Doctor’s Everywhere Issue Warning About New And Dangerous Marijuana Trend (Video)

A deadly new version of marijuana is showing up across the country that has doctors terrified.

The new marijuana trend, called dabbing, is so dangerous because it has four times the THC as regular marijuana. In particular, dabbing is described by LA Weekly as the “flash vaporization” of marijuana concentrate.

Dabbing causes a high that lasts only a few minutes, but it can cause extreme anxiety and paranoia and can also lead to addiction.

While it is accepted knowledge that marijuana isn’t physically addictive, dabbing is a different story entirely.

“Addiction is a bio-psycho-social-spiritual disease,” Dr. Michael Miller said. “If you have a predisposition for addiction, the more potent rewards are more likely to kick in the addictive process in the brain. Very strong exposures to very intense rewards triggers a preoccupation and craving and cues to use again. That results in addiction.”

Many readers expressed skepticism towards the reports, saying that dabbing doesn’t actually kill people or present any real danger.

“This is a joke. Nobody dies from dabs. People injure themselves or die from making the wax or concentrate to smoke. I love how he said one dab is like 5 joints,” one Newsiosity reader wrote on the site’s Facebook page.

“5 joints is nothing to some people. The danger in dabbing is not dabbing itself it’s making the wax, shatter or whatever you want to call it.”

“Wax isn’t made with butane anymore. It’s made with c02. It’s literally just contentrated THC. For experienced high dosed patients. also, the body produces endocannabinoids and has receptor site specifically for THC. with wax being like 60+ % THC it’s pretty difficult to develope a tolerance to it. You cannot die unless you blow yourself up making some nasty ghetto wax. Educate thineselves,” another added. 

“This is the worst misinformation I have ever seen on this subject. First off, butane is a cheap easy way to make them but it isn’t the only way and the other ways are much safer. So not all wax contains butane. If you buy it off the street it might because you dont know exactly what you’re getting. And hitting one dab IS NOT the equivalent of smoking 5 joints at once. And it only causes psychosis with a very small number of users, mostly new users. And for new users out there: Your first few times can cause some unpleasant side effects, none of which are life threatening. This is why you should smoke a strain for beginners not just jump straight to the wax. Back to the butane. Butane is dangerous all by itself and is also legal to buy and while it has a number of legal uses, many choose to abuse it also, in many different ways too. So yes, please talk to your children about all substances and the risks involved, but be truthful. And quit trying to scare people with propaganda that either isn’t true at all or is a small bit of truth peppered with lies,” one Your Nation News reader wrote in response. 

Others sided with doctors, supporting the assertion that dabbing is dangerous.

“Sorry all you pothead users and supporters but this article and the panel of doctors speaking in the video are 100% spot on accurate. Some of us in the fields of emergency medicine, law enforcement and medicolegal death investigation see this shit all the time and know facts and evidence. There’s a reason marijuana is in the drug classification it is in. Just because your experience with the drug has been mild doesn’t,” one Your Nation News reader commented.

Sources: LA Weekly, Your Nation News, Newsiosity/Facebook / Photo credit: Your Nation News