Therapeutic Prospects of Cannabidiol for Alcohol Use Disorder and Alcohol-Related Damages on the Liver and the Brain
This originally appeared at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6554654/ Authors Julia De Ternay, 1 , * Mickaël Naassila, 2 Mikail Nourredine, 1 Alexandre Louvet, 3 François Bailly, 4 Guillaume Sescousse, 5 Pierre Maurage, 6 Olivier Cottencin, 7 Patrizia Maria Carrieri, 8 and Benjamin Rolland 1 , 5 , * Published 2019 May 31 doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00627 PMCID: PMC6554654 PMID: 31214036 Abstract […]
Effects of cannabis use on alcohol consumption in a sample of treatment-engaged heavy drinkers in Colorado
This originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33464670/ Authors Hollis C Karoly 1 2 , J Megan Ross 3 , Mark A Prince 2 , Alexandra E Zabelski 1 , Kent E Hutchison 1 3 4 PMID: 33464670 PMCID: PMC8286984 DOI: 10.1111/add.15407 Abstract Background and Aims. Cannabis is commonly used among people who drink alcohol, but evidence suggests a […]
Medical Cannabis Laws and Opioid Analgesic Overdose Mortality in the United States, 1999-2010
This originally appeared at https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1898878 October 2014 Marcus A. Bachhuber, MD1,2,3; Brendan Saloner, PhD3,4; Chinazo O. Cunningham, MD, MS5; et alColleen L. Barry, PhD, MPP3,6 JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(10):1668-1673. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4005 Abstract Importance Opioid analgesic overdose mortality continues to rise in the United States, driven by increases in prescribing for chronic pain. Because chronic pain is a major indication for medical cannabis, laws that establish access to medical cannabis may […]
Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicides by Gender and Age
This originally appeared at https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301612 Published Online: November 12, 2014 Objectives. We estimated the association between legalizing medical marijuana and suicides. Methods. We obtained state-level suicide data from the National Vital Statistics System’s Mortality Detail Files for 1990–2007. We used regression analysis to examine the association between medical marijuana legalization and suicides per 100 000 population. […]
Intermittent Marijuana Use Is Associated with Improved Retention in Naltrexone Treatment for Opiate-Dependence
This originally appeared at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2753886/ Am J Addict. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 Sep 29. Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2009 Jul–Aug; 18(4): 301–308. doi: 10.1080/10550490902927785PMCID: PMC2753886NIHMSID: NIHMS141953PMID: 19444734 Intermittent Marijuana Use Is Associated with Improved Retention in Naltrexone Treatment for Opiate-Dependence Wilfrid Noel Raby, PhD, MD, Kenneth M. Carpenter, PhD, Jami Rothenberg, PhD, Adam C. Brooks, PhD, Huiping […]
THE EFFECTS OF DRONABINOL DURING DETOXIFICATION AND THE INITIATION OF TREATMENT WITH EXTENDED RELEASE NALTREXONE
This originally appeared at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4536087/ Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Sep 1; 154: 38–45. Published online 2015 Jul 8. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.05.013 PMCID: PMC4536087 NIHMSID: NIHMS706399 PMID: 26187456 Adam Bisaga,* Maria A. Sullivan, Andrew Glass, Kaitlyn Mishlen, Martina Pavlicova, Margaret Haney, Wilfrid N. Raby, Frances R. Levin, Kenneth M. Carpenter, John J. Mariani, and Edward V. Nunes Abstract Background Evidence suggests that the cannabinoid system is involved in the maintenance of opioid […]
Substituting cannabis for prescription drugs, alcohol and other substances among medical cannabis patients: The impact of contextual factors
This article originally appeared at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dar.12323 First published: 14 September 2015 Abstract Introduction and Aims Recent years have witnessed increased attention to how cannabis use impacts the use of other psychoactive substances. The present study examines the use of cannabis as a substitute for alcohol, illicit substances and prescription drugs among 473 adults who use […]
Couples’ marijuana use is inversely related to their intimate partner violence over the first nine years of marriage
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 […]
Cannabis as a Substitute for Alcohol: A Harm-Reduction Approach
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 […]
Alcohol and Other Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among High School Students
This article originally appeared at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/su/su7201a10.htm Authors: Brooke E. Hoots, PhD1; Jingjing Li, PhD, MD2; Marci Feldman Hertz, MS2; Marissa B. Esser, PhD3; Adriana Rico, MPH2; Evelyn Y. Zavala, MPH2; Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, DrPH4 Abstract Adolescence is a critical phase of development and is frequently a period of initiating and engaging in risky behaviors, […]
