Cannabis indica. Credit: Wikipedia Researchers at Portland State University found benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals in the vapor produced by butane hash oil, a cannabis extract. Their study raises health concerns about dabbing, or vaporizing hash oil – a …
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Study finds up to one-quarter of cancer patients use marijuana
A dried flower bud of the Cannabis plant. Credit: Public Domain A new study conducted in a cancer center in a state with legalized medicinal and recreational marijuana found that approximately one-quarter of surveyed patients used marijuana in the past …
Read More »Breaking memory circuits with marijuana
Credit: PLOS Paranoia. Munchies. Giggles. Sleepiness. Memory loss. Although the effects of cannabinoids–the active components of marijuana–are familiar to many, their neurobiological substrates are poorly characterized. Perhaps the effect of greatest interest to both neuroscientists and to cannabis users hoping …
Read More »Cannabinoids induce seizures by acting through the cannabinoid CB1 receptor
Marijuana is the most commonly abused drug in the world, and the advent of synthetic cannabinoids creates additional challenges to society because of their higher potency and ability to escape drug detection screenings. Scientists from Japan have a warning about …
Read More »Kentucky judge dismisses challenge of medical marijuana ban
A Kentucky judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s ban on marijuana for medical purposes. Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate recognized in a ruling Wednesday that marijuana has the potential for medicinal use. But he said the …
Read More »Medical students need training to prescribe medical marijuana
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Although 29 states and the District of Columbia allow marijuana use for medical purposes, few medical students are being trained how to prescribe the drug. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis surveyed …
Read More »Evidence of drug use in mothers of babies with NAS—but also in control group mothers
Researchers conducting a study of newborns experiencing symptoms of drug withdrawal knew the infants’ mothers would test positive for substance use. But in the course of their study they had another, surprising finding: They discovered that 1 in 4 women …
Read More »App to help treat substance abuse approved
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its first mobile app to help treat substance abuse, the agency said Thursday in a news release. The Reset application is designed to help treat abuse of alcohol, cocaine, marijuana and stimulant …
Read More »Legal weed—what your kids really need to know
Cannabis is the most widely available and most used illegal substance in the world, and Canadian youth are among the top users. Parents and their kids need to prepare for the day it becomes legal in Canada in 2018. Credit: …
Read More »Marijuana may produce psychotic-like effects in high-risk individuals
A dried flower bud of the Cannabis plant. Credit: Public Domain Marijuana may bring on temporary paranoia and other psychosis-related effects in individuals at high risk of developing a psychotic disorder, finds a preliminary study from researchers at Columbia University …
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