Marijuana use increases throughout the calendar year, with use up 13 percent on average at the end of each year compared to the beginning, according to a new NYU study. Credit: Louliana Voelker for NYU; icons by Guilherme Furtado and …
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More than half of people using cannabis for pain experience multiple withdrawal symptoms
An illustration of withdrawal symptoms related to cannabis use. Credit: University of Michigan More than half of people who use medical marijuana products to ease pain also experience clusters of multiple withdrawal symptoms when they’re between uses, a new study …
Read More »Teen vaping levels seem to have plateaued in 2020
(HealthDay)—Teen vaping levels remained high in 2020 but have not increased substantially since 2019, according to results from the annual Monitoring the Future survey, which is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Students in eighth, 10th, and …
Read More »Vaping combined with smoking is likely as harmful as smoking cigarettes alone
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Smoking traditional cigarettes in addition to using e-cigarettes results in harmful health effects similar to smoking cigarettes exclusively, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. Smoking, a well-known link …
Read More »With pot rules relaxed, more U.S. teens driving while high: study
(HealthDay)—America’s roads are notoriously unsafe on New Year’s Eve, and a new study shows that marijuana legalization could be making the situation even worse. Almost half of teenagers who regularly use pot admit they’ve gotten behind the wheel while stoned, …
Read More »Experimental vaccine can counter dangerous effects of synthetic cannabinoids
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Made in clandestine laboratories and sold widely across the United States, the diverse class of drugs known as synthetic cannabinoids presents a growing public health threat. In a new study, Scripps Research scientists have devised a …
Read More »Vaping could nearly triple the chance of smoking in teens
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study offers strong evidence that kids who use e-cigarettes are more likely to take up smoking or smokeless tobacco, researchers say. Teen boys who vaped were almost three times as likely to start smoking …
Read More »Surge of teen vaping levels off, but remains high as of early 2020
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Findings released today from the most recent Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of substance use behaviors and related attitudes among teens in the United States indicate that levels of nicotine and marijuana vaping did not increase …
Read More »US House approves bill to widen marijuana research
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The US House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would broaden researchers’ ability to study marijuana and its effects, a move hailed by cannabis advocates. The bill, passed in a bipartisan voice vote, allows authorized …
Read More »San Francisco nixes cigarette smoking ban in apartments
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An ordinance to ban cigarette smoking in San Francisco apartments failed to get a second vote from supervisors Tuesday, meaning the proposal is dead for now. Supervisors last week approved the measure, saying that non-smoking residents …
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