Cannabis as Medicine

Research team discovered that individuals who used cannabis long–term (for several years or more) and heavily (at least weekly, though a majority in their study used more than four times a week) exhibited impairments across several domains of cognition. Long–term cannabis users’ IQs declined by 5.5 points on average from childhood, and there were deficits in learning and processing speed compared to people that did not use cannabis…The study also

Cannabis use disorder contributes to cognitive dysfunction in Veterans with traumatic brain injury. Background: While emerging evidence supports a link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and progressive cognitive dysfunction in Veterans, there is insufficient information on the impact of cannabis use disorder (CUD) on long-term cognitive disorders. This study aimed to examine the incidences of cognitive

Yet another study confirms that cannabis is not an effective treatment for opioid addiction, this time from Brazil’s University of Ribeirão Preto, Yale University et al. Their meta review covered 8,367 people given drugs to treat opioid addiction. Conclusion: There was no significant association between cannabis use and non-medical opioid use among patients receiving pharmacotherapies for OUD See

Taking medical cannabis for chronic pain linked to increased risk of arrhythmia People taking medical cannabis for chronic pain have a slightly increased risk of arrhythmia, according to research published in the European Heart Journal today (Thursday). Arrhythmia is when the heart beats too slowly, too quickly or irregularly. It includes conditions like atrial fibrillation. Recreational use

Researchers say they looked at 9,000 pregnancies and concluded cannabis is associated with a number of unhealthy pregnancy outcomes. They noted that they used testing rather than self-reporting, as in other studies, because of the amount of contradictory information about cannabis’ effect on pregnancies. The researchers concluded that exposure to cannabis was associated with a

Continuing clinical research on Cannabis and Pain Management (not placebo induced anecdata) are consistently finding cannabis for pain management of little to no value. Concerningly, is that the growing number of negative side-effects from cannabinoid use that are being ignored in this pursuit of the ‘I feel better, so I must be better’, vote for

Oral cannabidiol (CBD) as add-on to paracetamol for painful chronic osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. View PDF Background: Painful knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is common, pharmacological treatment, however, is often hampered by limited tolerability. Cannabidiol, which preclinically showed anti-inflammatory, analgesic activity, could supplement established analgesics, but robust clinical trials are lacking. The aim of our study was to investigate the

Researchers examined cannabis use among heroin users over a 20-year period. With cannabis marketing propaganda proliferating in the commercialized settings, it’s no wonder nearly 44% of US adults think marijuana is safer than tobacco.  People with heroin dependency don’t use less of that drug if they start also using cannabis, according to a new study.