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<br />were more likely to have tried these products than older smokers;38 and similar findings
<br />are expected for flavored cannabis; and
<br />WHEREAS, edible cannabis products have become increasingly common and are
<br />available in a variety of flavors and forms that appeal to children and young adults,39 ao
<br />including cotton candy, lollipops, gummy bears, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, "pot"
<br />tarts, Rice KrispiesT"" bars, and bubble gum, apple, cherry, chocolate, grape, peach,
<br />strawberry, and vanilla flavors; and
<br />WHEREAS, allowing growth and diversification of the legal THC edibles market,
<br />especially of products attractive to youth, with minimal statewide oversight and
<br />regulation is ; and
<br />WHEREAS the potency of cannabis and cannabis products has increased dramatically
<br />over the past decades from 4% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to 15-30+% THC in flower
<br />and up to 90% or more in extracted products,al a2 and growing evidence clearly supports
<br />greater risk from these products; and
<br />WHEREAS daily use of cannabis products over 10%THC has been associated with
<br />fivefold higher odds of de�eloping psychosis,43 and such daily use has greatly increased
<br />in the past decade amongst youth;� and
<br />WHEREAS, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that
<br />electronic cigarette use among middle and high school students dramatically increased
<br />from 2017 to 2018, up 78% among high schoolers and 48% among middle schoolers;as
<br />and use of similar devices for consumption of cannabis by youth has been rapidly
<br />3B U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing To6acco Use amw�g Youth artd Yoang Adults: A Report of the
<br />Surgeon Geneml. Adanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
<br />National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Heal[h Promotion, Office on Smoldng and Health; 2012:539.
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<br />43 Di Forti et al, ibid.
<br />44 Johnston, L. D., Miech, R. A., 0'Malley, P. M., Bachman, ]. G., Schulenberg, ]. E., & Patrick, M. E. (2021). Monitoring the Future
<br />national survey results on drug use 1975-2020: Overview, key Rndings un adolescent drug use. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social
<br />Research, University of Michigan.
<br />45 Centers for Disease Control, Notes from the Field: Use of Electronic Cigarettes and Any To6acco ProductAmong Middle and
<br />High School Students — United States, 2011-2018. Available at:', ;.: f www.cdc,gov/mmwr volume �,j�JmmG745a5.httn.
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