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Legal marijuana in the US may be less potent than packaging claims

12 April 2023

Tests of marijuana sold legally in Colorado found that most products contained significantly less THC, the main psychoactive component, than was listed on the packaging
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Massive tick-killing effort fails to reduce Lyme disease cases

9 February 2023

Killing ticks in an area reduces the number carrying the main bacterium that causes Lyme disease, but a large study found it does not lead to fewer reports of people getting sick

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