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Cannabis Infamously ‘Leads the Way’ in Child Poisoning!

Trends in intentional abuse and misuse ingestions in school-aged children and adolescents reported to US poison centers from 2000-2020Between 2000 and 2020, there were 338,727 cases regarding intentional misuse and abuse exposures for children ages 6 through 18 years old. Overall, misuse/abuse ingestions fluctuated over time, with a peak in 2011. The majority of intentional misuse/abuse […]

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Cannabis May Increase the Likelihood of Amotivational Syndrome – Understanding how cannabis can blunt the reward system.

Timmen L. Cermak MD December 2, 2022KEY POINTS Motivation is a subjective experience and therefore extremely difficult to measure objectively. Motivational syndrome has long been seen as a sign of cannabis addiction, but has only recently been measured. Liking and wanting are two different forces. Drug use changes the brain in ways that stimulate wanting

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Cannabis oil failed to improve pain or quality of life in palliative care cancer patients, study shows

Researchers say despite the lack of symptom relief, more trials are needed to focus on the targeted use of medicinal cannabisMelissa Davey 29/11 2022 The first high quality study looking at the impact of cannabidiol oil on palliative care patients with advanced cancer found it did not improve their pain, depression, anxiety, or quality of life.

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Drinking small amounts of alcohol during pregnancy is enough to alter a baby’s brain, study finds

23/11/2022Drinking even small amounts of alcohol during pregnancy can change a baby’s brain structure and delay its brain development, according to a new study.Scientists analysed MRI scans of foetuses whose mothers had reported drinking alcohol during their pregnancies, comparing them with the scans of babies whose mothers hadn’t.They found that even in cases of low

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Study finds damage in the lungs of chronic e-cigarette users

Chronic use of e-cigarettes, commonly known as vaping, can result in progressive small airway obstruction and asthma-like symptoms such as shortness of breath and chest pains, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In the first study to microscopically evaluate the pulmonary tissue of e-cigarette users for chronic disease, the team found in a

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