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This article originally appeared at https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-cannabis-ruling/italy-court-rules-home-growing-cannabis-is-legal-reigniting-dispute-idUSKBN1YV14H ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that small-scale domestic cultivation of cannabis is legal, in a landmark decision triggering calls for further legalization from weed advocates and anger from the country’s conservatives. Called on to clarify previous conflicting interpretations of the law, the Court of Cassation decreed…

This article originally appeared at https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/03/22/americas-2015-marijuana-sales-higher-than-dasani-oreos-infographic/ Marijuana sales in the United States reached a record high in 2015. Legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia, a whopping $3.4 billion of the green stuff was sold last year, according to Marijuana Business Daily’s Marijuana Business Factbook . The best way to give that figure some kind of perspective…

This article originally appeared at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4282761/#:~:text=Husbands’%20marijuana%20use%20also%20predicted,the%20least%20frequent%20IPV%20perpetration. Authors: Philip H. Smith, Gregory G. Homish, R. Lorraine Collins, Gary A. Giovino, Helene R. White, and Kenneth E. Leonard Abstract Research on the association between marijuana use and IPV has generated inconsistent findings, and has been primarily based on cross-sectional data. We examined whether husbands’ and wives’ marijuana use predicted both husbands’ and…

This article originally appeared at https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303577 Authors: Julian Santaella-Tenorio, DVM, MSc, Christine M. Mauro, PhD, Melanie M. Wall, PhD, June H. Kim, MPhil, MHS, Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH, Katherine M. Keyes, PhD, Deborah S. Hasin, PhD, Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, and Silvia S. Martins, MD, PhD Objectives. To determine the association of medical marijuana laws (MMLs)…

This article originally appeared at https://hams.cc/mikuriya.pdf Author: Tod H. Mikuriya, MD, is Psychiatric Medical Consultant, Berkeley, CA, and Presi-dent, California Cannabis Research Medical Group ABSTRACT. Ninety-two Northern Californians who use cannabis as an alternative to alcohol obtained letters of approval from the author. Their records were reviewed to determine characteristics of the cohort and efficacy…

This article originally appeared at https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2526003 Associations Between Cannabis Use and Physical Health Problems in Early Midlife A Longitudinal Comparison of Persistent Cannabis vs Tobacco Users Madeline H. Meier, PhD1; Avshalom Caspi, PhD2,3,4; Magdalena Cerdá, DrPH5; et alRobert J. Hancox, MD6; HonaLee Harrington, BA2,3; Renate Houts, PhD2,3; Richie Poulton, PhD7; Sandhya Ramrakha, PhD7; W. Murray Thomson, PhD8; Terrie E. Moffitt, PhD2,3,4 JAMA Psychiatry. 2016;73(7):731-740. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0637 Abstract Importance  After major policy changes in the United States, policymakers, health care professionals, and the general public seek information about…

This article originally appeared at https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/is-marijuana-really-a-gateway-drug Chris Christie recently said that marijuana is a “gateway drug” while arguing for enforcement of its federal status as an illegal substance. Though there are correlations between marijuana use and other drugs, there is no conclusive evidence that one actually causes the other. The science on this topic is far from…

This article originally appeared at https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/tracing-the-link-between-marijuana-and-mental-health Our knowledge about (and acceptance of) cannabis has expanded rapidly in recent years. But researchers are still probing the link between weed, depression and other mental health markers. There was a panic over pot in the 1930s. When the movie Reefer Madness came out in 1936, the criminalization of marijuana was…

This article originally appeared at https://bigthink.com/health/marijuana-may-be-key-in-curing-alzheimers-find-researchers/ Researchers find that a compound within marijuana may potentially protect from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.  In news that might be counterintuitive to the common experience of how weed affects memory, researchers have shown that marijuana could have potential in treating Alzheimer’s disease.  In particular, scientists from Salk Institute in…

This article originally appeared at https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/where-is-marijuana-legal-a-guide-to-marijuana-legalization Twenty-two states – along with Washington, D.C. and Guam – have acted to legalize recreational Cannabis On Election Day in 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington approved ballot measures to legalize the recreational use and sale of cannabis, making the states the first in the U.S. to do so….