cannabis

Cannabis for pain

...aget Hospital in Great Yarmouth, England, said the cannabis extract used in his study - applied as a spray und... Association for the Advancement of Science. "The cannabis extracts can produce high-quality pain relief, symptom control, and improvement in the quality of li...

Drugs may fog memory

...eat a joke or story they had told already.The drug cannabis people used,// the more they abated in their everyday memory, scientists conclude. The findings come from one of the largest studies carried out into the impact of recreational drugs on psychological function. However, it is not representative of a...

Gene glitches connecting pot with Schizophrenia

...und in schizophrenia. Prior studies also show that cannabis used before age 20 raises the risk of schizophreni...o psychotic behavior sometimes triggered by severe cannabis abuse, which could mean the marijuana receptors in schizophrenics are far more active than they shou...

Cannabinoids drug for inflammatory bowel

... //ulcerative colitis."The system that responds to cannabis in the brain is present and functioning in the lining of the gut," lead researcher Dr. Karen Wright, of the University of Bath, explained to Reuters Health. "There is an increased presence of one component of this system during inflammatory bowel dis...

Incorrect lifestyle may be the cause of male infertility

...ave discovered that THC – the active ingredient in cannabis – impedes sperm motility and impairs its ability t...ports carried out on sea urchin sperm suggest that cannabis may be a major cause of infertility by inhibiting sperm functions necessary for fertilization. Scie...

The Falling Sperm Count In Men

...rgans causing difficulty with erections. Smoking cannabis or grass or marijuana also cause sluggish sperms and impair them. Caffeine : Although one is not entirely sure about caffeine research has shown that caffeine appear to make sperm sluggish. But conflicting research has also found that caffeine ...

Cannabinoids - Antidepressant And Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment

...gnize that there are over 60 active ingredients in cannabis and synthetic cannabinoid may be showing evidence ...adictions: Earlier reports have shown the drug cannabis to cause long-term damage to mental health, and to increase the risk of mental illness in those who ...

Cannabis exerts protective effect against cancer

New research suggests that cannabis smokers are at less risk of developing cancer than...acco has the added nemesis of nicotine in it while cannabis contains tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the active ingredient in pot). It is theorized that THC may act...

Relief For British MS Patients: Cannabis-Based Oral Spray

...e since late June. The oral spray derived from the cannabis plant will be available on prescription for around ￡4 a day. Research indicates that it relieves the pain and spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis. The drug, Sativex, is made by GW Pharmaceuticals from a combination of plant extracts using ...

Alcohol And Drug Abuse (Cannabis) Leading Causes For Road Traffic Accidents

...f even very small amounts of cannabis. Evidence of cannabis use were found in 7% of drivers // involved in fat... several alarming results such as small amounts of cannabis can double the risk. The risk of being responsible for a fatal crash increased with increase in bloo...

Government May Downgrade Cannabis

...hinking in terms of making a U-turn with regard to cannabis laws and downgrade the drug from its B status to C...ar users of the drug. The high-strength strains of cannabis called the ‘skunk’ is reported to be definitely capable of causing psychosis, and further aggravate ...

Non-addictive antidepressant drug

...er, non-addictive, non-psychotropic alternative to cannabis for the treatment of pain and depression and provides hope for the development of an alternate line of antidepressants, with a wider range of effectiveness'. sourse EUREKA...

UK public misled over downgrading cannabis: Govt

THE PUBLIC was misled about the dangers of taking cannabis when the Government unwittingly // decided to dow...t recent evidence suggesting a strong link between cannabis and mental illness. He made these damning remarks in an interview with The Times, just weeks before ...

Can Cannabis Cause Madness?

... Australian report had shown that the age of first cannabis use has been reduced drastically with teens starte...oked or chewed it is found that the THC present in cannabis accumulates in the brain and produces mental and physical instability, changes in color perception, ...

Campaigners Say No To Cannabis Reclassification

There will be confusion if cannabis were to be reclassified again, according to campaigners. The UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has reported that the drug //is connected to mental disorders. This may result in a reclassification of the drug again in less than three years....

No Increased Schizophrenia Risk With Use Of Cannabis

The possibility of cannabis use leading to schizophrenia has been ruled out ac...rnment drugs advisers. The definitive link between cannabis use and impairment of mental health// (psychological and psychomotor performance) however, cannot b...

Tackling of Cannabis Addiction

...th Wales has conducted a study which revealed that cannabis addiction can have a serious impact on the user's ...ter John Hatzistergos will open the state's fourth cannabis treatment clinic in southern Sydney. He pointed out to the ill-effects of the drug and warned peop...

