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No, marijuana use doesn’t lower your IQ
ByOSadminA 2012 Duke University study made international headlines when it purported to find a link between heavy marijuana use and IQ decline among teenagers. Other researchers questioned the findings almost immediately: Columbia University’s Carl Hart noted the very small sample of heavy users (38) in the study, leading him to question how generalizable the results…
What we’ve learned about the effects of weed since it was legalized
ByOSadminThis article originally appeared at https://qz.com/1457030/what-weve-learned-about-the-effects-of-weed-since-it-was-legalized?linkId=59421172 It’s been six years since Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, and scientists keep on unearthing more data on the effects of the drug. Just this week, research presented at the 2018 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience showed that marijuana use in teenagers affects the development of areas of the brain…
Rates and correlates of cannabis-associated psychotic symptoms in over 230,000 people who use cannabis
ByOSadminThis article originally appeared at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-02112-8 Authors: Tabea Schoeler, Jason Ferris & Adam R. Winstock Abstract Cannabis, a widely used psychoactive substance, can trigger acute cannabis-associated psychotic symptoms (CAPS) in people who use cannabis (PWUC). To assess rates and correlates of CAPS requiring emergency medical treatment, we analyzed data from an international sample of PWUC…
Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress ‘Anti-War Left and Black People’
ByOSadminDan Baum, writing in support of drug legalization at Harper’s, has unleashed a frank 1994 quote from former Nixon policy advisor John Ehrlichman, and as inadvertently salient an argument for legalizing drugs as any I’ve ever seen: At the time, I was writing a book about the politics of drug prohibition. I started to ask…
Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To ‘Significant Decrease’ In Opioid-Related Payments To Doctors, Study Finds
ByOSadminThis article originally appeared at https://www.marijuanamoment.net/medical-marijuana-legalization-linked-to-significant-decrease-in-opioid-related-payments-to-doctors-study-finds/ A new study is linking state-level medical marijuana legalization to reduced opioid payouts to doctors—another datapoint suggesting that patients use cannabis as an alternative to prescription drugs when given legal access. The study from researchers at the University of Florida, University of Southern California and Purdue University identified “a…
Medical cannabis and automobile accidents: Evidence from auto insurance
ByOSadminThis originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35691014/ Cameron M Ellis 1 , Martin F Grace 1 , Rhet A Smith 2 , Juan Zhang 3 PMID: 35691014 DOI: 10.1002/hec.4553 Abstract While many states have legalized medical cannabis, many unintended consequences remain under-studied. We focus on one potential detriment-the effect of cannabis legalization on automobile safety. We examine this relationship through…
