Making Legal Marijuana Safe
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At the American Chemical Society national meeting in Denver last month, the Division of Chemical Health & Safety held a symposium to explore some of the issues, particularly those around extracting cannabinoids and other compounds from the plant material to yield concentrated oils and waxes used in vaporizers, foods, salves, or other products.
Glands on marijuana flower buds produce tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—the specific compound that produces
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