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Report finds Marijuana Use Disorders on the rise 11/23/2015 |
And yes, my friends, there are many problems associated with use of marijuana, such as the risk of addiction, risk for vehicle crashes, emergency department visits, psychiatric symptoms, poor quality of life, cognitive decline, and the use of other drugs. |
risks, Long-term | |
DEA Releases New Drug Overdose Death Figures: Guns Safer than Prescription Drugs 11/15/2015 |
guns | ||
Seattle's post-marijuana legalization crime wave 11/13/2015 |
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crime, Washington, blog | |
Cannabis During Pregnancy Impairs Baby's Brain Development 11/08/2015 |
Children whose mothers use marijuana during pregnancy have a higher risk of stunted growth and of developing ADHD, anxiety, and depression later in life. |
Pregnancy | |
Cannabis During Pregnancy Impairs Baby's Brain Development 11/08/2015 |
Children whose mothers use marijuana during pregnancy have a higher risk of stunted growth and of developing ADHD, anxiety, and depression later in life. |
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Miami Man Manufactured Marijuana-Laced Candy: Police 11/07/2015 |
Inside the home, police found drug paraphernalia, and plastic baggies containing what appeared to be pot-laced push pops, chocolate bars, and other various marijuana infused candies. |
edibles, Florida | |
Is Medical Marijuana Right for Kids With Chronic Illness? 11/06/2015 |
“It is important to know that legalizing marijuana would not mean greater access to potentially effective treatment for children and adults with a medical illness such as epilepsy. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is not at all marijuana.” CBD is not medical marijuana. CBD does not get anyone high nor does it increase appetite. It may be beneficial in treating children with rare forms of epilepsy, often difficult to control with medication or other available treatments, but it does not work for everyone with seizures. “The stories of kids having fewer seizures described in the media are heartwarming and can possibly be of some benefit – just like many other medications available to treat seizures,” Dr. Patel adds. What are the possible side effects? Dr. Patel states, “There is nothing natural about marijuana and its components. It is broken down in a person’s liver, similar to many other medications. It has interactions with other medications and is still not fully understood. If further studies show that CBD is safe and effective, it will be sent to the FDA for official approval. If the FDA approves this medication, it will be available in the form of a prescription and no laws will need to be changed.” “Legalization would make our jobs as medical providers more difficult as we will not know what changing, non-tested preparations a child may be getting. I understand that parents are desperate and want to help their children, however, it is dangerous to give a child or patient a product unless it has been studied properly and is the same consistent product each time.” If the ongoing trials show that Epidiolex is safe and effective, then all people can have access to it through a prescription and know that it has been properly tested and is consistent each month. Medical providers will know how to dose it and it will be regulated by the FDA. |
Charlotte's Web, epilepsy, legalization, Children, chronic | |
Marijuana grow houses trigger 7 summer outages for Pacific Power 11/06/2015 |
"What most people don't realize is that growing marijuana is a very intense power use," Roger Blank, the utility's director of safety, said in a statement. Using older, less-efficient standard lights to grow four plants is akin to running 29 refrigerators, he said. |
Environment | |
UF researchers granted $1 million for epilepsy study 11/05/2015 |
The project is intended to treat 50 children from ages 2 to 16 living with epilepsy that have exhausted most of their treatment options, Carney said. |
Epidiolex, Orphan Study, Florida | |
How safe is marijuana really? 11/04/2015 |
1. The first major change involves the rising concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).As the potency of this drug increased over time, a number of thresholds of toxicity have been exceeded. |
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Illegal Pot Farms Are Killing Rare Animals With Bacon-Scented Poison 11/04/2015 |
Most of the deaths occurred in the spring, when fishers come out to mate and raise their kits, and all of the poisoned animals were found in remote areas but within the vicinity of illegal marijuana farms. |
animals, pesticide | |
Colorado Heroin 2014 11/03/2015 |
Colorado, heroin | ||
More Positive Results With Cannabidiol in Epilepsy 11/03/2015 |
More Positive Results With Cannabidiol in Epilepsy (You will need to google this title in order to get the article to avoid creating an account) |
Epidiolex, Studies, Orphan Study, gw pharm | |
Adolescent substance use and educational attainment: An integrative data analysis comparing cannabis and alcohol from three Aust 11/01/2015 |
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alcohol, youth usage | |
Adolescent substance use and educational attainment: An integrative data analysis comparing cannabis and alcohol from three Aust 11/01/2015 |
Adolescent cannabis use increased the odds of non-progression with formal education.
