Cannabis Conundrum

Daily Cannabis Smoking as a Risk Factor for Progression of Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C

In conclusion, we show a significant relationship between daily cannabis use and fibrosis progression in patients with ongoing CHC. We believe that patients with ongoing CHC should be strongly advised to abstain from daily cannabis use. This recommendation might be particularly beneficial in difficult-to-treat patients. Download PDF

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Marijuana: Effects of teenage use may be reversible

Published 14 September 2017  By Catharine Paddock PhD  Canadian researchers have found that they might be able to reverse the schizophrenia-like symptoms associated with prolonged teenage marijuana use. Scientists have identified a mechanism in the brain that seems to explain how long-term marijuana use in the teenage years might lead to schizophrenia and other similar psychiatric diseases in adulthood.

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California is about to open its first legal cannabis shops and it’s posing a huge problem for local pot farms

Wow! Check this out! These  people are just openly admitting that they will sell to the black market in CA. Do these people  expect us to feel sorry for them that decades long businesses of growing and selling pot ILLEGALLY (clearly drug dealers!!!) is going up in smoke because of legalization???? This is so amazingly

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Cannabis Use during Pregnancy: Pharmacokinetics and Effects on Child Development.

Grant KS1, Petroff R2, Isoherranen N3, Stella N4, Burbacher TM5. Abstract The broad-based legalization of cannabis use has created a strong need to understand its impact on human health and behavior. The risks that may be associated with cannabis use, particularly for sensitive subgroups such as pregnant women, are difficult to define because of a paucity of dose-response data

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Marijuana Use Holds Three-Fold Blood Pressure Death Risk – The risk grows with every year of use.

Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – People who smoke marijuana have a three times greater risk of dying from hypertension, or high blood pressure, than those who have never used the drug, scientists said on Wednesday. The risk grows with every year of use, they said. The findings, from a study of some 1,200 people, could

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Colorado official: ‘Marijuana is gateway drug to homicide’

A Colorado district attorney drew attention this week after he pronounced marijuana to be a “gateway drug to homicide.” The controversial remarks made by 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May came at a news conference Tuesday about a large black market marijuana bust in the state, KKTV reported. Thirteen people have been indicted, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia

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Cannabis use and suicidal ideation: Test of the utility of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide

Abstract Despite a documented relationship between cannabis use and suicidality, little is known about psychological vulnerability factors that may increase suicidality among this high-risk group. The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide (IPTS; Joiner, 2005) proposes that people are vulnerable to wanting to die by suicide if they experience both perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. Daily cannabis

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Chronic depression in young teens tied to marijuana use later

July 2017 Teens at risk for marijuana-use disorder – People with cannabis- or marijuana-use disorder often have symptoms of withdrawal when they stop using the substance. In some cases, it can take the form of a severe addiction. It has been suggested that 30 percent of marijuana users “may have some degree of marijuana-use disorder.” The likelihood of developing

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