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Benefits and Harms of Cannabis in Chronic Pain or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review [1] 08/01/2017 |
"We found no observational studies that met inclusion criteria, but a growing body of cross-sectional literature suggests negative opioid-related correlates among individuals who use cannabis and opioids concurrently. These include opioid misuse;9 [2],10 [2],99 [2],133 [2] a greater number of opioid refills;99 [2] a longer duration of opioid use; a higher dose of opioid medication prescribed;9 [2] and endorsement of using opioids and other pain medications without a prescription.134 [2]" |
Veterans [3], opioid [4], study [5] | |
Driver Arrested for Vehicular Homicide in Crash That Killed Centralia Teen [6] 08/03/2017 |
“The facts of the accident included Mr. Siegler being the driver of a vehicle while under the influence of marijuana,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. “He subsequently crossed the center lane of travel striking another oncoming vehicle. |
Oregon [7], car crashes [8], Fatalities [9] | |
Legal marijuana in Visalia? It won’t ever get my vote [10] 08/03/2017 |
Crime is common near pot shops, including assaults, robberies and shootings. On July 19, a security guard was killed and three other men were shot [11] at a pot shop in L.A. during an attempted robbery. Gangs and drug dealers don’t view marijuana dispensaries as pharmacies. Rather, they see them as rival drug dealers. |
crime [14], california [15], denver [16] | |
Many Americans are too drugged-out to work [17] 08/07/2017 |
: A "clear, steady upward trend in illness/disability as reason for not working among prime-age adults. And even more striking, the level and trend are very similar for men and women, even though most of the attention on this issue is going to men." |
workplace [18] | |
Opioid crisis declaration by President Trump welcomed in Florida [19] 08/13/2017 |
The largest increases in opioid-related deaths in Florida from 2014 to 2015 were from the following drugs: Buprenorphine (up 102 percent), heroin (up 74 percent), fentanyl (up 69 percent), codeine (up 57 percent), and Oxymorphone (up 42 percent). |
opioid [4] | |
Indian River County approves ban on medical marijuana dispensaries [20] 08/21/2017 |
Indian River County joined many governments across the state banning dispensaries rather than accepting them as pharmacies, the only other option allowed in a state law adopted this summer. |
Indian River [21], Ban [22], County commissioner [23], Florida Ban [24] | |
Florida school districts still unsure of how to handle medical marijuana [25] 08/21/2017 |
The Leon County School District says, for the time being, they wont allow school nurses to administer the medication or hold medical marijuana in schools until the district gets more guidance from the state and DOE. |
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Clearing the Smoke: Workplace Safety Issues Clouded by Medical Marijuana [26] 08/21/2017 |
Marijuana’s Negative Effects |
drug free workplace [27], construction [28], workplace [18], Business [29], Employees [30], OSHA [31] | |
Secondhand Pot Smoke Just As Bad For Heart As Tobacco [32] 08/21/2017 |
The main finding was that when rats were exposed to secondhand smoke from marijuana for one minute, their arteries became less efficient at carrying enough blood for at least 90 minutes, whereas similar exposure to secondhand smoke from tobacco caused impairment that fully recovered within 30 minutes (exposure to clean air in the exposure chamber did not cause impairment). (It is important to understand that arteries of rats and humans are similar in how they respond to tobacco smoke, so the response of rat arteries to marijuana smoke is expected to be a valid indication of how human arteries respond to marijuana smoke.) |
study [5], second hand smoke [33] | |
Medical marijuana gets green light in Tampa [34], Video [35] 08/25/2017 |
Snelling argued that not everyone using medical marijuana is severely ill, with symptoms like insomnia, mood swings and chronic itching qualifying for the drug. She said she is worried misuse will be widespread. |
Tampa City Council [36], miller [37], video [38] | |
Medical marijuana gets the green light in Tampa [39] 08/25/2017 |
