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29 Health Matrix 225 (2019)
High Times Ahead: Products Liability in Medical Marijuana

handle is hein.journals/hmax29 and id is 231 raw text is: HEALTH MATRIX 29 - ISSUE 1 - 2019 HIGH TIMES AHEAD: PRODUCTS LIABILITY IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA Steven B. Perlmuttert CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................. 226 I. THE BASICS .............................................................227 A. Marijuana ...227 B. Supply Chain ..231 II. FEDERAL AND STATE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW ..... ..............232 A. Federal Marijuana Law .......232 B. State Marijuana Law .......233 III. MEDICAL MARIJUANA AS A PHARMA-PSEUDICAL....................235 A. Alcohol ..235 B. Tobacco 237 C. Nutritional Supplements 237 D. Pharmaceuticals 238 IV. HEALTH EFFECTS OF CANNABIS & CANNABINOIDS....................242 A. Beneficial Effects of Cannabinoids 242 B. Adverse Effects of Cannabinoids 246 V. MANUFACTURING DEFECTS ............................................255 A. General Considerations 255 B. Medical Marijuana Manufacturing Defect Claims ......257 1. Pesticides...........................................257 2. Heavy Metals and Fungus................ ..............261 3. Inaccurate Medical Marijuana Testing...............261 VI. DEFECTIVE DESIGN.. ..................................................264 A . T heory ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 B. Defective Design in Medical Marijuana. 266 VII. FAILURE TO WARN... ................................................269 A. General Considerations ..................... ............269 B. Warnings Abo'ut Pharmaceuticals ..........................270 C. Failure to Warn and Adequately Label Marij'uana Products ........273 1. Kirk v. Nutritional Elements ........... .................. 274 2. One Candy Bar: Sixteen Servings............... ..........278 D. Suggestions or Reasonable Packain and Verbal Warning............. 278 t Steven B. Perlmutter, MID. (Washington University School of Medicine), JID. (Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law) is an attorney practicing exclusively in the area of health law in Scottsdale, Arizona. Previously, he practiced as a board-certified ophthalmologist for 25 years in the Phoenix metropolitan area. 225

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