NETHERLANDS-E-NJOINT Dutch company develops smokeless electronic cannabis vaporizer

Record ID: 144619

  • Title: NETHERLANDS-E-NJOINT Dutch company develops smokeless electronic cannabis vaporizer
  • Date: 10th August 2015
  • Summary: DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS (JULY 29, 2015) (REUTERS) E-NJOINT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO), MENNO CONTANT, IN HIS OFFICE CANNABIS VAPORIZER ON SHELF VARIOUS OF E-NJOINT PRODUCTS POSTER READING (English): "Worldwide legally high" AND SHOWING E-NJOINT PRODUCTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) E-NJOINT CEO, MENNO CONTANT, SAYING: "Consuming cannabis in a vaporizer, in a real vaporizer, is
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  • Story Text: Dutch company E-Njoint has developed a smokeless and flameless electronic cannabis vaporizer in the shape of a real joint.
    E-Njoint created a "3 in 1 vaporizer" which, depending on the legality of cannabis in a country, can be filled with real dry cannabis leaves, cannabis oil or wax.
    When consumed, the vaporizer leaves very little smoke after exhaling and practically no smell, especially if the cartridge is filled with oil or wax.
    Cannabis consists of three main components: THC -- otherwise known as tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical in marijuana that produces a high, CBD -- cannabidiol, which has been used for healing purposes, and terpenes -- building blocks of plants which determine the smell, colour and the taste of the plants.
    The vaporizer heats up electronically to 187 degrees celsius, which is just enough heat to vaporize THC and CBD, but not enough to produce carcinogenic flames, tar or ash.
    "Consuming cannabis in a vaporizer, in a real vaporizer, is that you are heating the cannabis up to the temperature that you are just vaporizing the THC and the CBD and the necessary components. You are avoiding combustion, no flames, there is no ash, there's no tar. After you use it you can clearly see that there is a change in the colour of the cannabis, it changes colour for sure but there is no black," E-Njoint Chief Executive Officer Menno Contant told Reuters Television on July 29.
    The entire product is only legal in U.S. states which have legalised cannabis, and not in the Netherlands, where cannabis oil and wax are considered hard drugs. Oregon, Washington state, Colorado and Alaska have legalised the drug, and the District of Columbia has voted to allow recreational-use marijuana but not retail shops.
    E-Njoint products are available online, but all cartridges come empty and it's up to each consumer to find a way to fill them themselves.
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