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New Australian vaping research finds ‘suite of chemicals’ in liquids used in vapes, some at ‘dangerously high’ levels

Key points: *         Researchers found pesticides, cleaning agents and potentially dangerous chemicals in vaping products *         They also found trace elements of nicotine in products that claim to be nicotine-free *         An independent researcher backed the findings as evidence of the need for greater regulation Curtin University respiratory physiologist Alexander Larcombe studied 65 common liquids

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The Redemption of Ginny Burton

The Redemption of Ginny Burton “I’m so grateful I was ‘locked up’ by people who loved me enough to help me change!” (introduced to Cannabis by her mother when not yet a teen, and so the nightmare unfolded in the… ‘It’s my right to do drugs’ culture. (for more go to “Children: The Lasting Casualties

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Dakota’s doctors thought she might have COVID, but it was vaping that put her in ICU (E.V.A.L.I is now Here)

By the Specialist Reporting Team’s Alison Branley and national medical reporter Sophie Scott Dakota Stephenson started vaping to help manage her anxiety. When 15-year-old Dakota Stephenson first started vaping with friends after school she never imagined it could have potentially deadly consequences. Key points: A teenager ended up in ICU with a condition doctors suspect was linked to regular

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Refraining from use diminishes cannabis-associated epigenetic changes in human sperm 

Environmental Epigenetics, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2021 Published: 21 September 2021 Abstract: Cannabis use alters sperm DNA methylation, but the potential reversibility of these changes is unknown. Semen samples from cannabis users and non-user controls were collected at baseline and again following a 77-day period of cannabis abstinence (one spermatogenic cycle)… Many of the differences

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International research shows ‘strong evidence’ linking vaping to cigarette smoking

People under 20 who used vapes were more than three times as likely to have ever smoked tobacco cigarettes, and more than twice as likely to have smoked cigarettes in the previous month, according to a review of 25 studies globally. Serene Yoong, an associate professor at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne and the study’s lead

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Metabolic Consequences of Gestational Cannabinoid Exposure

 (Harms of Cannabis Use Whilst Pregnant) Abstract: Up to 20% of pregnant women ages 18–24 consume cannabis during pregnancy. Moreover, clinical studies indicate that cannabis consumption during pregnancy leads to fetal growth restriction (FGR), which is associated with an increased risk of obesity, type II diabetes (T2D), and cardiovascular disease in the offspring. This is

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‘She was in a lot of pain’: Call for ban on flavoured vapes popular with young Australians

By Sarah Swain Sep 7, 2021 A health charity is calling for a ban on the over-the-counter sale of vapes, after finding harmful chemicals including disinfectant, petroleum and fish euthanasia drugs inside the electronic smoking devices. Lung Foundation Australia wants action on the sale of vapes, also known as e-cigarettes, which are largely unregulated but, with colourful

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Epidemiological overview of multidimensional chromosomal and genome toxicity of cannabis exposure in congenital anomalies and cancer development

Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 13892 (2021) Cite this article Abstract: Cannabis and cannabinoids are implicated in multiple genotoxic, epigenotoxic and chromosomal-toxic mechanisms and interact with several morphogenic pathways, likely underpinning previous reports of links between cannabis and congenital anomalies and heritable tumours. However the effects of cannabinoid genotoxicity have not been assessed on whole populations and formal consideration of

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Planting the seed for marijuana use: Changes in exposure to medical marijuana advertising and subsequent adolescent marijuana use, cognitions, and consequences over seven years

Results: Higher average exposure to MM advertising was associated with higher average use, intentions to use, positive expectancies, and negative consequences. Similarly, higher rates of change in MM advertising exposure were associated with higher rates of change in use, intentions, expectancies, and consequences over seven years. Conclusions: Results suggest that exposure to MM advertising may

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Effect of intermittent exposure to ethanol and MDMA during adolescence on learning and memory in adult mice

Nearly a decade ago, the alarm was sounded to the wider public on the long-term dangers of alcohol and MDMA on young brains. The need to reduce demand is grown even more, and measures to promote or permit use, particularly of MDMA is incredibly disturbing. All energies should be put into diminishing, not endorsing or

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