Cannabis Is Exactly 114 Times Less Toxic Than Alcohol
This article originally appeared at https://www.leafly.com/news/science-tech/the-medical-minute-cannabis-is-exactly-114-times-less-toxic-than Research published in Scientific Reports rated recreational drugs according to their toxicity, and none of us blinked an eye when we saw cannabis sitting at the very bottom of the list. But maybe a few eyebrows were raised when the report awarded alcohol 1st place in the contest of […]
Comparative risk assessment of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other illicit drugs using the margin of exposure approach
This article originally appeared at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311234/ Abstract A comparative risk assessment of drugs including alcohol and tobacco using the margin of exposure (MOE) approach was conducted. The MOE is defined as ratio between toxicological threshold (benchmark dose) and estimated human intake. Median lethal dose values from animal experiments were used to derive the benchmark dose. […]
Minor Cannabinoid Therapeutic Uses
This article originally appeared at https://www.higherlearninglv.co/post/understanding-minor-cannabinoids Welcome to Cannabis Conclusions, a unique educational series from Higher Learning LV that is targeted at hemp and cannabis industry professionals. This series provides readers with the conclusion section from important modern peer-reviewed research studies. A November 2021 study entitled “Minor Cannabinoids: Biosynthesis, Molecular Pharmacology, and Potential Therapeutic Uses” […]
Cannabinoid Receptor-2 Ameliorates Inflammation in Crohn’s Disease
This article originally appeared at https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/11/11/1369/3977952?login=false Abstract Background and Aims Cannabinoid receptor stimulation may have positive symptomatic effects on inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] patients through analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. The cannabinoid 2 receptor [CB2R] is expressed primarily on immune cells, including CD4+ T cells, and is induced by active inflammation in both humans and mice. […]
How Do You Know if You’re Addicted to Weed?
This article originally appeared at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/well/mind/weed-addiction.html By Dana G. Smith Smoking weed had always been a social activity for Julian. He first tried cannabis in high school, and as an adult he would smoke a couple of times a month with friends. But things changed after he moved to a new city where he didn’t […]
Majority in Finland favour cannabis decriminalisation, THL survey finds
This article originally appeared at https://yle.fi/a/74-20027123 For the first time in the survey’s 30-year history, more people said they think that using cannabis regularly is not as risky as weekly binge drinking. The survey also found 29 percent of respondents saying they would be prepared to decriminalise all drug use, which is nine percentage points […]
How Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pushed Through Asia’s First Cannabis Legalization
This article originally appeared at https://time.com/6273768/anutin-charnvirakul-interview-cannabis/ Until last summer, Thailand had some of the world’s harshest drug laws, with possession of cannabis then punishable by up to 15 years in prison. But on June 9, marijuana was decriminalized and a resurgent cannabis culture has seen dispensaries popping up across the Southeast Asian nation of 70 […]
High potency cannabis use, mental health symptoms and cannabis dependence: Triangulating the evidence
This article originally appeared at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460323001351?via%253Dihub Highlights Preferring high potency cannabis was associated with risk of cannabis dependence.Further triangulation with THC concentration did not support these results. Evidence for an association between high potency cannabis use and other mental health symptoms is mixed. Improved methodology is needed to assess cannabis use in research. Abstract Cannabis […]
Influence of cannabis use on incidence of psychosis in people at clinical high risk
This article originally appeared at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcn.13555 Authors: Lucy A Chester 1 , Lucia R Valmaggia 2 , Matthew J Kempton 1 , Edward Chesney 1 , Dominic Oliver 1 3 , Emily P Hedges 1 4 , Elise Klatsa 1 , Daniel Stahl 5 , Mark van der Gaag 6 7 , Lieuwe de Haan 8 9 , Barnaby Nelson 10 […]
Isle of Man to grow cannabis business to diversify economy
This article originally appeared at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/15/isle-of-man-grow-cannabis-business-diversify-economy The Isle of Man has for decades been dominated by offshore financial services, but now its government is planning a push for a new kind of economic growth: medicinal cannabis. The British crown dependency is hoping to license as many as 10 firms by the end of 2025 to […]
