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Labelling of Cannabidiol (CBD) Products: A Public Health Perspective

Conclusions: Accurate and informative labelling of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products is an important public health issue. FDA-regulated product labels are considered an essential tool for protecting consumers and enabling informed decision-making. Untruthful or unsubstantiated health-related claims, and unallowed Drug Claims, in marketing materials and on labels of CBD products may create harm by enticing consumers

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Big Tobacco and Vaping Science – Who’s Researching What & Why?

Today February one, The Australian Newspaper release an article tiled, Exposed: big tobacco’s links to vape research. They report led with…“one of the world’s largest tobacco companies funded research into vapes and e-cigarettes that had positive findings and have since been promoted by Australian researchers”.The Australian went onto report that, Philip Morris infiltrated academia through the Foundation

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Promoting Pot Increases Use – But Challenging Cannabis Harms, Shifts Attitudes Too.

Exposure to Pro and Anti-Cannabis Social Media Messages and Teens’ and College Students’ Intentions to Use Cannabis Content analyses have documented that posts about cannabis are increasingly common on social media. The relationship between the cannabis-related content to which teens and college students are exposed on social media and how such content may be associated

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Research shows cannabis use in adolescents linked with anxiety and memory loss

by Prabhjot Sohal, University of Western OntarioSchulich School of Medicine & Dentistry researchers have shown that chronic exposure during adolescence to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive component of cannabis, may induce long-lasting memory impairments and increased anxiety levels.The study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology,NeuropsychopharmacologyThe study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, uses a rodent model to pinpoint two different parts

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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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