Epidemiology of Δ8THC-Related Carcinogenesis in USA: A Panel Regression and Causal Inferential Study Abstract: The use of Δ8THC is increasing at present across the USA in association with widespread cannabis legalization and the common notion that it is “legal weed”. As genotoxic actions have been described for many cannabinoids, we studied the cancer epidemiology of Δ8THC.
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Recreational cannabis legalization alters associations among cannabis use, perception of risk, and cannabis use disorder treatment for adolescents and young adults Abstract Objective: This research investigates whether associations among adolescent and young adult perception of risk of harm from cannabis use, prevalence of past-month cannabis use, and rate of CUD treatment admissions changed following recreational cannabis legalization in
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While classical laboratory and animal data have long established cannabinoid genotoxicity, it is only recently, with the application of modern analytical techniques, that the scale of epidemiological disease that may be attributable to cannabinoid exposure has been revealed. The importance and urgency of this work is heightened by the increased cannabis use that is accompanying
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A very limited study concluded that Smoking cannabis doesn’t carry the same COPD risk as tobacco ?? Ah, but for starters it didn’t include vaping, the now preferred insufflation delivery method for nicotine and any other substance. And it was limited to a small cohort. Vaping will carry an even higher risk than smoking. We don’t
JAMA Psychiatry. Published online May 24, 2023. Podcast Interview with Author Question: Is cannabis use disorder associated with an increased risk of psychotic and nonpsychotic unipolar depression and bipolar disorder? Findings: In this cohort study of 6 651 765 individuals in Demark, cannabis use disorder was associated with an increased risk of both psychotic and nonpsychotic unipolar depression and bipolar
Objective: To examine whether timing of in utero marijuana exposure independently and negatively impacts fetal growth, and if these effects are global or specific to certain growth parameters Conclusions: Timing of marijuana exposure appears to play a key role in specific fetal growth deficits, with exposure throughout gestation most detrimental. However even first trimester exposure may result
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Spain’s Universities of Leon and Oviedo found that “The gateway hypothesis holds that cannabis use increases other illegal substance use. Cannabis use duplicated the probabilities of tobacco and alcohol use. Cannabis use increased 5 times the likelihood of use of other illegal drugs”. Testing the cannabis gateway hypothesis in a national sample of Spanish adolescents
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Abstract: The legalization of recreational and medical cannabis has increased the availability and potency of cannabis products in homes and communities. Although state laws regarding legalization and commercial sale often encompass adult use only, pediatric toxicity from unintentional exposures to cannabis edibles and adolescent harm from chronic use are increasing in states and countries that have
Moves by a small number of governments to legalize the non-medical use of cannabis have led to increased consumption without explaining the potentially serious health dangers that users face from the drug, a UN narcotics watchdog said on Thursday. Issuing the warning at the launch of its annual report, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) cited data indicating that the trend caused
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Prospective associations between cannabis use and depressive symptoms across adolescence and early adulthoodAbstract: Cannabis use and occurrences of depression during adolescence are common. However, the temporal relationship between the two is less understood. Does depression lead to cannabis use, or does cannabis use lead to depression, or is it a combination of both? Furthermore, this directionality
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