If you’ve experienced a period before, you’ve probably experienced a craving or two or three. For about half of American women, chocolate —lots of chocolate— is high on that cravings list. And with medical marijuana use on the rise, that monthly chocolate fix is being taken to a whole new level, combining the deliciousness of… Continue reading Cannabis Bliss for your Period?
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A Test for Marijuana-Impaired Drivers?
We already have a test to determine whether drivers are alcohol-impaired. But it could be a bit more difficult to come up with a similar evaluation for drivers who have been using too much marijuana. Recent studies in which marijuana users took controlled doses of cannabis in the lab have identified new biomarkers that can… Continue reading A Test for Marijuana-Impaired Drivers?
Cannabis Linked to Gum Disease
Frequent recreational use of cannabis–including marijuana, hashish, and hash oil–increases the risk of gum disease, Columbia University dental researchers have found. The study was published in the March issue of the Journal of Periodontology. Periodontal (gum) disease is an inflammatory reaction to a bacterial infection below the gum line. Left untreated, gum disease can lead… Continue reading Cannabis Linked to Gum Disease
A Non-Addictive Pain Treatment?
Researchers are drawing closer to developing chronic-pain treatments that keep the medicinal properties of marijuana without the possibility of addiction. The study, by experts at Oregon Health and Science University, was conducted in a rodent model. It provides additional rationale for the development of therapeutics using cannabinoid receptors to treat chronic pain, which afflicts about… Continue reading A Non-Addictive Pain Treatment?
More Older Americans Using Cannabis
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has reported in the January 2017 issue of The Gerontologist that cannabis use by persons over age 50 has outpaced recent growth observed across all other age groups. In 2000, about one percent of Americans over 50 had used it within the past year. By 2012,… Continue reading More Older Americans Using Cannabis
This is Your Brain on Marijuana
Several studies have demonstrated that the primary active constituent of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9-THC), induces transient psychosis-like effects in healthy subjects similar to those observed in schizophrenia. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects are not clear. A new study, published in December 2015 in the journal Biological Psychiatry, reports that ?9-THC increases random neural activity, termed… Continue reading This is Your Brain on Marijuana