All the ways marijuana can hurt your health
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Read more...How To Move On With Your Life During Addiction Recovery
Realizing you have a drinking problem and deciding to quit are the first two steps of recovery, and for some people, they are the hardest. So, if that’s where you are in your journey right now, know you’re not alone and that you can claim your life back from a destructive addiction. Once you’ve decided […]
Read more...Teens Who Use Marijuana At Risk Of Schizophrenia
In a pre-clinical study, researchers from Western University in Ontario, Canada, studied the effects of long-term exposure to THC in both adolescent and adult rats. They found changes in behavior as well as in brain cells in the adolescent rats that were identical to those found in schizophrenia. These changes lasted into early adulthood long after […]
Read more...Researchers Issue Important Correction: Chronic Marijuana Use DOES Lead To Development Of Psychosis, Depression, And Asthma
A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center study published in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors last September found that chronic marijuana use during adolescence did not lead to depression, anxiety, psychosis, or asthma by mid-life. The U.K.’s Independent was one of many newspapers that celebrated the news, scoffing at the National Health Service help page […]
Read more...Marijuana Has Become A Media Darling,But Are Journalists Too Soft On Pot?
Marijuana reporter Joel Warner asks if the media is currently biased in support of marijuana legalization. He cites a recent incident brought to his attention by Kevin Sabet, founder of SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana), who had received a tip that the next-day release of the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health would […]
Read more...Twins Study Finds No Evidence that Marijuana Lowers IQ in Teens
Two recent studies, one in Great Britain and this one from the University of Southern California, contradict the findings of a rigorous 25-year-long study done with a birth cohort in Dunedin, New Zealand a few years ago. That study found that persistent marijuana use that continued into adulthood resulted in an 8-point drop in IQ. […]
Read more...Letter from David Raynes re Policy-UK forum
Subject: Re: Priorities for Reform of UK Drug Policy : Policy-UK Forum : March 2016 Dear Mr Marsh. Thank you for the invitation. I shall not be attending. You have included in the Speakers Niam Eastwood & Mike Trace, both people who push drugs legalisation. I have debated publicly with both. Their positions are well […]
Read more...Mental Illness Risk As ‘Skunk’ Drives Out Milder Cannabis
Almost all cannabis sold on British streets can cause psychosis after weaker forms were driven from the market. The most potent “skunk” accounts for 94 per cent of all cannabis seized by police, up from half in 2005, according to the first study for almost a decade. Dealers are thought to be pushing higher-strength products […]
Read more...Regnery: Feds Should Prosecute California Marijuana Farmers For Devastating The Environment
Marijuana farming is a big business, and marijuana growers are raking in billions. In California, the crop ranks between lettuce and grapes; total sales in the state, according the Los Angeles Times, will top $21 billion by 2021. In Colorado, where marijuana is also legal, revenues stood at just over $1 billion last year, adding $2.4 […]
Read more...Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome, Without The Hype
Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is nothing new, but nonetheless lacks a diagnosis code. This means that nobody—including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is meant to track such things—knows the prevalence of the condition. It is, however, relatively rare. Medical sources say that it’s likely, as you’d expect, to become more common as […]
Read more...Conservation In Colombia – A Shared Responsibility – A Hub Of Biodiversity Threatened By Cocaine
Source: http://archive.unu.edu/events/files/2008/Santos_SharedRespnsibility_presentation_200810.pdf 2008
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Britain could set off a schizophrenia timebomb if it ignores the dangers of super-strength ‘skunk’ cannabis, one of the UK’s most eminent psychiatrists warns today. Strong evidence now shows that smoking potent forms of the Class B drug increases the chance of psychosis, paranoid delusions and schizophrenia. But too many people – from teenagers to […]
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A. Benjamin Srivastava, MD Mark S. Gold, MD The opioid epidemic is the most important and most serious public health crisis today. The effects are reported in overdose deaths but are also starkly evident in declines in sense of well-being and general health coupled with increasing all-cause mortality, particularly among the middle-aged white population. As […]
Read more...Quebec Pot Arrests Behind The Wheel Up 54% Since Legalization
Police forces in the province collected 795 blood samples from motorists suspected of driving while under the influence. One year after the legalization of recreational use of cannabis in Canada, the black market for the drug — as well as its use behind the wheel — continues to keep Quebec police forces busy. In 2018, police collected 795 blood […]
Read more...New Therapeutic Approach For Children Born To Mothers Who Used Cannabis During Pregnancy
As a growing number of U.S. states legalize the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana, an increasing number of American women are using cannabis before becoming pregnant and during early pregnancy often to treat morning sickness, anxiety, and lower back pain. Although emerging evidence indicates that this may have long-term consequences for their babies’ brain […]
Read more...Impacts Of Cannabinoid Epigenetics On Human Development: Reflections On Murphy Et. Al. ‘Cannabinoid Exposure And Altered DNA Methylation In Rat And Human Sperm’ Epigenetics 2018; 13: 1208-1221.