Two local mothers spoke out against the plan at Thursday night's meeting. |
Tampa City Council [36], miller [37], zoning [40] | |
Tampa Will Finally Get Medical Marijuana [41] 08/25/2017 |
Two local mothers showed up at the pow-wow to voice their concerns about an influx of dispensaries. One of the mothers, Teresa Miller, believes cannabis acts as a gateway drug. |
Tampa City Council [36], miller [37], zoning [40] | |
Exclusive: Traffic fatalities linked to marijuana are up sharply in Colorado. Is legalization to blame? [42] 08/25/2017 |
The number of drivers involved in fatal crashes in Colorado who tested positive for marijuana has risen sharply each year since 2013, more than doubling in that time, federal and state data show. A Denver Post analysis of the data and coroner reports provides the most comprehensive look yet into whether roads in the state have become more dangerous since the drug’s legalization. |
Colorado [43], car crashes [8], Fatalities [9] | |
Kissimmee officials have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries [44] 08/28/2017 |
Kissimmee commissioners voted 4 to 1 to ban the dispensaries from opening in town. They don’t believe there is room to regulate effectively the way the law is currently written. |
Ban [22], Kissimmee [45], City Council [46], Florida [47], Florida Ban [24] | |
1. Florida Counties and Cities Banning Marijuana Dispensaries [48], 2. Articles of Florida Cities Banning Dispensaries [24] 08/28/2017 |
Updated information on Florida counties and city councils banning 'medical' marijuana dispensaries. |
Ban [22], Florida Ban [24] | |
Palmetto just says “No” to medical marijuana dispensaries [49] 08/28/2017 |
“There are too many unknowns,” said Commissioner Tambra Varnadore. “I don’t have a problem with the use of it, but there are so many rumors out there that it would be potentially abused, so I would rather wait. I feel if our citizens need one, then we can deal with it down the road.” |
Manatee [50], Pametoo [51], Ban [22], Florida Ban [24] | |
Substance abuse rarely starts with opiate use on its own [52] 09/02/2017 |
We therefore must educate our youngsters, parents and educators before any use of marijuana or alcohol begins. We then must identify those individuals for whom marijuana or alcohol use has become problematic, getting them into an effective program of treatment before they progress to more dangerous alternatives. |
School [53], opioid [4], opinion [54] | |
Another View: Side effect? Legalized pot corelating with more traffic deaths [55] 09/03/2017 |
The Post reported a 40 percent increase in the number of all drivers, impaired or otherwise, involved in fatal crashes in Colorado between 2013 and 2016. That’s why the Colorado State Patrol posts fatality numbers on electronic signs over the highways. |
Colorado [43], Fatalities [9], car crashes [8] | |
Venice wants to ban medical marijuana dispensaries [56] 09/26/2017 |
Council members cite lack of local control as reason. The city of Venice will ban medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits, because current state statutes do not allow any form of local regulation above those placed on pharmacies. |
Florida Ban [24], Ban [22], Venice [57], City Council [46] | |
Marijuana in the Workplace [58] 09/26/2017 |
Drug Free America and National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance |
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U.S. Attorney says “Just say no” as at least 58 Summit County residents OD during third week in September [59] 09/26/2017 |
“The best long-term solution is prevention,” Sessions said. “The best action is not to start. Just say no.” Those three words — embraced by First Lady Nancy Reagan in the 1980s to discourage young people from using recreational drugs — are back. On Friday, as Summit County released its latest overdose numbers for the past seven days — 58 residents sought help in emergency rooms after overdosing — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions dredged up the slogan during an address to law enforcement in Pennsylvania. “The struggle to overcome addiction can be a long process – and it can fail. Tragically, it often does fail,” he said, according to a written copy of his remarks released by his office.
