France sought to stamp out a new electronic cigarette containing cannabis, launched with the claim that it provides all of the relaxation but none of the mind-altering effects of marijuana.
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The product was launched by a French-Czech company called Kanavape which says it hopes to offer "millions of people a legal and flavourful way to consume cannabis."
Smoking e-cigarettes, or "vaping", is ultra-fashionable in France, and while people have long since figured out how to doctor them to smoke marijuana -- as evidenced by hundreds of YouTube how-to's on the subject -- Kanavape claims their product is 100 percent legal.
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The hemp is grown on farms in France, Spain and the Czech Republic without chemicals or fertiliser, the company claims on its website.
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Electronic Cigarette Makers Go to War Against EU
Users and makers of electronic cigarettes went to war against EU, as it plans to class the devices as medicinal products, saying any such move would end up harming public health.
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Recreational use of marijuana is still strictly illegal in France, however the country now allows the drug's active ingredients to be used for medical purposes.
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Italy government announces plans to raise the legal limit for buying electronic cigarettes to 18 years from a previous 16.
Italy government announces plans to raise the legal limit for buying electronic cigarettes to 18 years from a previous 16.
