This clearly shows that the story is reaching when trying to link cannabis use to this alleged disease. – Malone in a statement to Herb.
Real numbers are not presented, and the fact that the study relies on the fact that patients “were more likely to endorse marijuana use” proves nothing. – Malone
https://herb.co/marijuana/news/lance...ake-news-story
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Mark Malone, Executive Director of the Cannabis Business Alliance, agrees with the medical professional. He even goes a step further, suggesting that the link between CHS symptoms and cannabis use is far-reaching and unsupported.
He called it an ‘alleged disease’ because real numbers are not presented, and the fact that the study relies on information that patients “were more likely to endorse marijuana use” proves nothing.
“The industry in Colorado has not heard of this issue until this news story,” added Malone.
In her medical opinion, Montemayor said cannabis hyperemesis is a real – but rare – phenomenon that appears to be strain specific.
Of the 20,000 patients she’s helped join the Colorado registry since 2010, there’s only been one reported case. She said another clinic owner, with three times more patients than hers, also has had one patient who experienced it.
In both of those cases, switching strains solved the problem.
In both cases, the cannabis used raised questions
It wasn’t tested for molds, pesticides, or any other contaminants
It also had not been tested for terpenes
Think of terpenes as the building blocks of essential oils, Montemayor explained. They are the little short chain isoprenes that give plants their fragrance.
So, cannabis that smells like pine trees contains some of the same terpenes found in actual pine needles. Which means if you are allergic to pine trees, you may want to avoid using cannabis that smells like pine – it’s the pinene terpene that could be causing negative symptoms.
For Montemayor, it’s clearly stemming from molds and contaminants – not the THC.
Bottom line, said Montemayor, USE TESTED MEDICINES.
https://www.marijuanatimes.org/final...aders-deserve/