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Sessions [60] | |
Musician befriends the driver who left him paralyzed [61] 09/26/2017 |
A native of New Mexico, Markowski, 23, started doing drugs while living and working in Germany. First, smoking marijuana, then snorting methamphetamine. |
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Kentucky judge dismisses challenge of medical marijuana ban [62] 09/26/2017 |
Kentucky's ban on medical marijuana has survived an initial test in court, with a judge ruling Wednesday that the state has a good reason to "curtail citizens' possession of a narcotic, hallucinogenic drug." Kentucky's ban on medical marijuana has survived an initial test in court, with a judge ruling Wednesday that the state has a good reason to "curtail citizens' possession of a narcotic, hallucinogenic drug." |
Ban [22], workplace [18], drug free workplace [27] | |
Sarasota plotting workaround to comply with state law for medical pot dispensaries [63] 09/28/2017 |
City leaders felt treating dispensaries as they do pharmacies would allow them across large swaths of the city, so they voted to outright ban them until planners could devise an alternative. City leaders got their first glimpse at that alternative Monday night and unanimously endorsed a plan to craft rules that they call a kind of “middle ground” between the ban and current pharmacy rules. |
Florida Ban [24], sarasota [64], Ban [22] | |
Committee Opinion No. 722: Marijuana Use During Pregnancy and Lactation [65] 10/02/2017 |
[66]Obstetrician–gynecologists should be discouraged from prescribing or suggesting the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes during preconception, pregnancy, and lactation. Pregnant women or women contemplating pregnancy should be encouraged to discontinue use of marijuana for medicinal purposes in favor of an alternative therapy for which there are better pregnancy-specific safety data. There are insufficient data to evaluate the effects of marijuana use on infants during lactation and breastfeeding, and in the absence of such data, marijuana use is discouraged. Notably, 34–60% of marijuana users continue use during pregnancy, with many women believing that it is relatively safe to use during pregnancy and less expensive than tobacco It is difficult to be certain about the specific effects of marijuana on pregnancy and the developing fetus, in part because those who use it often use other drugs as well, including tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drugs, and in part because of other potential confounding exposures. Marijuana smoke contains many of the same respiratory disease-causing and carcinogenic toxins as tobacco smoke, often in concentrations several times greater than in tobacco smoke. Studies of marijuana exposure during pregnancy are potentially subject to reporting and recall bias, often relying on self-reported habits, including frequency, timing, and amount of marijuana use. women using marijuana at least weekly during pregnancy were significantly more likely to give birth to a newborn less than 2,500 Several studies noted statistically significantly smaller birth lengths and head circumferences as well as lower birth weights among exposed offspring |
Pregnancy [67], ACOG [68], 2022 Marijuana [69] | |
Exclusive: Traffic fatalities linked to marijuana are up sharply in Colorado. Is legalization to blame? [42] 10/03/2017 |
The number of drivers involved in fatal crashes in Colorado who tested positive for marijuana has risen sharply each year since 2013, more than doubling in that time, federal and state data show. A Denver Post analysis of the data and coroner reports provides the most comprehensive look yet into whether roads in the state have become more dangerous since the drug’s legalization. |
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Smoking cannabis 'damages lungs' [70] 10/16/2017 |
Even after less than six years of smoking the drug, the ill effects were already being seen on their breathing, according the research presented at the British Thoracic Society (BTS) winter meeting. |
smoking [71], lungs [72], second hand smoke [33] | |
MARIJUANA AND MENTAL HEALTH [73] 11/01/2017 |
Is there a link between marijuana use and mental illness? [74] |
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Treatment of acute cannabinoid overdose with naloxone infusion [75] 11/01/2017 |
The overlapping endocannabinoid and endogenous opioid systems may explain this patient's response to therapy, and this synergistic relationship is discussed. |
opioid [4], synergistic [80] | |
Lessons Leraned Colorado and Washington [81] 11/05/2017 |
Colorado [43], Washington [82] | ||
Jacksonville Beach leaders make moves to completely ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the city [83] 11/08/2017 |
“My job is to represent the people of Jacksonville Beach and as I mentioned during the council meeting, 81 percent of the people may have voted for medical marijuana. But it wasn’t 81 percent of Jacksonville Beach residents looking to put a dispensary in Jacksonville Beach,” Mayor Charlie Latham said. |
