A severe vomiting sickness with chronic cannabis abuse
This obscure clinical manifestation of severe vomiting sickness due to chronic abuse of marijuana, recognized by Dr. Sontineni and his colleagues at the Creighton University of Omaha, NE, was published on March 14, 2009 World Journal of Gastroenterology . Recent research into the neurobiology ...Study finds cannabis use, dangerous driving behaviors interrelated
This press release is available in French . Montreal, March 11, 2009 Thrill-seeking young men are more likely to drive under the influence of cannabis (DUIC) and engage in reckless driving, according to a new Universit de Montral study. As reported in the journal Accident Analysis and Pre...Claims linking health problems and the strength of cannabis may be exaggerated
Claims that a large increase in the strength of cannabis over the last decade is driving the occurrence of mental health and other problems for users are not borne out by a study of the worldwide literature, say researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) and the National ...Curing addiction with cannabis medicines
Smokers trying to quit in the future could do it with the help of cannabis based medicines, according to research from The University of Nottingham. Teams of pharmacologists, studying the cannabis-like compounds which exist naturally in our bodies (endocannabinoids), are exploring the potential...Study investigates cannabis use among university students
Gold Coast, Australia December 18, 2007 New information published in the Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research explores University students motivations for using or not using cannabis and found various factors that might encourage use. Researchers at Griffith University in Australia admi...Smoked cannabis proven effective in treating neuropathic pain
Smoked cannabis eased pain induced in healthy volunteers, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR.) However, the researchers found that less may be more. In the placebo controlled study of 15 subjects, a l...Role seen for cannabis in helping to alleviate allergic skin disease
Administering a substance found in the cannabis plant can help the bodys natural protective system alleviate an allergic skin disease (allergic contact dermatitis), an international group of researchers from Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland and the U.S. has found. Allergic contact dermatitis...Emotional Intelligence and the use of tobacco and cannabis
The term Emotional Intelligence could be defined as the capacity to perceive, comprehend and regulate one's own emotions and those of others so as to be able to distinguish between emotions and use this information as a guide for one's thoughts and actions. One of the important benefits of develop...Smokeless Cannabis Delivery Device Found Efficient and Less Toxic
A smokeless cannabis-vaporizing device delivers the same level of active therapeutic chemical and produces the same biological effect as smoking cannabis , but without the harmful toxins, according to UCSF researchers. Results of a UCSF study, which focuses on delivery of the active ingredi...Beware of Cannabis - Not at all a mild drug
There is a whole lot of misconception about Cannabis and its effects. It is widely thought to be a mild medicine, not causing much harm. // Such misrepresentations of the drug have resulted in making it a Class C drug. However scientists from Karolinska Institute in Sweden have unearthed the ...Heavy Marijuana Use May Damage Developing Brain in Teens, Young Adults
...g late adolescence, and our study shows that heavy cannabis use is associated with damage in those brain regio...e drug treatment center all had a history of heavy cannabis use during adolescence. On average, they had smoke...ll sample size, five of the 14 subjects with heavy cannabis use also had a history of alcohol abuse, which may...Daily consumption of cannabis predisposes to the appearance of psychosis and schizophrenia
This release is available in Spanish . The daily consumption of cannabis predisposes to the appearance of psychosis and schizophrenia, and those episodes of psychosis which are fruit of this substance present certain specific characteristics, both before their appearance and in the clinic...Brain's own cannabis compound protects against inflammation
Some clinical studies have indicated that marijuana or its active cannabinoid ingredient alleviates symptoms of the inflammatory disease multiple sclerosis (MS). Also, researchers have found that the brain's natural "endocannabinoids" are released after brain injury and are believed to alleviate ne...Endocannabinoids ?the brain's cannabis ?demonstrate novel modes of action to stress
Three separate research team reports ?one from Louisiana, one from Japan and one from Scotland ?are presenting independent research results pointing to involvement of endocannabinoids as a novel neural messenger in various stress-related situations with possible applications in eating, disease trea...American Chemical Society weekly presspac -- June 10, 2009
...provide evidence for the DNA damaging potential of cannabis [marijuana] smoke, implying that the consumption of cannabis cigarettes may be detrimental to human health with...his study suggesting the DNA damaging potential of cannabis smoke highlight the need for stringent regulation ...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 3, 2008
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...ous adverse events. Several drugs containing compounds derived from the cannabis plant, or cannibinoids, are available for medical purposes in Canada. As th...ish Columbia Children's Hospital. "We cannot extend these results to smoked cannabis or recreational use. That will require further research." ...Opium and marijuana research go underground
... working on another infamous drug-producing plant cannabis in hopes of finding new uses for the much-maligne...t Grant to create new varieties of opium poppy and cannabis that can be used for medicinal and industrial purp...eate and study mutant varieties of opium poppy and cannabis in an unused portion of a copper and zinc mine nea...The endocannabinoids: Functional roles and therapeutic opportunities
... cannabis (marijuana) is the most widely produced plant-base...lar among young people, including school students. cannabis use is highest among 15- to 24-year-olds, with lif...cern about potential social and health outcomes of cannabis use, although the available evidence still does no...20th ECNP Congress 2007, Oct. 13-17, Vienna, Austria
...cal Science Research will tell the discovery story of the endocannabinoid system. His research has not only helped us to advance our understanding of cannabis use and its effects, but has also made key contributions with regard to understanding neuroprotection and has opened the door for the development of n...Misusing vitamin to foil drug test may be toxic; plus, it doesn't work
...hia. "Because niacin is known to affect metabolic processes, there is a completely unfounded claim that it can rapidly clear the body of drugs such as cannabis and cocaine. However, niacin is toxic when taken in large amounts." Niacin is easily available as an over-the-counter vitamin supplement. As a vi...Dynamic Outlines Initial Target Markets for Pharmaceutical Cannabinoid Products
... In keeping with both the historic medical uses of cannabis and the new scientific understanding of how cannab...o need them most." In each of these areas, cannabis has been proven to work, so Dynamic will have targ...a wide variety of important applications. Although cannabis has been used medicinally for thousands of years, ...