THCa testing helps show the products potential to convert into THC, but only the measured delta-9 THC determines immediate legal status
When the tobacco companies got into this kind of marketing, it was when they were getting scrutiny for marketing to kids, said Pam Ling, a professor at the University of California San Francisco who studies tobacco marketing
Researchers have identified a vitamin E compound often used as an additive to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, as a possible cause of the lung injuries
Whereas we operationalized chronic effects as structural alterations identified in smoker versus nonsmoker (i.e., between-subjects) comparisons, we operationalized the acute effects of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist administration as functional alterations indentified in pharmacological neuroimaging studies, the vast majority of which employed within-subjects (i.e., drug versus control condition) comparisons
Smoking primarily contributes to early deaths through heart disease and cancer
They could, however, strengthen research on tobacco exposure and make prevention more timely