Ban [22], Florida Ban [24] | |
UConn Study: Teenage Pot, Alcohol Use Can Reduce Success Later In Life [84] 11/08/2017 |
This study found that chronic marijuana use in adolescence was negatively associated with achieving important developmental milestones in young adulthood. |
youth [85], chronic [86] | |
Risk factors for non-fatal occupational injuries among construction workers: A case-control study. [87] 11/16/2017 |
CONCLUSION: |
workplace [18], Employees [30] | |
Systematic review of safeness and therapeutic efficacy of cannabis [88] 11/16/2017 |
there is incomplete evidence of the efficacy and safety of medical use of cannabis in the clinical contexts considered in this review. Furthermore, for many of the outcomes considered, the confidence in the estimate of the effect was again low or very low. To give conclusive answers to the efficacy and safety of cannabis used for medical purposes in the clinical contexts considered, further studies are needed, with higher quality, larger sample sizes, and possibly using the same diagnostic tools for evaluating outcomes of interest. |
study [5], 'medicine' [89], MS [90], Chemo [91] | |
11/16/2017 |
According to research published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health, Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana in 2014 coincided with a 6.5 percent reduction in opioid overdose deaths. The researchers studied the opioid overdose rate in the state from 2000 to 2015, and found that after 14 years of a steady rise in opioid overdose deaths, the rate decreased by an average of 0.7 deaths per month. |
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NTSB: Amtrak’s Lax Safety Led to Penn. Crash That Killed Two Workers [93] 11/16/2017 |
He is no longer employed by Amtrak. No amount of marijuana use by an engineer is acceptable, the railroad has said. |
Amtrak [94], fatal [95] | |
Death by self-mutilation after oral cannabis consumption [96] 11/16/2017 |
Major self-mutilation (amputation, castration, self-inflicted eye injuries) is frequently associated with psychiatric disorders and/or substance abuse. A 35-year-old man presented with behavioral disturbances of sudden onset after oral cannabis consumption and major self-mutilation (attempted amputation of the right arm, self-enucleation of both eyes and impalement) which resulted in death. D |
fatal [95], oral cannabis [97] | |
Sunset Music Festival Data [98] 11/16/2017 |
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South Florida's kratom cocktail bars may see herbal drug outlawed [99] 12/01/2017 |
At low doses, kratom produces stimulant effects, making people more talkative, alert and energetic, according to a DEA fact sheet. At high doses, kratom users can experience the drug’s sedative effects, the report shows. |
kratom [100] | |
Monitoring the Future Trends [101] 12/14/2017 |
NIH’s 2017 Monitoring the Future survey shows both vaping and marijuana are more popular than traditional cigarettes or pain reliever misuse |
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Oregon schools grapple with medical marijuana [102] 12/19/2017 |
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INTERACTIVE MAP: More communities take a stand on marijuana facilities [103] 12/21/2017 |
Community-by-community, residents of Massachusetts are deciding if they want to be able to drive to the corner store to buy marijuana. |
Massachusetts [104], map [105] | |
Morgan County Sheriff Condemns Legalization After Drug-Toting SUV Crashes Into Semi [106] 12/22/2017 |
“Legalization will NOT stop the crimes committed by users who have no jobs to support their habits and prey upon you and I to get that money for their hit/fix.” |
denver [16], Colorado [43], legalization [107], car crashes [8], crime [14] | |
Nonmedical prescription opioids and pathways of drug involvement in the US: Generational differences. [108], PDF [109] 01/01/2018 |
RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: |
gateway [110], initiation sequence [111], ncbi [112] | |
Cannabis Use and Risk of Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in the United States [113] 01/01/2018 |
Conclusions:
Cannabis use appears to increase rather than decrease the risk of developing nonmedical prescription opioid use and opioid use disorder. |
opioid [4], psychiatryonline [114] | |
Marijuana Enforcement- Jeff Sessions [115] 01/04/2018 |
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today issued a memo on federal marijuana enforcement policy announcing a return to the rule of law and the rescission of previous guidance documents. Since the passage of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970, Congress has generally prohibited the cultivation, distribution, and possession of marijuana. |
Sessions [60], Attorney General [116] | |
Law Enforcement Backs Sessions’s Ending of Hands-Off Approach to Marijuana [117] 01/07/2018 |
Law enforcement officials applauded Sessions' move.