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alcohol, adolescent | |
Arizona should improve education rather than making it worse by legalizing marijuana 10/28/2015 |
With considerable discussion about Arizona’s education funding, along with high school and college graduation rates, shouldn’t we do all we can to improve our state of education instead of making it much worse by legalizing marijuana? |
Arizona, education, exposure | |
SAMSHA- Cannabis 10/27/2015 |
§Puff for puff, smoking marijuana is more dangerous than smoking cigarettes. http://162.99.3.213/products/manuals/matrix/ppt/marijuana.ppt
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SAMSHA, cigarettes | |
Marijuana exposure in utero has lifelong consequences 10/19/2015 |
But at a bare minimum, these findings suggest we should be avoiding recreational cannabis use during pregnancy. |
Utero, Pregnancy | |
Welcome to Pueblo, Colorado: the 'pot rush' town for the marijuana industry 10/19/2015 |
The overstuffed vehicles parked outside Pueblo’s Posada, a nonprofit organization that helps homeless families, have license plates from as far away as South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida and Texas. |
Colorado, Pueblo, homeless, medicaid | |
Clearing the Haze- THC Extracts 10/19/2015 |
Known as hash oil, wax, dabs, and shatter, concentrates deliver a high so fast and intense many users refer to them as “green crack.” One ounce of the highest potency THC concentrate can yield 560 average tokes on an electronic cigarette. In edibles, Colorado law defines an average serving of THC as 10 milligrams. The 10-milligram serving size established by Colorado lawmakers means one 1 ounce of high-potency THC oil — the amount one adult is allowed to buy or possess at any given time — also can equal 2,800 average servings. That’s a well-stocked bakery. Edibles make up about 45 percent of Colorado’s marijuana sales, based on state figures, and are projected to quickly surpass the sale of THC products that are smoked. |
edibles, clearing the haze | |
Poison control: Watch for altered treats, edible marijuana 10/16/2015 |
edibles, Arizona | ||
'Excited delirium' behind in-custody death 10/16/2015 |
No "anatomic or toxicological" causes of death were found, autopsy documents show. Drug tests revealed only the presence of THC, a chemical found in both prescription drugs and marijuana. The body showed no signs of external injury. The Kentucky medical examiner's office concluded excited delirium killed Gibson. |
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Pet Talk: Veterinarians already seeing increase in marijuana toxicity in pets 10/16/2015 |
pets, vet | ||
Bernie Sanders says people are getting prison sentences for smoking marijuana 10/14/2015 |
The Justice Department estimated that 3.6 percent of state inmates in 2013 had drug possession as their most serious offense. That includes possession charges for all drugs, not just marijuana. To gauge the marijuana-only percentage, we have to go back to data that’s about a decade old. |
political, prisons | |
Is legal 'medical' marijuana linked to high youth substance abuse rates? 10/14/2015 |
Is legal 'medical' marijuana linked to high youth substance abuse rates? |
youth, Medical | |
Advocacy Group: Commercialization Of Legal Pot Has Led To ‘Epidemic’ For Colorado Kids 10/12/2015 |
Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Colorado saw a 29 percent increase in emergency room visits, and a 38 percent increase in hospitalizations during retail marijuana’s first year. |
Colorado, parents | |
Woman killed in pot-linked Gresham crash aided dialysis patients, hungry seniors 10/12/2015 |
Kembel's is the highest-profile death associated with cannabis since it became legal for adults to purchase recreational marijuana in Oregon last week. Police said Tuesday it was unclear to what extent marijuana impairment had been a factor in the crash. |
Oregon, Gresham, Death | |
Medical Assoications Response 10/11/2015 |
The American Medical Association (AMA) has opposed legalizing marijuana for medical use for many years due to the lack of evidence to support such action. In addition to AMA, the following medical associations also oppose legalizing marijuana or any of its components for medical use before FDA-quality evidence is available. |
response, medical association, Research | |
