So, Doing Drugs for Fun? (What it Really Costs to Ignore Justice!) Is, simply, good. Very good, in fact. It is a deep-dive through the superficial fun of a party drug that 1 million Britons take into the brutality beneath. It manages to be compelling, honest and unpreachy, and treats its subject with robust respect. They
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2019;76(7):762-764. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.0076 Mirroring increases in the general population, the prevalence of past-month marijuana use among pregnant mothers in the United States increased by 75% between 2002 (2.85%) and 2016 (4.98%).1 Although cannabis use has been linked to psychosis, little is known about prenatal exposure.2,3 Unprecedented increases in marijuana use during pregnancy, alongside evidence that cannabis use
Studies on marijuana’s effects on sex and reproduction have yielded mixed results Some have suggested heavy pot users have poorer quality sperm A new Danish study is the first to find the central nervous system’s cannabis receptors are in the testicles, too This system plays a role in how sperm is produced and matures Researchers
Those were the words of Minister of Health Ginette Taylor in November 2017, spoken as the government of Canada began to put together Bill 45, known as The Cannabis Act. Over a year has passed since the enactment of Bill 45 and questions still remain regarding the safety of legal cannabis to our pregnant population,
FOR RELEASE: September 10, 2019 As part of its regular monitoring of health-related advertising claims, the Federal Trade Commission today sent warning letters to three companies that sell oils, tinctures, capsules, “gummies,” and creams containing cannabidiol (CBD), a chemical compound derived from the cannabis plant. The letters warn the companies, which the FTC is not
E-cigarettes may damage the heart! Scientists ask Public Health England to stop recommending vaping – 90 per cent of studies which had no conflict of interest showed impact on the heart! Asked whether PHE should now change its advice, Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health…who co-authored the new analysis said: “The simple answer is
Social media platforms are increasingly being used as a market place for illicit drugs, according to the first definitive study of the practice. The Volteface study found that almost half of under-18s questioned were unconcerned by the appearance of illegal drug adverts on their social media sites. Lizzie McCulloch from Volteface said the relatively recent
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Ongoing FDA investigations and a spate of hospitalizations show that “safer than cigarettes” does not mean safe. the question of vaping’s relative danger has recently taken on a much more desperate tone. While vaping is still so new that broad, long-term data on inhaling the often mysterious chemicals found in both nicotine and cannabis “vape juice” won’t
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