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Users of high-potency cannabis four times more likely to report associated problems Press release May 2020 Users of high-potency cannabis are four times more likely to report associated problems, and twice as likely to report anxiety disorder, than users of lower-potency strains, according to new research from the University of Bristol. Published today [27 May]

People who regularly smoke cannabis ‘are nearly three times more likely to be violent’, study finds June 7, 2020.  People who regularly smoke cannabis are almost three times more likely to commit a violent offence as those who abstain from the drug, new research has found. Scientists involved in a landmark study of almost 300,000

Baker & Hostetler LLP USA June 1 2020 Defendant accused of getting consumers high without their permission Half-Baked Plans There’s an urban legend that’s been floating around like so much indica haze for three decades or so, maybe more. It goes like this: A pair of brothers are returning home from college for Thanksgiving break. Before

New Study: Use of High Potency Marijuana Increases Risk of Anxiety Disorders Today’s highly potent marijuana drastically increases the risk of mental health issues according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. The study, conducted with 1,087 twenty-four-year olds who reported recent marijuana use, found that users of high potency marijuana were

Perinatal THC exposure via lactation induces lasting alterations to social behavior and prefrontal cortex function in rats at adulthood Neuropsychopharmacology (2020) Cite this article Abstract: Cannabis is the world’s most widely abused illicit drug and consumption amongst women during and surrounding the period of pregnancy is increasing. Previously, we have shown that cannabinoid exposure via lactation

Beware the Side Effects of Medical Marijuana  May 2020 Many celebrities have stories about unfortunate side effects from smoking marijuana. Jennifer Lawrence says that at Ellen DeGeneres’ 60th birthday bash: “I entered a different universe. Security is grabbing me because what I hadn’t realized is I am grabbing this woman by the shoulders, shaking her,

The State of Cannabis Research Legislation in 2020 (USA) – New England Journal of Medicine As growing numbers of Americans use federally unregulated cannabis products and develop complications — such as psychosis, cannabis use disorder, and electronic-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) — the need to facilitate research on the products that our