVD as defined by CRP,” the researchers wrote in the study. “This study is important in that it provides a glimpse into where cannabis may begin to influence the health and athletic performance in young adults,” they concluded.

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