Cannabis, cannabinoids and cancer – the evidence so far 10/11/2015 |
At the moment, there simply isn’t enough evidence to prove that cannabinoids – whether natural or synthetic – works to treat cancer in patients, although research is ongoing. And there’s certainly no evidence that ‘street’ cannabis can treat cancer. |
cancer, hash oil, Research | |
Cannabis Has Medical Value; Medical Marijuana is a Fraud 10/11/2015 |
But “having medical value” isn’t the same thing as “being a medicine.” A medicine is a material of known chemical composition and dosage that has been shown in clinical trials to be safe and effective in the management of some condition in some patient population. By that standard, natural cannabis can’t be a medicine, simply because natural cannabis varies so widely in its chemical content: not only from one strain to another, but from one plant to another and even from one bud to another from the same plant. |
Fraud, Medical, UCLA | |
Can we please stop pretending marijuana is harmless? 10/09/2015 |
Levy says. “We are simply not prepared for the fallout of marijuana legalization.” |
Myth, news article, THC, youth, Harmless | |
E-Cigarettes: A Review of New Trends in Cannabis Use 10/08/2015 |
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic investigations are also required. Finally, the health consequences of passive vaping should be also considered. |
cannabis, Vaping, electronic cigarette, adolescence, youth, e-cig | |
Marijuana Pesticide Flap Draws Product Liability Suit in Colorado 10/07/2015 |
“I think we’re going to be seeing a lot of similar lawsuits in other states,” Malsbury said, pointing out that the nation’s largest marijuana producer, California, has no pot regulations at all. Medical marijuana is grown and sold in California but recreational sales remain against state law. |
pesticide, lawsuit | |
Mother's and marijuana use 10/01/2015 |
My main finding is that it's primarily women who were younger when they become mothers who do continue to use marijuana overtime. Also women who are depressed over longer periods of time, women who smoke, women who use more than the recommended amount of alcohol are more likely to continue to use marijuana while pregnant as well as when they're raising their children. So the take-home messages is to ask women about marijuana use. We know that marijuana use is considered more and more acceptable by women and that they may continue to use while they are pregnant and while they are having children. |
NIDA, Pregnancy, vidoe, Dr. Genna, Dr. Natacha, interview | |
Governors Highway Safety Association 09/30/2015 |
“Every state must take steps to reduce drug-impaired driving, regardless of the legal status of marijuana,” said Jonathan Adkins, Executive Director of GHSA. “This is the first report to provide states and other stakeholders with the information they need. And we encourage NHTSA to issue guidance on best practices to prevent marijuana-impaired driving. We look to the federal government to take a leadership role in this issue similar to that of drunk driving and seat belt use.” |
car crashes, Report, GHSA | |
CDC 09/30/2015 |
There has not been an overall change in the amount of pain that Americans report,1,2 yet the amount of prescription painkillers dispensed in the U.S. quadrupled since 1999.3 Changes in how providers prescribe painkillers has helped fuel this epidemic. There is wide variation in painkiller prescribing between states which can't be explained by differences in health issues from state to state. Deaths from prescription painkillers have also quadrupled since 1999, killing more than 16,000 people in the U.S. in 2013.4Nearly two million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on opioids in 2013.5 |
Statistical Reports | |
Drug use now rivals drunk driving as cause of fatal car crashes, study says 09/30/2015 |
A quadrupling in the use of prescription drugs since 1999, and legalization of marijuana use in some states are cited among the reasons drug use has become an increasing threat to roadway safety, according to a report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association, an organization of state highway safety officers. |
car crashes, Fatalities | |
SAMHSA Reports 09/30/2015 |
