Yin amfani da alkalami vape mai cike da tarin THC, sinadaren psychoactive a cikin marijuana, yana ƙara zama sananne yayin da tallace-tallacen marijuana ke ƙaruwa.
Vaping na ciyawa ba shi da wari kuma mai hankali idan aka kwatanta da shan busasshiyar tabar wiwi. Kamar yadda masu amfani ke maye gurbin taba na gargajiya da sigari e-cigare, in ji Aaron Smith, Shugaba na Ƙungiyar Masana'antar Cannabis ta ƙasa, cewa vaping yana ƙara zama hanyar da aka fi so na amfani. "Tabbas muna ganin karuwar tallace-tallace na vape," in ji shi.
Cannabis doka ce a cikin jihohi da yawa, amma ba a matakin tarayya ba. Yayin da yawancin Amurkawa ke cinye kayan tabar wiwi, damuwa na karuwa game da haɗarin gurɓata kamar magungunan kashe qwari da ƙarfe mai nauyi a cikin samfuran.
Yaya lafiya ciyawar ku?
Tambayar ta kasance, duk da haka, menene ainihin abin da ke cikin nau'ikan ruwa na tabar wiwi waɗanda suke tururi da shakar. Kuma ta yaya amincinsu ya kwatanta da shan tabar wiwi na al'ada? Ba a san da yawa ba.
Smith, kamar wasu masu bincike, suna jayayya cewa vaping marijuana - kama da vaping nicotine - na iya zama ƙasa da cutarwa ga huhu fiye da shan taba saboda ruwan da ke cikin alƙalamin vape yana zafi zuwa yanayin zafi, yana iya haifar da ƙarancin lalacewa.
Karancin bincike
A gefe guda kuma, akwai ɗan bincike kan tasirin tabar wiwi saboda har yanzu ba bisa ka'ida ba a matakin tarayya. Haka kuma, akwai nau'ikan samfuran vape iri-iri akan kasuwa. Baya ga sinadaren aiki, waɗannan vapes galibi suna ɗauke da wasu sinadarai da yawa waɗanda ke sa kowane samfur ya zama na musamman. Kuma sau da yawa daidai waɗancan abubuwan ne ke tabbatar da cewa suna da matsala. A cikin 2019, alal misali, mutane 68 sun mutu kuma wasu dubbai sun kamu da rashin lafiya ta ɓarna na huhu wanda a ƙarshe aka gano shi zuwa sigari na e-cigare wanda ya gurɓata da marijuana da ƙari mai suna bitamin E acetate.
Vapers cuta
Smith ya ce ba da izini da ƙa'ida suna taimakawa wajen samar da wasu sa ido kan abubuwan da ake buƙata. Ya lura cewa kowace jiha tana gwada abin da ke cikin samfuran "don hana amfani da sinadarai masu haɗari a cikin aikin."
Amma gwajin amincin samfuran vape ya nuna cewa yawancin sinadarai sun tsere wa waɗannan ƙa'idodin, in ji Josh Swider, Shugaba na Infinite Chemical Analysis Labs, kamfani ne wanda ke yin nazarin sinadarai na marijuana ta kowane nau'i.
Mahimmancin THC, sinadaran da aka tattara
Ya ce wasu jihohin da ke ba da damar yin gwajin siyar da tabar na maganin kashe kwari har 66, amma akwai dubban wasu sinadarai da ba a tantance ba da masu noma ko masu sarrafa su ke amfani da su da ya gano wajen noman tabar a fadin kasar nan.
Distilling THC, sinadaren psychoactive a cikin marijuana, shima yana da matsala, in ji shi. "Lokacin da kuka tattara furanni na cannabis a cikin hankali, yawancin magungunan kashe qwari suna zuwa tare da shi kuma suna mai da hankali yayin wannan tsari."
Waɗannan hatsarori ba su iyakance ga mahaɗan da aka samo daga tsire-tsire na marijuana ba, kamar yadda ake samar da THC ta hanyar synthetically ta hanyar tsarin sinadarai wanda ke barin ragowar haɗari masu haɗari. Swider ya ce kusan kashi ɗaya bisa huɗu na waɗannan kayan aikin roba suna ɗauke da sinadari mai guba mai kama da sulfuric acid.
Swider, wanda ke ba da shawarar yin amfani da marijuana mai aminci daga irin wannan gurɓata, ya ce hanya mafi kyau ga masu amfani da su don kare kansu ita ce zaɓar samfuran da suka yi alkawarin yin amfani da hanyoyin da ke iyakance maganin kashe kwari da gwada samfuran su don tabbatar da cewa ba su da gurɓata.
Matasa suna da rauni kuma suna cikin haɗari
Cutarwa ba ita ce kawai haɗarin vaping sako ba, in ji Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza, farfesa a fannin tabin hankali a Yale, wanda ya shafe shekaru talatin yana nazarin tasirin THC akan beraye. Ya ce karfin THC a cikin matsakaicin alkalami na vape shima babban abin damuwa ne.
"Labarin da ke tattare da maida hankali shi ne cewa adadin THC da ke cikin waɗannan abubuwan ya fi girma fiye da abin da matsakaicin marijuana ya ƙunshi," in ji D'Souza. Yayin da matsakaicin furen cannabis ya ƙunshi kusan 17% zuwa 18% THC, maida hankali a cikin vapes na iya kaiwa 95% ko fiye. Kuma wannan, in ji D'Souza, yana da wasu abubuwan da ke tattare da lafiyar jama'a, musamman a tsakanin matasa da matasa, waɗanda ke cikin haɗari ga duka jaraba da tabar wiwi.
Source: NPR.org