Cannabis

<p>COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY&#8217;S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Adolescents and young adults living in states with more liberal policies reported higher average rates of past-year cannabis use than those in states with more conservative policies, according to a new study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.&nbsp; Past year cannabis use was consistently higher&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/cannabis-use-disorder-th

<p>2018 European Pain Federation Cannabis Position 2018 PAIN-Cannabis and cannabinoids for the treatment of People With Chronic Non Cancer Pain “There really is nothing, zero, in the literature which would support dispensary cannabis in any chronic non-cancer pain condition.”K. Finn, MD</p>

<p>Dear Doctors, who are mandated to do &#8216;No Harm&#8217;! My name is Karen Randall. &nbsp;I am an emergency physician (also residency trained in pediatrics and family medicine). &nbsp; I spent numerous years as an academic teaching physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. &nbsp;I moved to Colorado to be back home. &nbsp;I moved here in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/colorado-emergency-medical-doctors-open-letter-to-all-physicians/"

<p>The work carried out by the Neuropharmacology Laboratory highlight the influence of environmental factors such as stress on the harmful effects of the exposure to cannabis during early ages A new study conducted on laboratory animals shows that exposure to cannabis and stress during adolescence may lead to long-term anxiety disorders characterized by the presence&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/exposure-to-cannabis-and-stress-in-adolescenc

<p>The Independent &#8211; January 2019&nbsp; Teenagers who use cannabis just once or twice may end up with changes to the structure of their brain, scientists have warned. A study, conducted by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, found that there were clear differences on brain scans between teens who said they had&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/smoking-cannabis-just-once-can-change-a-teenager-s-brain-

<p>A few years ago, the National Academy of Medicine convened a panel of sixteen leading medical experts to analyze the scientific literature on cannabis. The&nbsp;report&nbsp;they prepared, which came out in January of 2017, runs to four hundred and sixty-eight pages. It contains no bombshells or surprises, which perhaps explains why it went largely unnoticed. It&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/is-marijuana-as-safe-as-we-think/" rel="bookmar

<p>Children born to moms who smoked or ingested marijuana during pregnancy suffer higher rates of depression, hyperactivity, and inattention. Yet, Seventy percent of women in the United States believe that there is “slight or no risk of harm” in using can­nabis during pregnancy. Read More</p>

<p>The documents offer unprecedented insight into the challenges of establishing and regulating an industry where the product is traditionally ­illegal. Picture: AFP SEAN PARNELL&nbsp;12:00AM JANUARY 7, 2019 High demand for a stake in Australia’s medicinal cannabis industry — including from people with links to organised crime — has caught the regulator unprepared and under-resourced, an&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/medicinal-cannabis-a-ho

<p>Abstract BACKGROUND: The study aims were to examine daily associations between marijuana and alcohol use and the extent to which the association differs as a function of cannabis use disorder (CUD) and/or alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnosis. METHODS: Timeline Followback interview data was collected in a study of veterans (N = 127) recruited from a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/daily-patterns-of-marijuana-and-alcohol-co-use-among-individ

<p>Patients with encounters possibly related to cannabis were younger, more likely to be hospitalized and more likely to be admitted to the psychiatric unit than patients with encounters possibly related to alcohol. Initial and sustained effects of encounter rates possibly related to cannabis demonstrated an increased trend in slope before and after recreational marijuana legalization.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/changes-in-healthcare-enc

<p>December 20, 2018 We already know that cannabis lowers sperm count, but new research suggests that the drug actually causes genetic changes to the sperm itself — which might have implications for the health of a potential baby. For a study published today in the journal&nbsp;Epigenetics, scientists at Duke University&nbsp; Think of your DNA as&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/new-study-finds-that-marijuana-can-reprogram-sperm-genes-2/" rel=

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<p>Executive attention and response control are&nbsp;critical for impulse control. Both rely on regions at the front of the brain like dorsolateral and dorsomedial frontal cortex regions. A recent Boys Town&nbsp;study has indicated that adolescents reporting more abuse symptoms, particularly those associated with alcohol, show problems using these brain areas during response control. Scientists note that&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/scient

<p>A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study finds that one month of abstaining from cannabis use resulted in measurable improvement in memory functions important for learning among adolescents and young adults who are regular cannabis users. The study published in the&nbsp;Journal of Clinical Psychiatry&nbsp;is one of the first to prospectively track over time changes in cognitive&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/one-month-of-abstinence-fr

<p>October 2018 By&nbsp;Maria Kohut&nbsp;&nbsp;Fact checked&nbsp;by Jasmin Collier Authorities are legalizing cannabis, particularly for medicinal use, in an increasing number of states. Many people stand by its alleged benefits, but new research warns that frequent use may lead to the &#8220;disabling&#8221; symptoms of cannabis withdrawal syndrome. The researchers also note that cannabis withdrawal symptoms appeared to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustra

<p>Often featuring in the lower rungs of priority when it comes to determining the safety of a drug, the impact of a pharmaceutical on the freshwater environment can be significant on the health of lakes, rivers and those who reside nearby. The gamut is wide and worrying – from&nbsp;limpets in the UK&nbsp;no longer able to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/we-must-study-marijuana-s-impact-on-the-environment-before-it-s-too-late/" rel="bookmark"

<p>Executive Summary Cannabis can be both addictive and harmful.&nbsp; Our understanding of the precise extent and nature of the health implications of recreational cannabis use is developing but, at this stage, there is a&nbsp;great deal of uncertainty. On the eve of the first legal retail sales of recreational cannabis in Canada, the Canadian Medical Association&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/cannabis-the-case-against-legalisation-2/" rel=

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<p>An evaluation of risk applied to marijuana products for recreational or medical purposes concludes that advanced mitigation strategies and new protective delivery protocols are necessary to adequately protect the public from harm. In Canada a controlled distribution program is in place called the RevAid®.1,2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This program assures consumers are monitored to prevent or minimize major&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/the-marij

<p>Abstract Cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabidivarin (CBDV) are natural cannabinoids which are consumed in increasing amounts worldwide in cannabis extracts, as they prevent epilepsy, anxiety, and seizures. It was claimed that they may be useful in cancer therapy and have anti-inflammatory properties. Adverse long-term effects of these drugs (induction of cancer and infertility) which are related&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="https://drugadvisorycouncilaustralia.org.au/low-doses-of-widel