Allergic To Marijuana? This Could Be the Cause

It’s an age old question and the answer is a llittle more complicated and non-conclusive.

Can you actually be allergic to marijuana? Experts say it’s possible, but there could be another cause for the adverse reaction to cannabis.

“In terms of most of the patients who think they have an allergy to marijuana, we’ve found most of the time, it’s actually an allergy to mold,” said Dr. Sean Darcy of the Hollywood Easy Clinic.

Dr. Darcy, who and has been working with medical marijuana patients since 2010, says cannabis patients should closely inspect their bud for quality.

“One out of one hundred [patients] might experience a reaction.  Of those , 80 percent are due to mold,” he explained.

Dr. Darcy points out there is always a possibility of an allergic reaction from anything developing over time due to the body’s production of Immunoglobulin E...

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