Cannabis Conundrum

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9th Feb 2020  Psychosis link to high potency drug must be investigated, warn mental health chiefs  Rethink Mental Illness charity warns over damaging effects of cannabis on the mind. Photograph: David Bebber/REUTERS  One in 20 adults would take cannabis on a regular basis if it were legalised, similar to the number of people who currently

QUESTION: What do these deadly poisons have in common: arsenic, radium, mercury, thallium, cyanide? ANSWER: At one time they were all considered by physicians and the public as useful medications and/or healthy supplements. They were taken in a wide variety of lotions, potions, notions, tinctures, tonics, and pills. These poisons were recommended, sold, and prescribed freely by

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this cross-sectional study, parental marijuana use was associated with increased risk of substance use among adolescent and young adult offspring living in the same household. Screening household members for substance use and counseling parents on risks posed by current and past marijuana use are warranted.  JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(11):e1916015. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.16015

International Journal of Stroke : Official Journal of the International Stroke Society  The authors of this study examined stroke-related hospitalizations and outcomes in cannabis users aged 18 to 49 years from 2007 to 2014. They evaluated records from over 3 million hospitalizations and identified 34,857 hospitalizations for young-onset stroke. Compared with non-cannabis users, cannabis users

Highlights Genetic background affects the outcome of adolescent cannabis exposure THC exposure increases heroin reinforcing properties in LEW addiction prone rats LEW, but not F344 rats, show increased motivation for heroin following THC THC exposure increases reinstatement by cues in F344 and by priming in LEW rats A common liability mechanism might be at the

Highlights We estimate that >2 million U.S. adults who have reported ever using marijuana have cardiovascular disease. Observational studies have suggested an association between marijuana use and a range of cardiovascular risks. Marijuana is becoming increasingly potent, and smoking marijuana carries many of the same cardiovascular health hazards as smoking tobacco. Few randomized clinical trials

January 16, 2020  People who use cannabis every day account for more than 80 per cent of the total amount of the drug consumed in Australia, a University of Queensland study has discovered. The finding suggests there are serious implications for a small group of people if there is a move to decriminalise or fully

Date: January 8, 2020 Source: Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Summary: Researchers assessed the time trends in alcohol and marijuana detected in homicide victims and found that the prevalence of marijuana almost doubled, increasing from 22 percent in 2004 to 42 percent in 2016. Alternately, the prevalence of alcohol declined slightly from 40 percent in 2004 to

Marijuana use during pregnancy can have a significant impact on the health of unborn babies, a new joint study by Western University and Queen’s University researchers says. “This is the first study to definitively support the fact that THC alone has a direct impact on placental and fetal growth” study co-author and Schulich School of