E-cigs can give users health boost of CANNABIS - but without getting high

E-cig vaporisers can produce the health boost of cannabis without getting users high, according to new research.

Scientists say the battery charged devices may provide an alternative method of administering the drug to relieve pain, while avoiding the mind bending properties of an illegal spliff.

In a study cannabinoids, chemicals from the plant which are said to have a range of benefits, were extracted with butane gas to make concentrated hash oil in an e-liquid, which could be atomized.

An analysis of samples of the gases generated from three e-cigs suggested the method - dubbed 'cannavaping' - avoids inhaling significant amounts of toxic contaminants.

 

PAA man smoking an electronic cigarette

Scientists think e-cigs could be used to administer pain relief

 

These include VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and carbonyls which are released during the burning of...

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