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FEDERAL RESEARCHERS STUDY WASHINGTON CANNABIS FARM

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 08:58

In an unprecedented move, federal researchers visited a medical cannabis farm in Vancouver, Washington to gauge the health impacts of working in the industry and performing tasks such as cultivation and processing. Does the repetitive motion of trimming marijuana flowers promote carpal tunnel? Are those processing dozens of pounds of freshly harvested cannabis, over the long term, in danger of inhaling plant particles that may be harmful to their health?

These are the questions that researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) are trying to answer by making observations and gathering data in a real world facility. They recently spent the majority of a week in carefully controlled observations on a working cannabis farm outside of Vancouver in an effort to gather metrics.

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This is a highly ironic and even perplexing research study. Simply put: Because cannabis remains a Schedule...

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