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. 2017 Jul 1;108(4):e455. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.108.6362

Diarrhea ain’t dope: Canada needs to consider the food safety implications of edible cannabis

Kenneth J Diplock ^121,^221,^✉, Scott T Leatherdale ¹²¹, Shannon E Majowicz ¹²¹

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