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Re:In Colorado, opioid deaths fall following marijuana legal... by pilom on Monday October 16, 2017 @11:17PM (#15488405)
>That's the most common way to consume cannabis.

I'm very suspicious of this claim for users in Colorado without a source. Anecdotally, the vast majority of legal use I see in Colorado is edibles. They don't have the stigma of smoking or the (legitimate) smoke inhalation concerns and thus seem much more popular among legal users.

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Re:In Colorado, opioid deaths fall following marijuana legal... by mklod on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @04:11AM (#15489365)
Flower is around 60% market share. And it's usually smoked.

By comparison, edibles are around 7% market share.

Source: Headset Cannabis Market Insights

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Re:In Colorado, opioid deaths fall following marijuana legal... by VeejayRampay on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @09:08AM (#15490575)
Some of those flowers are also consumed using vaporizers or Volcano-type inhalers, which have no negative side-effects (since no carcinogens are generated). I doubt it's a high percentage though.
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Re:In Colorado, opioid deaths fall following marijuana legal... by dingo_bat on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:00AM (#15490930)
> have no negative side-effects

Do you know if this has been studied?

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Re:In Colorado, opioid deaths fall following marijuana legal... by pilom on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @09:39AM (#15490761)
Perfect thank you.
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