Adolescents and marijuana: What nurses need to knowSeptember 30, 2015Andy was a freshman in high school when he first tried marijuana. He and his friends began experimenting, thinking marijuana was “cool and just like smoking a cigarette,…
Combining alcohol with cannabis increases THC levelsMay 28, 2015The simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis produces significantly higher blood concentrations of cannabis’s main psychoactive constituent, THC, and THC’s active metabolite, than cannabis alone, according to a…
Considerations for drafting marijuana legislationOctober 11, 2016An analysis of marijuana legislation published in PLoS Medicine, which provides a framework for states considering legalization, recommends shaping laws to minimize consumption and protect the public. Read…
Estrogen increases cannabis sensitivity in ratsSeptember 4, 2014A study in Drug and Alcohol Dependence has found that because of the presence of estrogen, female rats are at least 30% more sensitive than males to the…
Marijuana and risk of psychotic-like experiences in teensJuly 6, 2017Going from an occasional user of marijuana to a weekly or daily user increases an adolescent’s risk of having recurrent psychotic-like experiences by 159%, according to a study…
Marijuana use more than doubles from 2001 to 2013October 23, 2015The estimated prevalence of adults who used marijuana in the past year more than doubled in the U.S. between 2001 and 2013 to 9.5%, according to an article…
Poisoning from bath salts, synthetic marijuana, and laundry detergent pods are ‘emerging health threats’December 18, 2014National Poison Control Center data from 2012 show that poisonings from prescription drugs are the leading cause of injury death in the U.S., and that poisonings from bath…
Secondhand marijuana smoke may damage blood vesselsJuly 28, 2016Rats’ blood vessels take at least three times longer to recover function after a minute of breathing secondhand marijuana smoke, compared to recovery after a minute of breathing…
Study: Decriminalization of marijuana increases pediatric ED admissionsFebruary 11, 2014A study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine found dramatic increases in children requiring medical intervention in states that decriminalized marijuana, although the overall number of unintentional marijuana…
Study: Marijuana use in young adults may cause brain changesApril 11, 2014The size and shape of two brain regions (the nucleus accumbens and the amygdala) involved in emotion and motivation may differ in young adults who smoke marijuana at…
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