ABSTRACT Recent data from the Kollins lab (‘Cannabinoid exposure and altered DNA methylation in rat and human sperm’ Epigenetics 2018; 13: 1208–1221) indicated epigenetic effects of cannabis use on sperm in man parallel those in rats and showed substantial shifts in both hypo- and hyper-DNA methylation with the latter predominating. This provides one likely mechanism […]
Read more...UN Adopts Pakistan’s Resolution For Efforts To Prevent Drug Abuse
VIENNA: The United Nations Commission on Narcotic has unanimously adopted Pakistan’s resolution on strengthening efforts to prevent drug abuse in educational settings. The resolution was adopted during the commission’s sixty first regular session in Vienna. The resolution drew attention of the Commission towards the common challenges of drug abuse among children and youth in schools […]
Read more...Marijuana Violence And Law
Abstract Marijuana is currently a growing risk to the public in the United States. Following expanding public opinion that marijuana provides little risk to health, state and federal legislatures have begun changing laws that will significantly increase accessibility of marijuana. Greater marijuana accessibility, resulting in more use, will lead to increased health risks in all […]
Read more...Gene Could Help Identify Psychosis Risk In Cannabis Users
Researchers at the University of Exeter and UCL (University College London) have identified a gene which can be used to predict how susceptible a young person is to the mind-altering effects of smoking cannabis. The finding could help identify otherwise healthy users who are most at risk of developing psychosis. The research, funded by the […]
Read more...Legalized Pot: No, It’s Not Inevitable
Marijuana legalization is on the ballot in 2016 in California, Arizona, Nevada, and elsewhere The marijuana movement received a big jolt last November. No, it wasn’t another celebrity endorsement or cable news special glorifying the drug. Rather, in the midst of what we’ve been told was an inevitable march to victory, marijuana lost. And it […]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vital Signs addresses a single, important public health topic each month. This month’s edition presents their latest findings on youth exposure to e-cigarette advertising. They also highlight strategies to prevent youth exposure to e-cigarette advertising and youth e-cigarette use. The use of e-cigarettes among U.S. youth has increased considerably since […]
Read more...New Mother, 32, ‘Killed Herself After Developing Drug-induced Psychosis From Taking Cannabis’ To Treat MORNING SICKNESS
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Read more...Impact Of A Synthetic Cannabinoid (CP-47,497-C8) On Protein Expression In Human Cells: Evidence For Induction Of Inflammation And DNA Damage
Abstract Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) are marketed worldwide as legal surrogates for marihuana. In order to predict potential health effects in consumers and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of action, we investigated the impact of a representative of the cyclohexylphenols, CP47,497-C8, which binds to both cannabinoid receptors, on protein expression patterns, genomic stability and on induction […]
Read more...New Guideline Warns Pain Benefits Of Medical Cannabis Overstated
University of Alberta led guideline warns health risks may outweigh benefits, provides guidance on when (and when not to) prescribe. A new medical guideline published today suggests Canada’s family physicians should take a sober second thought before prescribing medical cannabis to most patients. Published in Canadian Family Physician, “Simplified Guideline for Prescribing Medical Cannabinoids in Primary […]
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently issued a warning about vaping following a multistate outbreak of severe lung problems linked to the use of electronic cigarettes. According to the CDC, there are, as of September 6, 450 reported cases of possible vaping-linked lung problems across 33 states and 1 territory, resulting in 6 deaths. […]
Read more...Reducing Future Rates Of Adult Addiction Must Begin With Youth Prevention
The United States is confronting a public health crisis of rising adult drug addiction, most visibly documented by an unprecedented number of opioid overdose deaths. Most of these overdose deaths are not from the use of a single substance – opioids – but rather are underreported polysubstance deaths. This is happening in the context of […]
Read more...Ontario Proposal To Allow Cannabis Consumption In Hotel Rooms Could Jump-Start Pot Tourism
Ontario’s proposal to allow people to consume marijuana in hotel rooms opens the door to a boom in cannabis tourism, says lawyer Matt Maurer. Maurer heads the cannabis law group at Minden Gross in Toronto, and says he knows businesspeople who are interested in opening cannabis-friendly hotels and resorts. Maurer says he was surprised by […]
Read more...Stronger Cannabis Linked To Rise In Demand For Drug Treatment Programmes
Study drawing on data from the Netherlands is the first to show how admissions to treatment centres rise and fall in line with cannabis strength Many countries have seen far stronger cannabis come on to the market in the past few decades Researchers have found fresh evidence to suggest that more potent strains of cannabis […]
Read more...Shocking Image Illustrates How Drugs Transformed Woman’s Appearance At Just 53
After Lynley Graham’s custody photo was posted to a police force’s Facebook page, horrified users were quick to discuss the harmful effects of hard drugs Deep lines etched across a woman’s face and cheeks sunken to the bone – this one shocking image illustrates the effects of substance abuse. Lynley Graham’s custody picture has been […]
Read more...The Link Between Opioid Overdoses And Amnesia Is Only Getting Stronger
As more cases turn up, doctors are concerned about the extent to which memory loss may be undetected. Just over five years ago, a man suffering from amnesia following a suspected drug overdose appeared at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. He was 22, and had injected what he believed […]
Read more...Deadly Fentanyl Behind America’s Dramatic Doubling Of Synthetic Opioid Death Rates
President Donald Trump took a few minutes in his State of the Union address to acknowledge what he called the “terrible crisis of opioid and drug addiction – never been has it been like it is now”. The American President told Congress that “we have to do something about it”, stating that 174 drug-addiction caused deaths […]
Read more..."When representing a cause (almost) lost, sound your trumpet, mount your steed and go for the very last charge, failing which you will die of sad old age in the depths of the forgotten fortress, no longer besieged because life has abandoned it for greener pastures."
Jean Raspail
From the website of jeanraspail.net
"Universal prevention initiatives are important elements of a comprehensive prevention strategy that should include selective and indicated prevention initiatives as well. In order to prevent the development of dependence you need all three - and you cannot do without universal prevention. Norms, attitudes, availability are important risk factors for developing drug use problems as well as neighbourhood disorganization and weak family bonds."
Christina Gynna, Deputy National Drugs Policy Co-ordinator, Sweden,
at the ICAA conference in Budapest, 24 October 2005
