Doctors and lawmakers in California want cannabis producers to warn consumers of the increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders and other health risks on their packaging labels and in advertising, similar to requirements for cigarettes.
The state should focus more on combating the illicit pot market rather than further regulating the legal one, she said. Legal dispensaries are already struggling to keep up with existing rules and taxes — the state’s 1,500 licensed pot retailers generatedlast year. Adding more requirements makes it harder for them to compete with the illicit market, she said, and more likely to go out of business.
“The only real option if they fail out of the legal system is to shutter their businesses altogether or to operate underground. And I don’t think the state of California, with the tax revenue, wants either of those to happen,” Robinson said. “The heart of the issue is that there’s a massive, unregulated market in the state.”
Some people are skeptical that the labels will work. Liz Kirkaldie’s grandson, Kory, is stable now, living with his dad. But she’s not sure a yellow warning would’ve stopped him when he was a teen.Scientists still do not know what causes schizophrenia, but they believe multiple factors are at play, including genetics, family history, trauma, and other influences in a person’s environment, like smoking pot. Some scientists believe having schizophrenia in the first place.
“Not everyone who smoked cigarettes developed lung cancer, and not everyone who has lung cancer smoked cigarettes,” he said. “But I think we would all agree that one of the most preventable causes of lung cancer is cigarette smoking.” Applying the same health education strategies to cannabis that were used for tobacco, he said, is long overdue.
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