Did you read the study you posted? It was found in 94% of the EVALI subjects....
This appears to be related to vaping a liquid. How does this apply to vaping dry flowers?
There are always unknowns. What chemicals were used when grown? Is the cannabis safe? It is easy to add more. Without question there is some risk.
For me, I smoked cannabis for as long as I can remember. Eating or smoking were the only two means of consumption up until I discovered vaping dry herb. Instead of smoke I am inhaling the terpenes, THC, CBD and whatever else is in the flower. Is that risk bigger or smaller than smoking cannabis? I would like to know the answer to that question, but I'm not going to change my behaviour between now and then. Being reasonably informed and educated, I make a decision, and I let it go.
Every person is different. For me it is the risk of cannabis versus the risk of benzodiazepines. Given my age, given that I have used benzodiazepines in the past (
and weaned off after age 50), and given where I am right now, cannabis is the lesser risk. This is not a decision I would make without medical advice. When it is medical, I encourage everyone, seek medical advice.
The greater risk, again for me, is obsessively using cannabis for recreational purposes as opposed to medicinal purposes. Too much recreation, is at odds with recreational use.
We all have bits of advice we remember. My dad was big on '
moderation and common sense'; that was a big one for him. I've had lots of friends and fatherly figures that have offered the same advice. I've also had many different medical professionals speak of the same thing. So, appeal to authority, or whatever, that is my argument and how I made my decision.
In posts I will often joke about '
moderation and common sense', but truthfully, it is an idea that I need to remember every day.
Robert-in-YEG