The reason a company wants to add cannabis
Appothecanna, the company behind the skin care products, says cannabis in topical creams can relieve pain. The company owner says the products aren’t meant to create a high in anyway.
“Everything is for the skin,” Apothecanna owner James Kennedy told ABC News. “It’s not meant to be inebriating in any way. It’s added in there to enhance the properties of the other ingredients.”
The company is taking advantage of the recent passage of a law that allows recreational use of pot in Colorado. Amendment 64, which allows the recreational use of pot, was approved by voters in November.
You can buy all sorts of skin care products, from lotions to lip balm and body sprays. All of these products use cannabis seed oil.
Doctors are critical of the new skin care products
While the new products are rolling out, some doctors aren’t willing to endorse the benefits of cannabis for skin care.
“Without definitive data demonstrating efficacy of botanical ingredients such as cannabis, more research must be done to evaluate their utility for skin conditions,” said Manhattan-based dermatologist Dr. Joshua Zeichner, an assistant professor of dermatology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.
Colorado residents won’t be able to buy the skin care products for a while, according to ABC News the products are only available to medical marijuana patients until retail marijuana stores are allowed to open in January 2014. A 2-ounce bottle of the extra-strength medicated crème is currently priced at $18.
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