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse and mental disorders in the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population, age 12 and older. The survey generates estimates at the National, state, and substate levels. |
Statistical Reports, SAMHSA | |
Background Paper on Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Use Prepared for the Georgia Medical Cannabis Commission 09/30/2015 |
Background Paper on Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Use Prepared for the Members of the Georgia Medical Cannabis Commission by National Families in Action 2. Evaluating the Best Practices, Experiences, and Results of Medical Cannabis in Other States |
Report, Resource Paper, Charlotte's Web | |
“Legalized marijuana certainly no panacea ” 09/27/2015 |
The impact of those changes can be seen not just in marijuana sales, but also in lives lost and harmed. In 2014, the report notes, there was a 32 percent increase in marijuana-related traffic deaths in Colorado compared with 2013. Marijuana-related traffic deaths increased 92 percent from 2010 to 2014. |
Colorado, Fatalities, car crashes, usage | |
Washington Traffic Safety Commission 09/24/2015 |
Olympia, WA – Newly released data from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) shows that marijuana is increasing as a factor in deadly crashes. The number of drivers involved in deadly crashes who tested positive for marijuana increased 48 percent from 2013 to 2014. |
Washington, car crashes, driving | |
Under the Influence of Parents 09/21/2015 |
Survey highlights:
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parenting, youth | |
ASAM Public Policy Statement on Marijuana, Cannabinoids and Legalization 09/21/2015 |
Number Using Opioids and Marijuana on the Rise Chart: Colorado among states with growing heroin, prescription drug abuse problem
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Pregnancy, addiction, cigarettes, edibles, Research, Studies | |
Public Policy Statement on Marijuana, Cannabinoids and Legalization 09/21/2015 |
Given these statistics.... is legalization worth the consequences.... |
Research, legalization, asam, Long-term, Pregnancy, adolescent, youth, cigarettes | |
Opinion: Marijuana's Adverse Impact on Youth 09/18/2015 |
The commonly heard expression that “no one ever died from a marijuana overdose” minimizes the cost of unmet potential and inability to fully engage in the challenges of daily life. Scientific research cites multiple impacts of the recreational misuse of marijuana. |
youth, opinion, college | |
The Seth Leibsohn Show September 15, 2015 - Tom Gorman 09/15/2015 |
Tom Gorman discusses Colorado Legalization Impact Report for September 2015 |
Gorman, Leibsohn, Report, rmhidta, radio, Colorado | |
Number Using Opioids and Marijuana on the Rise 09/15/2015 |
"We found support for the synergistic effect on an individual level; people who tend to use more marijuana also tend to use more opioids," said Scott Novak, PhD, senior research scientist at RTI International, a leading research institute in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. |
medscape, opioid, Studies, NSDUH | |
Behavioral Health Trends in the United States: Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health 09/15/2015 |
SAMHSA, trends | ||
Cannabinoid Shows Positive Results in Treating Schizophrenia 09/15/2015 |
Positive top-line results have been reported from an exploratory phase 2a placebo-controlled clinical trial of cannabidiol (CBD, GW Pharmaceuticals) in patients with schizophrenia who had failed to respond adequately to first-line antipsychotic medications. DOES NOT CONTAIN THC. |
Schizophrenia, gw pharm, CBD | |
State Medical Marijuana Laws 09/14/2015 |
State medical marijuana legislation. |
state, Laws, NCSL | |
Marijuana use doubles 09/14/2015 |
usage, perception, Infographics | ||
Everyone Praises the Healing Power of This Drug—but Many Don’t Realize the Damaging Effect It Has on Teens 09/12/2015 |
In 2014, Gilman published research on 18-to-25-year-olds that showed differences in the brain’s reward system between users and nonusers. Teens who smoked marijuana had significant abnormalities in the areas of the brain linked to emotion, motivation, and decision-making (see diagram above). “I got a lot of hate mail after that,” she says. |
Jangi, MD, reader's digest, Brain | |
HHS finds marijuana use up 12%, perception of harm down 09/12/2015 |