"We applaud the Attorney General for this action today that brings clarity on enforcement of the law by rescinding a confusing policy brought on by the previous administration that hindered law enforcement. This will allow sheriffs to carry out their mission of upholding the rule of law and keeping their communities safe," said National Sheriffs' Association President Harold Eavenson and Executive Director Jonathan Thompson in a statement. |
Sessions [60], law enforcement [118] | |
Pot is dangerous, not funny -- a doctor tells us why [119] 01/07/2018 |
Marijuana has both short- and long-term effects on the body. |
Samadi [121], harm [122], opinion [54] | |
"Positive" urine testing for Cannabis is associated with increased risk of traffic crashes [123] 01/08/2018 |
bstract Although recent Cannabis use is widely reported to be associated with drug-related traffic accidents, the evidence that Cannabis users show an increased risk of being involved in road crashes is still not unequivocally proved. The purpose of the present work is to provide an objective assessment of this hypothesis, by comparing the frequency of occurrence of positive urine analyses in drivers involved in traffic accidents (n = 1406) with that observed in a control population undergoing mandatory urine drug testing (n = 1953). Urine analyses for drugs of abuse were performed by screening immunometric techniques followed by confirmation with UHPLC-QQQ MS, adopting a cut-off concentration for THC-COOH of 15 ng/mL. A case was classified as "positive" when a driver admitted to hospital for road traffic injuries showed urine concentrations of THC-COOH higher than the cut-off. All samples showing positive results for any other controlled drug in urine or blood alcohol concentrations >0.5 mg/mL were excluded from the study. Subjects positive to THC-COOH, and negative to all the other tested substances were 116 in Group 1 (8.2%) and 16 in Group 2 (0.8%). Subjects resulting negative to any tested substances were 1290 in Group 1 and 1937 in Group 2. The frequency of THC-COOH detection in the two groups was compared by using the "chi square" test, which resulted = 119.57, i.e. highly significant (P <<< 0.01). The Odds Ratio of the two groups was =10.88, showing a high degree of association between the presence of THC-COOH in urine and the occurrence of traffic accidents (P < 0.0001). The presented data, proving a high degree of association between Cannabis use and the occurrence of traffic accidents with injuries of the driver, support the use of urine testing for Cannabis in the procedures for the issuing of the driving licence, particularly in the case of subjects formerly or presently using Cannabis. This finding looks even more relevant in the present times, because of the increasing success of the policies of legalization of Cannabis for medical and non-medical purposes.
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Research [124], car crashes [8], drug testing [125] | |
12 Arrests Made In Year-Long Pot Dispensary Investigation [126] 01/08/2018 |
DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police have made at least 12 arrests after a year-long investigation into the Sweet Leaf marijuana dispensaries in the Mile High City. Investigators accuse Sweet Leaf of selling amounts of marijuana that exceed the Amendment 64 regulations of no more than an ounce of the drug per sale. |
denver [16] | |
Rare And Mysterious Vomiting Illness Linked To Heavy Marijuana Use [127] 01/09/2018 |
But she didn't have cancer. She had an obscure syndrome called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, a condition only recently acknowledged by the medical community. It affects a small population — namely, a subset of marijuana users who smoke multiple times a day for months, years or even decades.
There's no hard data on the prevalence of the illness. But in California and Colorado, which have loosened marijuana laws in recent years, some emergency physicians say they're seeing it more often. One study in Colorado suggests there may be a link. |
Hyperemesis Syndrome [128], Long-term [129] | |
2016 Florida Traffic Crash Facts [130] 01/09/2018 |
Please note that the 2015 crash report included "alcohol-suspected" crash data. In the 2016 crash report, only alcohol confirmed data is used. Hillsborough is #2 in alcohol confirmed fatalities and Orange County is #1. Hillsborough is #1 in alcohol confirmed crashes AND drug confirmed crashes. :-( |
Florida [47], car crashes [8] | |
Rocky Mountain Low: The Downside of Legalized Marijuana [131] 01/10/2018 |
“Every statistical study has seen an increase in marijuana use,” he said. “There has been an increase in youths going to rehab for addiction to marijuana. There have been increases in car accidents. There has been an increase in fatalities related to marijuana. There has been an increase in workplace incidences related to marijuana and a decrease in productivity. And there has been an increase in robberies.” |
NCR [132], denver [16], usage [133], crime [14], homeless [134], car crashes [8], Colorado [43] | |
Despite legalization, California colleges stick to their marijuana bans [135] 01/10/2018 |
UC San Diego — along with every other University of California System institution, all of the California State University System, community colleges and private colleges — does not allow marijuana on university grounds or in campus buildings. |
college [136], california [15] | |
MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS MAY USE LEGAL MARIJUANA TO TAKE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA [137] 01/10/2018 |
