In this Feb. 19, 2019 photo, a group of retired seniors from Laguna Woods Village form a line outside Bud and Bloom cannabis dispensary to attend a presentation organized by cannabis product vendors in Santa Ana, Calif. More Americans in …
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Cannabis link to relieving intestinal inflammation explained
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Reports from cannabis users that the drug reduces the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may finally be explained by new research from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the University of Bath showing that …
Read More »‘Everybody is down to not drink.’ Why young people are drinking less alcohol
On her 21st birthday, Rabbah Johnson experienced a first: not a legal cocktail, but a roller coaster ride at Six Flags. She’d never been on one before and knew she wanted to change that. The incoming junior at Temple University …
Read More »Pennsylvania’s youth more accepting of marijuana, but not using it more, report shows
A table from the report that shows strongly disapproving attitudes toward marijuana have dropped between 2013 and 2017. Credit: Drexel University With Pennsylvania now among the majority of states in legalizing medical marijuana, a new report shows that young people’s …
Read More »Can medical marijuana help treat intractable epilepsy?
A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology review examines the potential of medicinal cannabis—or medical marijuana—for helping patients with intractable epilepsy, in which seizures fail to come under control with standard anticonvulsant treatment. The authors note that cannabidiol—the most researched …
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 …
Read More »Marijuana legalization may reduce opioid use
(HealthDay)—State implementation of medical marijuana laws is associated with a reduction in the rate of opioid prescribing, according to a study published online April 2 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Hefei Wen, Ph.D., from the University of Kentucky College of Public …
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