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Adolescents and marijuana: What nurses need to know

September 30, 2015

Andy was a freshman in high school when he first tried marijuana. He and his friends began experimenting, thinking marijuana…

Combining alcohol with cannabis increases THC levels

May 28, 2015

The simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis produces significantly higher blood concentrations of cannabis’s main psychoactive constituent, THC, and THC’s…

Considerations for drafting marijuana legislation

October 11, 2016

An analysis of marijuana legislation published in PLoS Medicine, which provides a framework for states considering legalization, recommends shaping laws…

Estrogen increases cannabis sensitivity in rats

September 4, 2014

A study in Drug and Alcohol Dependence has found that because of the presence of estrogen, female rats are at…

Marijuana and risk of psychotic-like experiences in teens

July 6, 2017

Going from an occasional user of marijuana to a weekly or daily user increases an adolescent’s risk of having recurrent…

Marijuana use more than doubles from 2001 to 2013

October 23, 2015

The estimated prevalence of adults who used marijuana in the past year more than doubled in the U.S. between 2001…

Poisoning from bath salts, synthetic marijuana, and laundry detergent pods are ‘emerging health threats’

December 18, 2014

National Poison Control Center data from 2012 show that poisonings from prescription drugs are the leading cause of injury death…

Secondhand marijuana smoke may damage blood vessels

July 28, 2016

Rats’ blood vessels take at least three times longer to recover function after a minute of breathing secondhand marijuana smoke,…

Study: Decriminalization of marijuana increases pediatric ED admissions

February 11, 2014

A study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine found dramatic increases in children requiring medical intervention in states that decriminalized…

Study: Marijuana use in young adults may cause brain changes

April 11, 2014

The size and shape of two brain regions (the nucleus accumbens and the amygdala) involved in emotion and motivation may…

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