Stony Brook researchers have developed new chemical compounds that are licensed to Artelo Biosciences as potential drugs to treat pain, inflammation and cancer. Assembled with some of the compounds are, from left: Iwao Ojima, Martin Kazocha, graduate students Su Yan …
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Does pot really dull a teen’s brain?
Pot-smoking teens may not be dooming themselves to a destiny of dim-wittedness, a new review suggests. The memory and thinking abilities of teenagers do not appear to be as strongly affected by heavy marijuana use as previously suspected, according to …
Read More »People who use medical marijuana more likely to use and misuse prescription drugs
Can medical marijuana help to fight the opioid epidemic? Many believe that it can. But a new study finds that people who use medical marijuana actually have higher rates of medical and non-medical prescription drug use—including pain relievers. The study …
Read More »Marijuana-based drug gets positive review from US agency
This May 23, 2017, file photo shows GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex, a medicine made from the marijuana plant but without TCH. The medicine reduced seizures in children with severe forms of epilepsy and warrants approval in the United States, health officials …
Read More »Avoid using medical marijuana to treat sleep apnea
Medical cannabis and synthetic marijuana extracts should not be used for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, according to a position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Credit: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Medical cannabis and …
Read More »For racial minority adolescents, cigarette and alcohol use linked to suicidality
Andrew Subica is an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside. Credit: UC Riverside. Examining more than 20 years of national data for U.S. adolescents, a research …
Read More »Is your waiter stoned? Study finds pot use highest among restaurant workers
(HealthDay)—A new survey of workers in pot-friendly Colorado finds the food service industry is the most likely to have employees who use marijuana. The study used 2014-2015 survey data involving more than 10,000 adult workers from across Colorado, which is …
Read More »Even toddlers endangered by opioids, other addictive drugs
(HealthDay)—The youngest victims of America’s addiction crisis are not the teenagers tempted by tobacco, pot and pills. Rather, they are tens of thousands of toddlers and preschoolers who are accidentally poisoned when they get into the drug stash of a …
Read More »Synthetic pot laced with rat poison kills three in US
An outbreak of synthetic marijuana laced with rat poison has killed three and sickened more than 100 in the US Midwest, with officials worried about potentially more cases to come. Synthetic marijuana is made with chemicals applied to dried plant …
Read More »Mom’s marijuana winds up in breast milk
(HealthDay)—Breast-feeding has known benefits for both baby and mom, but if a new mom also smokes marijuana, does the drug turn up in her breast milk? Yes, says new research. But the exact consequences of the small amount of marijuana …
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