{"id":6175,"date":"2017-09-28T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=6175"},"modified":"2017-09-28T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T11:00:29","slug":"be-aware-or-beware-cannabis-extract-may-increase-cancer-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/be-aware-or-beware-cannabis-extract-may-increase-cancer-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Be aware or beware: Cannabis extract may increase cancer risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The vapour produced by a cannabis extract contains benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals, a study has found.<\/p>\n<p>The study by Portland State University in the US raises health concerns about dabbing, or vaporising hash oil &#8211; a practice that is growing in popularity, especially in areas that have legalised medical or recreational marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Dabbing is already controversial. The practice consists of placing a small amount of cannabis extract &#8211; a dab &#8211; on a heated surface and inhaling the resulting vapour. The practice has raised concerns because it produces extremely high levels of cannabinoids &#8211; the active ingredients in marijuana, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the widespread legalisation of marijuana in the US, it is imperative to study the full toxicology of its consumption to guide future policy,\u201d said Rob Strongin, a Portland State professor. \u201cThe results of these studies clearly indicate that dabbing, while considered a form of vaporisation, may in fact deliver significant amounts of toxins,\u201d said Strongin, who led the study published in the journal ACS Omega.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vapour produced by a cannabis extract contains benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals, a study has found. The study by Portland State University in the US raises health concerns about dabbing, or vaporising hash oil &#8211; a practice that is growing in popularity, especially in areas that have legalised medical or recreational marijuana. Dabbing [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6177,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6175\/revisions\/6177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}