Cancer Patient to Appeal to SC, Demanding Right to Use Marijuana

...s until they stop me because this is not a medical cannabis case but a right to life case. The federal government can say who can live and who can die if I lose in the Supreme Court,' she concluded....

Australian Govt's Health Budget Unsatisfactory

...of ecstasy, association between mental illness and cannabis usage. But the AMA and the Rural Doctors' Association were not happy with these measures as they feel that it is a total eye wash....

Even Hospitals Not Drug Proof

...t condition to his drugs use. He admits to smoking cannabis on the ward. BBC Radio's Five Live Report conducted a sample survey of some dozen mental health trusts and asked them the steps they would take if they found any drugs on wards. NHS trusts have reported that they would not automatically contact the p...

Australia Set To Implement A national Strategy Tackle Cannabis Abuse

...ckle alcohol abuse, and substance abuse, including cannabis and petrol sniffing. The council comprises the f...ce would likely endorse a national strategy on the cannabis use broadly covering the prevention, treatment, and law enforcement. Cannabis is one of the most w...

The Australian Medical Association To Focus On Health Of Aborigines

...ouncil on Drug Strategy meeting called for tougher cannabis laws. The council has also endorsed a national strategy on alcohol abuse and has announced that it would develop, over six months, a plan to fight the growing use of amphetamines and other dangerous psycho stimulants....

UN Report Paints Alarming Picture Of Narcotics Scenario In NE

... it said the trend changed from traditional use of cannabis and opium to smoking and injecting of heroin. Fifty per cent of the substance users injecting drugs were reported in Meghalaya and Assam. In Arunachal Pradesh 31 per cent of such users took tobacco, 30 per cent alcohol and 4.8 per cent opium, the re...

Marijuana may be Helpful in Lowering Blood Pressure

...Israel, has created a synthetic version of a minor cannabis constituent named cannabigerol, which has been shown to help in lowering blood pressure, reported science portal The News Medical. Maor carried out laboratory experiments with rats and found that this novel compound reduced blood pressure when admi...

Scotland’s drug problem continues unabated, UN repor

...a grade C drug. Consequently but not surprisingly, cannabis abuse figures among children rose up. The drug policy has as a result drawn a lot of flak. Tom Wood, chairman of the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams, said” We have got to get better at education and rehabilitation. The big worr...

Adolescent Drug Users Turn Compulsive Addicts

...search it was found that teenagers who were taking cannabis on a regular basis became addicts to other hard dr...the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, said cannabis acts on the brain's natural chemicals and thereby increases the positive emotions. Keywords: Dr Ya...

Marijuana Abuse Responds to Psychotherapy, Overall Is Hard to Treat

...“The six studies included in this review show that cannabis dependence is not easily treated by psychotherapie...ns has been demonstrated to be effective to reduce cannabis use.” The review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochra...

Despite The Governments Vow Drug Death Rates On The Rise In UK

...ave issued a warning that the policy to reclassify cannabis from Class B to C in January 2004, which means the... is now an increase in the lure for people who use cannabis to try harder drugs. The campaigners are arguing that this as directly resulted in increased death...

Cannabis(Marijuana) Linked to Mental Health – a Repor

... found evidence on the long-suspected link betwenn cannabis and mental disorders//. The report says that the u...f getting rid of the perception among people that cannabis is harmless and that there's no danger associated with its use," Mr Palmer said. Though previous stu...

Medical Marijuana Not Legal, Say Authorities

...cs can distribute doctor-prescribed marijuana, and cannabis advocacy groups abound in West Hollywood. But federal officials consider all marijuana use illegal. The police claim that these clinics are attracting anti-social elements and promoting crime, as some of the retailers themselves are not honest. T...

Cannabis may Hold a Key to Fight Obesity

...ifferent effect on human body. While a part of the cannabis plant has the power to curb hunger, some other part of the same plant can rouse hunger. This property is very interesting and beneficial to the drug industry. Meanwhile GW is also involved in the production of an ‘under the tongue’ spray called Sat...

Improve School Ethos to Combat Teen Evils

...tion in a combined measure of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use among boys, plus significant benefits regarding condom use, frequency of sex, violence and truancy. However, similar benefits were not reported among girls. The Australian research found that students at schools taking part in the project were ...

'School Sermons' Need a Comeback

... cent reduction in the use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis among boys, and advantages in how often they had sex, their condom use, violence and truancy. In the Australian study, measures included displaying schoolwork, encouraging positive feedback, supervising "risky" areas during break-times and increas...

