The electronic cigarette cannabis cause for concern – The Point

The electronic cigarette cannabis cause for concern – The Point

The launch of an electronic cigarette with cannabis extract presented as “100% legal” without psychotic effect, but “relaxing” and “anti-stress”, sparked Monday queries addiction specialists.

This product “offers the benefits of cannabinoids without psychoactive effect through extraction molecules hemp without THC “says Franco-Czech company Kanavape, who will present on Tuesday in Paris that” first spray cannabinoid 100% legal. “

A danger for teenagers

The use of cannabis “is a disease of adolescents and young adults, the risk of releasing a product of this type is that teenagers take ownership”, warns the psychiatrist and addiction specialist Laurent Karila, University Hospital Paul Brousse, near Paris. Dr. Karila also questioned “the interests of releasing a product of this type” that will be seen by the public as an “electronic seal” and that would “tarnish the image” of the electronic cigarette as a new tool to stop or reduce cigarette consumption.

Kanavape company explains that “cannabis is a plant containing more than 80 cannabinoids” and among them “only the THC” has euphoric effects, psychotic and recreation. The new product uses another substance derived from hemp, cannabidiol or CBD which is presented as “anti-psychotic,” “non-euphoric” and “relaxing”. “The virtues of cannabidiol (CBD) are numerous including the benefits of stress, relaxation, sleep,” said the company founded by two French entrepreneurs, Sébastien Béguerie and Antonin Cohen campaigning for several years for the medical use of cannabis.

“A natural taste of hemp”

They founded in 2009 UFCM Association (French Union for Cannabinoid Medicines) to “promote the information on the use of medical cannabis and its derivatives. “

The product is like a normal electronic cigarette with a liquid containing 5% CBD extract of industrial hemp whose culture is allowed in France. The bottle of this liquid sold 24.50 euros “does not contain any artificial flavor for a natural taste of hemp,” yet the company said in its statement.

Dr Karila confirms that cannabidiol is an “anti-psychotic product, anti-delusional and a little sedative” and that it leads “theoretically” no addiction.