This week, the Department of Health and Human Services found that marijuana use among all Americans 12 and over – especially those over 26 – significantly increased in 2014 compared to 2013. The number of 16 and 17 year-olds using marijuana in the past month also increased, (14.2% versus 15.0%). |
youth, perception, usage | |
High School Students’ Use of Electronic Cigarettes to Vaporize Cannabis 09/09/2015 |
Rates of vaporizing cannabis using e-cigarettes were high. These findings raise concerns about the lack of e-cigarette regulations and the potential use of e-cigarettes for purposes other than vaping nicotine. |
Vaping, youth | |
Teens find a new use for e-cigarettes: Vaping marijuana 09/09/2015 |
About 27% of high school students who have used both marijuana and e-cigarettes reported using the devices to vaporize cannabis. Those most likely to vaporize pot with e-cigarettes included males and younger students. |
Vaping, youth | |
Evidence on cannabis and cancer 09/09/2015 |
We do know that smoking is unhealthy. And that, like tobacco, cannabis contains cancer causing substances. Therefore it would seem likely to increase cancer risk. But we need more research to know this for sure. |
cancer | |
Why researching cannabis is difficult 09/09/2015 |
There are difficulties in researching the effects of cannabis.
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Research, cancer | |
When Pets Do Pot: A High That's Not So Mighty 09/04/2015 |
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has seen a similar increase. In 2014, the ASPCA's poison control centers received calls on about 539 cases of animals accidentally consuming cannabis, up from 320 in 2013. |
pets | |
More College Students Use Marijuana Daily, Study Finds 09/02/2015 |
college, monitoring the future | ||
Heavy cannabis users at risk of ‘severe vomiting syndrome’ – expert 09/02/2015 |
vomit, CHS, hospital | ||
Employers Grapple with Heroin Epidemic 09/02/2015 |
An employer should have a written drug testing policy that includes:
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Employer, drug testing, drug free workplace | |
2015 9 The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact 09/01/2015 |
According to the Colorado Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2014:
• 13.6 percent of adults (18+ years old) are current users of marijuana
• Approximately 1 out of 3 current users report using marijuana daily
• A little less than 1 in 5 (18.8 percent) report driving after using marijuana
• Highest current use demographics:
o Younger adults (18 to 24 years old)
o Less than high school education
o Lower household income
o Black
o Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual adults
o Men
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Colorado, Behavior, Survey, youth | |
Marijuana Use: Detrimental to Youth 09/01/2015 |
In summary, marijuana use is harmful to children and adolescents. For this reason, the American College of Pediatricians opposes its legalization for recreational use and urges extreme caution in legalizing it for medicinal use. Likewise, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) recently offered their own policy statement opposing efforts to legalize marijuana. They similarly pointed out that “marijuana’s deleterious effects on adolescent brain development, cognition, and social functioning may have immediate and long-term implications, including increased risk of motor vehicle accidents, sexual victimization, academic failure, lasting decline in intelligence measures, psychopathology, addiction, and psychosocial and occupational impairment.” |
youth, pedestrians, legalization, ACP, Resource Paper | |
Daily pot smoking on U.S. college campuses at 35-year high: study 09/01/2015 |
The percentage of college students using any illicit drug also rose to 41 percent in 2014, compared to 34 percent in 2006, an increase driven mostly by the uptick in marijuana use, the study said. |
college, monitoring the future | |
Marijuana use surpasses cigarette use in US college students 09/01/2015 |
"There is some more welcome news for parents as they send their children off to college this fall. Perhaps the most important is that 5 out of every 10 college students have not used any illicit drug in the past year, and more than three-quarters have not used any in the prior month." |
college, tobacco, monitoring the future | |
