Comparison of State-Level Regulations for Cannabis Contaminants and Implications for Public Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The presence of contaminants in cannabis presents a potential health hazard to recreational users and susceptible patients with medical conditions. Because of the federally illegal status of cannabis, there are no unified regulatory guidelines mitigating the public health risk of cannabis contaminants.

Objective

To inform further research and provide solutions to the public health risk of cannabis contaminants at a national level, we examined the current landscape of state-level contaminant regulations, and cannabis contaminants of concern, as well as patient populations susceptible to contaminants.

Methods

We examined the regulatory documents for medical and recreational cannabis in all legalized U.S. jurisdictions and compiled a complete list of regulated

SUBMITTER: Jameson LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9472674 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature