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Howard Center - Grand Rounds with Dr. Libby Stuyt - Negative Impacts of High Potency THC on Community and Patient Safety: This is NOT Medicine

  • 01/31/2023
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM


Grand Rounds with Dr. Libby Stuyt

Negative Impacts of High Potency THC on Community and Patient Safety: This is NOT Medicine

Tuesday, January 31 | 9:00am - 10:30am ET | Virtual


When Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000, the highest

THC potency was 5% in the plant and there were no concentrates.

Concentrates began to appear in 2010 and have increased THC potency,

some above 90% THC. 

Because these products have been aggressively marketed as “medical”

(without any research to document safety or efficacy), people think they

are safe.

We have a significant increase in adolescents and young adults using

these products with negative consequences. High THC potency has also

significantly negatively impacted those in the criminal justice system.

Research on the medical benefits of marijuana have been based on THC

levels at less than 10%. What people are buying from medical and retail

dispensaries now is significantly higher in THC potency, and as a result,

consequences include cannabis use disorder, psychosis, depression, anxiety,

suicidal ideation and attempts, violence, cognitive impairment, and

cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.


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