Legalization of Marijuana- Impact Report 09/01/2015 |
See report for details, graphs, data. |
Colorado, Potency, youth usage, vehicle, social costs, Business | |
Morgan's Rant- Money or Medicine?? 08/31/2015 |
Does this sound like someone concerned about sick people? What is he really compassionate about? |
news video clip, video, Morgan | |
Troopers: Driver in fatal crash had marijuana in system 08/31/2015 |
"According to Ohio Revised Code, the per se limit for marijuana in Ohio is 50 nanograms per milliliter of blood. Young’s test came back at 112.90 nanograms per milliliter, the patrol said." |
car crashes, Fatalities, Ohio | |
Marijuana Use May Lower Sperm Counts 'Quite a Lot' 08/28/2015 |
Moreover, in the men in the study who smoked marijuana and used other recreational drugs, the sperm counts were reduced by 55 percent, and the sperm concentrations were reduced by 52 percent, compared with men who hadn't used the drugs. |
sperm count, men | |
Marijuana Dependence Hospitalizations Increasing 08/27/2015 |
“As marijuana is approved for medical or recreational use, we need to carefully consider where we allow dispensaries to be placed,” said lead author Christina Mair, Ph.D., assistant professor in Pitt Public Health’s Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences. “Our study indicates that there are real problems associated with a higher density of marijuana dispensaries in neighborhoods. More study and monitoring, coupled with thoughtful legislation and community discussion, will be prudent to ensure that marijuana laws have the fewest negative consequences for vulnerable populations.” |
pot shops, dispensaries, hospital | |
DEA testimony on federal arrests 08/25/2015 |
prisons, Arrest, DEA | ||
Where There’s Smoke … 08/22/2015 |
Marijuana use by kids between the ages of 12 and 17 is 58 percent higher in Colorado than the national average, according to the RHMIDTA. The rate of use among college-age adults is 54 percent above the national average. Drug-related suspensions from Colorado schools jumped 34 percent from the 2005-2009 period to the 2010-2014 period, while alcohol-related suspensions stayed flat. |
youth, Colorado, college, Potency, legalization, alcohol | |
Data released Tuesday indicate that the number of Washington drivers involved in deadly crashes who tested positive for active m 08/21/2015 |
Data released Tuesday indicate that the number of Washington drivers involved in deadly crashes who tested positive for active marijuana doubled from 2013 to 2014 - the first year of legal marijuana sales in the state. |
car crashes, Fatalities, Washington | |
Emphasis patrols to target DUI problem areas through Labor Day 08/21/2015 |
“We have seen marijuana involvement in fatal crashes remain steady over the years, and then it just spiked in 2014,” said Dr. Staci Hoff, WTSC Data and Research Director. |
car crashes, DUI, Fatalities, Washington | |
Medical Marijuana for Pain: What the Evidence Shows 08/19/2015 |
Overall, these studies seem to indicate that cannabinoids have a significant role to play in the management of chronic pain. However, there are important issues that limit the validity of this conclusion. First and most important is how the improvement in pain was evaluated. In many of the studies, only instruments to measure the level of pain, most notably the Visual Analogue Scale, were used. This is fine when one is measuring acute pain. But when it comes to chronic pain—which is what the studies were looking at—the most important measures of the impact of any treatment are improvement in functioning and other objective measures, such as reduction in use of analgesic medications. |
pain, review, Studies | |
Medical Marijuana for Pain: What the Evidence Shows 08/19/2015 |
Twenty-eight studies were undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of cannabinoids for chronic pain. Of these, only 2 were found to be at low risk of bias. Overall, these studies seem to indicate that cannabinoids have a significant role to play in the management of chronic pain. However, there are important issues that limit the validity of this conclusion. First and most important is how the improvement in pain was evaluated. In many of the studies, only instruments to measure the level of pain, most notably the Visual Analogue Scale, were used. This is fine when one is measuring acute pain. But when it comes to chronic pain—which is what the studies were looking at—the most important measures of the impact of any treatment are improvement in functioning and other objective measures, such as reduction in use of analgesic medications. |
meta-analysis, Studies, Placebo, pain | |
Cannabinoid Pharmacokinetics 08/15/2015 |
Pharmacokinetics encompasses the absorption of cannabinoids following diverse routes of administration and from different drug formulations, the distribution of analytes throughout the body, the metabolism of cannabinoids by different tissues and organs, the elimination of cannabinoids from the body in the feces, urine, sweaty oral fluid, and hair, and how these processes change over time. Cannabinoid pharmacokinetic research has been especially challenging because of low analyte concentrations, rapid and extensive metabolism, and physio-chemicaI characteristics that hinder the separation of drugs of interest from biological matrices and from each other, and that lower drug recovery because of adsorption of compounds of interest to multiple surfaces. Mass spectrometric developments now permit highly sensitive and specific measurement of cannabinoids in a wide variety of biological matrices. |
Cannabinoid, Pharmacokinetics | |
Nicotine and the adolescent brain 08/15/2015 |
Vaping, e-cig, nicotine | ||
Cannabis use may influence cortical maturation in adolescent males 08/15/2015 |
Male teens who experiment with cannabis before age 16, and have a high genetic risk for schizophrenia, show a different brain development trajectory than low risk peers who use cannabis. |
Schizophrenia, males | |
Neighborhood Marijuana Shops Linked to Pot-Related Hospital Stays 08/13/2015 |
"Our study indicates that there are real problems associated with a higher density of marijuana dispensaries in neighborhoods," Mair said. Community discussions are needed to ensure that marijuana laws have the fewest negative consequences for vulnerable people. |
pot shops, hospitalization, neighborhood | |
The Futile Search for the “Right” THC per se Level 08/13/2015 |
THC is a large, fat-soluble molecule whose concentration in the blood rapidly drops as it is sequestered into the body’s fat stores, including the brain. Immediately after smoking a joint, the THC level will be very high in the blood and very low in the brain. The THC level in the brain climbs rapidly at the same time that as it is declining in the blood. At some point, the concentrations cross, and the concentration continues to rise in the brain while it is still declining in the blood, since the brain acts like a sponge, soaking up the partially insoluble THC from the blood. |
alcohol, driving, impaired | |
The Rise And Risks Of Synthetic Marijuana 08/12/2015 |
It gets called synthetic marijuana, but it’s not marijuana. It is a cannabinoid. And it is confounding health officials and law enforcement. This hour On Point: the unpredictability and danger of the little packets known as “spice.” |
synthetics, Spice | |
Stoned Driving Nearly Doubles the Risk of a Fatal Crash 08/09/2015 |
People who drive within three hours of smoking marijuana are at nearly twice the risk of being in an accident that leads to serious injury or death, compared with sober drivers, according to a new review of the research. |
car crashes, Fatalities | |
Reckless homicide charges filed in Kokomo crash that killed two sisters 08/05/2015 |
Police said Johnson initially claimed he wasn't the driver of the vehicle, but eventually admitted both to driving and to using marijuana and alcohol prior to the crash. |
car crashes, Fatalities | |
No One Serves Jail Time for Smoking Pot 08/03/2015 |
Here is why there is confusion: the only time someone is sentenced to jail for smoking pot is if there is a more serious crime they are clearly guilty of, and the prosecutor or judge wants to give them a lighter sentence. Theft or burglary were the most common crimes I came across. Instead of being required to sentence a defendant to a year imprisonment for stealing, a defendant could plead guilty to marijuana possession instead and get a much lesser sentence. So on paper, it looks like they are serving time for drug possession, but in reality, they were let off the hook for a serious crime. |
crime, jail | |
Arizonans For Responsible Drug Policy 08/02/2015 |
Arizona, Drug Policy | ||
