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Reasons unclear for ban on mixing caffeine and cannabis, researchers say

LOL working out the Kinks, This was the other news in the last 3 days, as investors try to locate Bruce's last interview, Seriously now, lets refresh, Tweed and the LP's will be making and selling, non alcoholic Hemp beer,Decaffeinated Hemp Coffee, and Hemp easy bake oven mix, you all realize yesterdays 420 Go'ers are the recreational users the market is to supply? Again and Again investors come up with every explanation in the book as to why I am wrong, but every time the facts back me up, The LP sectors is now officially a hemp industry, that can't and won't serve the rec market.

A government prohibition against mixing cannabis and caffeine makes little sense, say some research scientists. There is only speculation that the combination might pose a risk.

The practice, so common in the legendary pot capital of Amsterdam that cannabis dispensaries are called “coffee shops,” appears unlikely to be coming to Canada anytime soon.

“It seems like the overriding philosophy for a lot of this is: ban anything that might be a concern,” said M-J Milloy, research scientist with the B.C. Centre on Substance Use. “Then it's easier to un-ban … rather than trying to do it the other way around.”

Milloy said while both caffeine and cannabis have been known cause tachycardia (an abnormally fast heart-rate), he hadn’t heard of any adverse effects coming from combining the two.

Milloy speculated banning caffeine and cannabis could mean the government wishes to avoid commercial production of highly-caffeinated energy drinks laced with THC, the psychoactive compound found in cannabis.

The prohibition, outlined in the back pages of Bill C-45 (the so-called Cannabis Act), lists caffeine along with alcohol and nicotine as three substances that cannot be combined with cannabis in commercial products. A final vote on the bill is expected in June.

Health Canada declined to comment on why it wants to ban the combination of cannabis and caffeine in commercial products. Nor did it have any scientific data or research to provide.

Instead, it referred StarMetro to a report written by the task force on cannabis legalization and regulation.

https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/04/17/reasons-unclear-for-ban-on-mixing-caffeine-and-cannabis.html