by Arizona State University Seized cannabis. A new study found that 16% of the 118 samples tested positive for harmful mycotoxins, posing potential health risks to consumers. This groundbreaking research highlights the unregulated and dangerous nature of black-market cannabis. Credit: CDC A recent study conducted by researchers from Arizona State University has uncovered alarming levels of...
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Cannabis users face substantially higher risk of heart attack
by American College of Cardiology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the drug, even among younger and otherwise healthy adults. The...
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Compound mimics cannabis for pain relief without the side effects: Mouse study points to effective opioid alternative
by Washington University in St. Louis Researchers at WashU Medicine and Stanford University developed a compound that relieves pain in mice but doesn’t affect the brain, thereby avoiding mind-altering side effects and abuse potential. The custom-designed molecule, derived from cannabis, may provide an alternative to opioids for treating chronic pain. The compound is illustrated here in...
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Why You Need to Talk About Cannabis With Patients
Ann Thomas, MD, MPH February 12, 2025 10223 A few years ago, UCLA Health began asking patients if they used cannabis as part of an electronic previsit questionnaire completed before well visits. The question is still an unusual ask for most primary care clinicians, said Lillian Gelberg, MD, a professor of family medicine at the...
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Largest study ever done on cannabis and brain function finds impact on working memory
The study looked at the effect of cannabis use on young adults who are recent or heavy usersPeer-Reviewed Publication University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail image: Dr. Gowin looking at brain scans in his office.view more Credit: CU Anschutz Medical Campus A new study published today in JAMA Network Open explores the effects of both recent and...
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Cannabis disrupts brain activity in young adults prone to psychosis
by McGill University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Young adults at risk of psychosis show reduced brain connectivity, a deficit that cannabis use appears to worsen, a new study has found. The breakthrough paves the way for psychosis treatments targeting symptoms that current medications miss. In the first-of-its-kind study, McGill University researchers detected a marked decrease in...
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Research claims cannabis use can cause chromosomal damage, increasing cancer risk and harming offspring
by Society for the Study of Addiction Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cannabis use causes cellular damage that increases the risk of highly cancerous tumors, according to a paper published in Addiction Biology. The paper describes cannabis as a “genotoxic” substance because it damages a cell’s genetic information, which can lead to DNA mutations, accelerated aging, and cancer. ADVERTISING...
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Clinical trial shows synthetic cannabis reduces agitation in Alzheimer’s disease
News Release 2-Oct-2024 Synthetic THC (dronabinol) was well tolerated by patients without adverse effects often seen from current Alzheimer’s agitation medications Reports and ProceedingsJohns Hopkins Medicine In a study led by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine, researchers show that a pill form of the drug dronabinol, an...
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CANNABIS USE TIED TO GREATER RISK OF SEVERE COVID
JUNE 24TH, 2024 POSTED BY TAMARA SCHNEIDER-WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS A new study links cannabis use to an increased risk of serious illness for people with COVID-19. As COVID-19 started spreading in late 2019, scientists rushed to answer a critical question: Who is most at risk? They quickly recognized that a handful of characteristics—including...
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Huge Study Reveals How Often Cannabis Triggers Psychotic Episodes
HEALTH08 June 2024ByCLARE WATSON (Thomas Bjornstad/Unsplash) Cannabis exposure and psychosis have long been linked, even if we’ve struggled to pinpoint why and how often those psychotic episodes occur. A new analysis attempts to provide some clarity through the haze, collating data from numerous studies involving more than 200,000 participants. Where individual studies have suggested that...