Facts for Parents 08/02/2015 |
Parent, Arizona | ||
Medicinal and Recreational Marijuana: What are the Risks? 07/31/2015 |
Brain abnormalities and memory problems were observed in these individuals in their early twenties, two years after they had stopped using marijuana. The cannabis users were noted to have striatal, globus pallidus, and thalamus changes showing these brain regions appearing to shrink and collapse inward. These individuals also had poorer working memory. The earlier the age of cannabis use, the more dramatic the brain changes and memory deficits were noted to be. |
Teens, Research, Studies, Brain, addiction, anxiety, depression, Resource Paper | |
Florida Highway Safety & Motor Vehicle Report 2014 07/31/2015 |
Florida, Report, driving | ||
Teen driver admits to smoking marijuana before crash killing 3 07/30/2015 |
Prosecutors said McKay, 17, was going 75 miles per hour in a 45 mile per hour zone at 3 a.m. on Sunday when he lost control of his car killing Luther Wiggins-Stoudemire, 18, Kassidy Clark, 16, and Jenna Farley, 14. |
Teen, car crashes, Fatalities | |
Placebo Effect: A Cure in the Mind 07/29/2015 |
Mr. Wright was confident that a new anticancer drug called Krebiozen would cure him. Mr. Wright’s tumors had shrunk by half, and after 10 more days of treatment he was discharged from the hospital. And yet the other patients in the hospital who had received Krebiozen showed no improvement. |
Placebo | |
Out-of-county prosecutor to handle Rayborn crash case 07/27/2015 |
Party goers saw the driver, who had a learner’s permit, drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana at the house late into the night before, said a search warrant issued to gather evidence as part of an investigation into possible charges of DUI manslaughter, possession of marijuana, possession of alcohol under 21 years old and possession of drug paraphernalia. |
Teen, car crashes, Fatalities | |
Examining the relationship between marijuana use, medical marijuana dispensaries, and abusive and neglectful parenting. 07/27/2015 |
Current marijuana use was positively related to frequency of child physical abuse and negatively related to physical neglect.Density of medical marijuana dispensaries and delivery services was positively related to frequency of physical abuse. As marijuana use becomes more prevalent, those who work with families, including child welfare workers must screen for how marijuana use may affect a parent's ability to provide for care for their children, particularly related to physical abuse. |
child abuse, dispensaries, physical abuse, Studies, parenting | |
Sharon Osbourne doesn't want marijuana legalised and says it would be a 'disaster' 07/27/2015 |
Marijuana should not be legalized in America or the UK. |
legalization, Osbourne | |
Marijuana Triggers Psychotic Symptoms In Male Users 07/27/2015 |
Trends in cannabis use suggest that twice as many males as females use the drug. This gender ratio is mirrored in rates of psychosis with males outnumbering females by 2:1. However, researchers at the University of York found there is a significant widening of this ratio for cannabis psychosis, where males outnumber females by four to one.
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males, Psychosis | |
Pot death: Teen leaps 4 stories after eating marijuana cookie 07/26/2015 |
Over the next few hours, the man showed erratic speech and hostile behaviors, the report said. About 2.5 hours after he ate the whole cookie, he jumped off a balcony on the fourth floor of his building, and died from trauma from the fall, the report said. |
youth, edibles, Death | |
Notes from the Field: Death Following Ingestion of an Edible Marijuana Product — Colorado, March 2014 07/24/2015 |
Death, edibles, Colorado, CDC | ||
Keizer mother sentenced to 11 years in prison for son's death 07/24/2015 |
"She said she didn't know where her son was, and then saw him standing in the living room and made the decision to walk to the manager's office for help instead of going in and getting him out," Nelson said. By the time she returned, Sosa-Martinez could see her son through the flames, it wasn't too late. |
Death, fire, impaired | |
Dever Citywide Reported Offenses 07/21/2015 |
denver, Colorado, crime | ||
http://www.attcnetwork.org/marijuana/docs/MJPregInfographicEnFinal.pdf 07/17/2015 |
Infographics, Pregnancy |