Emergency Department Strain As Ice Problems Grows

...recent media attention on the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis, theyfound relatively stable num... she says. "Although concern about links between cannabis and psychotic symptoms is understandable,amphetamine use seems to have a higher risk of psychotic sy...

Amphetamine, Cocaine Use Increase Risk of Stroke in Young Adults

...y abuse of drugs, including amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis (marijuana) and tobacco. “Basically, speed kills,” said Dr. Robert Haley, the study’s senior author and chief of epidemiology at UT Southwestern. “And meth seems to be increasing as the preferred drug of abuse among the youngest population – people...

Marijuana Beneficial in Fighting Lung Tumors, Study

...ht lung cancer//. Early research had shown that cannabis could help fight brain, prostate and skin cancers. The compound called THC was found to inhibit lung tumor growth by 50%, during studies conducted on mice, suggesting that THC could be having a therapeutic effect. During the study, the researchers ...

Marijuana Helps to Combat Lung Cancer

...ed the chemical. Earlier researches suggest that cannabis compound could help fight brain, prostate and skin cancers as well. The latest finding builds on the recent discovery of the body's own cannabinoid system, Preet said. Known as endocannabinoids, the natural cannabinoids stimulate appetite and contr...

Marijuana can Trigger Psychotic Symptoms, New Study Finds

...e on the human brain. "We've long suspected that cannabis is linked to psychoses, but we have never before h... health experts discussing the connections between cannabis and mental health, scientists found that marijuana worsens psychotic symptoms of schizophrenics. D...

Cannabis can Help to Treat Allergies, Autoimmune Disorders

...ydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in the cannabis plant to treat mice and found that it reduced skin allergies. However, the researchers warned that people who currently suffer from autoimmune diseases should not try to self-medicate marijuana because of its side effects, reported the online editi...

Cannabinoids Regulate Inflammation Process

..., a solution with an important component made from cannabis reduced allergic reactions of the skin. Extracts of the hemp plant cannabis are traditionally used as a popular remedy against inflammation. At the beginning of the last centur...

Compound Present in Plant may Help to Curb Craving for Cannabis

... the need for developing medications that may help cannabis addicts overcome their drug problem, and is of the opinion that more options, such as one based on MLA, must be explored. "Each patient is different and what works in one might not work in another," said the researcher....

Smokeless Cannabis Delivery Device Found Efficient and Less Toxic

...and produces the same biological effect as smoking cannabis , but without the harmful toxins, according to UCS...ecent paper in the journal 'Neurology' that smoked cannabis can alleviate the chronic pain caused by HIV-related neuropathy, but a concern was expressed that sm...

Vaporisers Make Marijuana Safe for Medicinal Use Compared to Smoking

...ty of California have demonstrated that vaporising cannabis leaves can release the drugs active ingredient ju...ot produce harmful toxins released through smoking cannabis that include carbon monoxide, benzene and a host of compounds known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarb...

Britain is Now Europe's Cocaine Capital

...s a thriving drugs market. The report found that cannabis use in this country had diminished since the reclassification of the drug - from Class B to less serious Class C - in 2004. The growth in cocaine use came alongside evidence that the drug is now available more cheaply than ever before. Drugscope s...

One in a Hundred Eleven-year Olds Use Drugs to Enhance Performance in Sport

...y 45% of users. Corticosteroids were taken by 10%, cannabis by 6%, and other stimulants and anabolic agents by 38%. Health problems, including becoming violent, change to the voice and loss of consciousness, were experienced by 4% of the users. Boys were more likely to take the drugs than girls. Training fo...

British Government Has Funded to Develop green Car Made from Hemp

...have said using drug-free hemp which is linked to cannabis and contains its active ingredient THC wouldnt make much difference to the environment. The real problem is there are too many cars burning too much fuel, said FoE....

Ban on Hookah Smoking Should Stay, Argue Doctors

...pe for smoking tobacco, massel (aromatic tobacco), cannabis and bango (an intoxicating plant leaf), write Dr Rashid Gatrad and colleagues. It is thought that around 100 million people use a hookah daily worldwide. Reports suggest that family attitudes towards children smoking tobacco in waterpipes are far m...

Pete Doherty Gets a Rehab or Jail Ultimatum

...to possessing quantities of crack cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine as well as two driving offenses at a hearing in London on July 3. Judge Davinder Lachhar told Doherty that he would only steer clear of jail if he enters rehab before August 7, when he is due to be sentenced. "If you go to this place...