Hydrolife Magazine August/September 2017 [USA Edition]
One of the best parts about a budding industry like the marijuana industry is the personalities that emerge. For more than a year in these pages, we’ve worked hard to bring you the latest information, history, how-to methods, and products surrounding cannabis. In this issue, we’re focusing a little more on people, including Jim McAlpine, founder of the 420 Games and Power Plant Fitness. He graces our cover after working with San Francisco-based photographer Mark Rutherford.
One of the best parts about a budding industry like the marijuana industry is the personalities that emerge. For more than a year in these pages, we’ve worked hard to bring you the latest information, history, how-to methods, and products surrounding cannabis. In this issue, we’re focusing a little more on people, including Jim McAlpine, founder of the 420 Games and Power Plant Fitness. He graces our cover after working with San Francisco-based photographer Mark Rutherford.
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heal<br />
Nothing to<br />
Sneeze At:<br />
by Chris Bond<br />
The use of cannabis to treat medical ailments or<br />
relieve symptoms is well-documented. However,<br />
until recently, there has not been much literature<br />
on cannabis’ role as an allergen.<br />
Allergic reactions to cannabis and its many forms were not<br />
oft-reported in medical literature until recently. This trend<br />
has changed over the last decade, however. Cases of rashes,<br />
hypersensitivity, and even anaphylaxis due to contact with<br />
cannabis pollen, plants, or smoke are on the rise.<br />
The rise in incidences of reported allergic<br />
reactions may in part be due to the increasing<br />
acceptance of cannabis use medicinally and<br />
recreationally around the country. As more<br />
states legislate the accepted uses of<br />
cannabis, the stigma surrounding its<br />
use has lessened and more folks<br />
may be coming forward to seek<br />
treatment for allergic reactions<br />
than in the past. There may,<br />
however, be some corroboration<br />
with THC levels. As THC levels<br />
continue to rise, so does<br />
the probability of allergic<br />
reactions to cannabis.<br />
Cannabis as<br />
an Allergen<br />
Allergies to all or parts of the<br />
leaves, flowers, seeds, and<br />
pollen of plants is common<br />
the world over. Cannabis is,<br />
after all, a plant and as such,<br />
there is bound to be a percentage<br />
of the population that experiences<br />
an allergic reaction when<br />
exposed to it. Inhalation of cannabis,<br />
either through its pollen or smoke can<br />
cause numerous afflictions. This effect can<br />
be exacerbated in late summer or early fall<br />
for residents that either dwell near its native<br />
habitat or near outdoor plantations when the<br />
plant naturally sheds its buoyant pollen—it<br />
can travel for many miles on a current of wind.<br />
58 grow. heal. learn. enjoy.<br />
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