(HealthDay)—Americans strongly support medical marijuana, and a majority also believe that pot should be legal for recreational purposes, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll has found. Nearly nine out of every 10 adults—85 percent—believe that marijuana should be legalized for medical use, …
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E-cigarettes and tobacco product use linked to increased risk of oral cancer
At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction with the IADR Pan European Regional (PER) Congress, Benjamin Chaffee, University of California, San Francisco, USA gave a poster presentation “Nicotine and Carcinogen Exposure …
Read More »Oklahoma health department revised medical marijuana rules
Oklahoma health officials have released new proposed medical marijuana rules that remove some of the most controversial provisions, including a ban on the sale of smokable pot and a requirement that female patients get a pregnancy test. The Oklahoma State …
Read More »Many U.S. adults view marijuana use positively
(HealthDay)—Most U.S. adults believe that marijuana has at least one benefit, according to a study published online July 24 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Salomeh Keyhani, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of California in San Francisco, and colleagues conducted …
Read More »For US pot companies, Canada is the land of opportunity
In this Wednesday, July 11, 2018, photo, Ben Kovler, CEO, Green Thumb Industries poses for a portrait at the company’s office in Chicago. Green Thumb Industries had a business plan, expertise and plenty of ambition, but didn’t have access to …
Read More »Laws allowing medical marijuana have little impact on road safety
State laws that allow the use of medical marijuana are not significantly associated with cannabis-involved driving, according to a new study by Georgia State University associate professor of criminal justice and criminology Eric Sevigny. Neither are those laws that allow …
Read More »Media devices do not cause ADHD, researcher says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Florida International University Psychologist Margaret Sibley says there is no evidence media devices cause ADHD, despite a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that says otherwise. While many teens appear to …
Read More »Could pot-linked drug help ease agitation in Alzheimer’s?
(HealthDay)—The active ingredient in pot that gets you high can calm agitation in people with advanced Alzheimer’s disease, a small new study suggests. Canadian researchers found that a form of synthetic THC significantly decreased agitation in a small group of …
Read More »FDA warns against risks of contaminated synthetic cannabis
(HealthDay)—Users of synthetic marijuana products and health care providers should be aware of the risk of bleeding associated with contamination of synthetic cannabinoid products with brodifacoum, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has become aware of …
Read More »Medical cannabis users could still be criminalised in UK despite government accepting its benefits
Credit: Shutterstock Cannabis is high on the agenda at the moment. Not only have California and Canada passed new laws to legalise marijuana, but in the UK, two recent high profile medical cases have forced the issue of medical cannabis …
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