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Is “light cannabis” really light? Determination of cannabinoids content in commercial products

  • Emilia Marchei , Roberta Tittarelli , Manuela Pellegrini , Maria Concetta Rotolo , Roberta Pacifici and Simona Pichini EMAIL logo

Corresponding author: Dr. Simona Pichini, National Centre on Addiction and Doping, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V.le Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy, Phone: +39 06 49906544, Fax: +39 06 49902016

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Dr.ssa Silvia Graziano for technical help.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: The study was supported by the Presidency of the Ministers Council, Department of Antidrug Policy.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

  5. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2020-01-14
Accepted: 2020-02-28
Published Online: 2020-03-25
Published in Print: 2020-08-27

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