A team of law enforcement agents from the U.S. Forest Service, local police and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hike deep into the Plumas National Forest to help with cleanup and protect scientists who are studying illegal marijuana grow sites. Even after a site has been raided, growers can return. The nets are for helicopters that will lift tons of garbage out of the site. On this reclamation trip, teams ultimately cleaned up about 7 tons of garbage, 4,000 pounds of fertilize, and 4 miles of irrigation tube, and they found the carcasses of three black bears, one grey fox and several rodents and birds. This accounts for just four sites. |
california [15], Black Market [138], Environment [139] | |
California chain of medical marijuana clinics downsizing Florida operations [140] 01/10/2018 |
Tetra Health Care, a California-based chain that hires licensed doctors to write medical marijuana recommendations at six clinics in Florida, is closing all but one to focus on working with state lawmakers to make access easier for patients, a spokeswoman said. |
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Colorado politicians ignore major pot problems [141] 01/11/2018 |
Hickenlooper, Gardner, and other politicians tell us everything is rosy, but that's not what we hear from educators, cops, social workers, doctors, drug counselors, parents, and others in the trenches of the world's first anything goes marijuana free-for-all. It is not what we see in the streets. |
Colorado [43], Environment [139], crime [14] | |
Owls Dying Near Marijuana Farms (Here's Why) [142] 01/12/2018 |
New research reveals that several species, including the northern spotted owl, are succumbing to rat poison from thousands of "unpermitted private marijuana [143] grow sites" in the northwestern California counties of Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte. |
california [15], Environment [139], Owls [144], animals [145] | |
Kratom Information [146] 01/18/2018 |
Is Kratom just a tropical plant? |
kratom [100] | |
Study reveals negative long-term effects of heavy cannabis use on brain function and behavior [147] 01/18/2018 |
Young people with cannabis dependence have altered brain function that may be the source of emotional disturbances and increased psychosis risk that are associated with cannabis abuse, according to a new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. |
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LETTERS: Marijuana's impact on developing brain; [148] 01/31/2018 |
Over time, the substance most often found in completed teen suicides is marijuana. Most of these suicides have toxicology results available. It is unclear as to why marijuana is most often present. |
Colorado [43], Teen [149], suicide [150], Finn [151] | |
Cryptococcal meningitis in a daily cannabis smoker without evidence of immunodeficiency. [152] 01/31/2018 |
Cryptococcal meningitis in a daily cannabis smoker without evidence of immunodeficiency. |
Cryptococcal meningitis [153], chronic [86], study [5], PubMed [154] | |
MARIJUANA, OPIOIDS, AND PAIN MANAGEMENT [155] 02/01/2018 |
“The opioid crisis appears to be worsening where marijuana has been legalized.” - JAMA INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, 2018 |
opioids [156], opioid [4] | |
Denver doctors say 11-month-old boy’s deadly heart condition was likely related to marijuana [157] 02/02/2018 |
An 11-month-old Colorado boy’s death from a heart condition was likely related to ingestion of marijuana, two Denver doctors have concluded, but the precise link remains unclear. |
denver [16], Colorado [43], Children [158] | |
Effects of Marijuana on Mental Health [159] 02/03/2018 |
2. Marijuana classification... CESAR [161] |
mental health [162], depression [163], anxiety [164], impaired [165], Psychosis [166], suicide [150], Drug Free America [167] | |
Evidence that medical marijuana outlets sell to other users [168] 02/12/2018 |
“Pharmacies attract people who live in the neighborhood or maybe work nearby. If you need a prescription, you’re not going to go across town to fill it – you’re going to go to the pharmacy closest to where you live. That’s what we should be seeing with medical marijuana dispensaries.” |
Public Health [169], dispensaries [170] | |
Marijuana deals turn deadly for many Minnesotans, even as legal, social attitudes relax [171] 02/12/2018 |
“The violence is there with other drugs, but we don’t see the homicides associated with other narcotics as we do with marijuana,” said Anoka County Sheriff’s Lt. Wayne Heath, commander of the Anoka-Hennepin Narcotics and Violent Crimes Task Force. “No one knows why in marijuana it leads to that extra step.” |
Minnesota [172], homocides [173], crime [14] | |
Sheriff Grady Judd sounds off on marijuana after roundtable with President Trump [174] 02/14/2018 |
"Every person I've ever asked that has a drug addiction problem, I would ask them intentionally 'what was your drug of choice that set you on this path?' Marijuana. Every time, marijuana," Judd said. |
Sheriff [175], Judd [176], gateway [110] | |
2017 Drugs Identified in Deceaded person by Florida Medical Examiner [177] 02/20/2018 |
The five most frequently occurring drugs found in decedents were ethyl alcohol (5,318), benzodiazepines (5,167, including 1,851 alprazolam occurrences), cocaine (2,882), cannabinoids (2,292), and morphine (2,040). |
Death [179], medical examiner [180], Report [181] | |
Big Marijuana moves to exploit the Opioid Epidemic [182] 03/02/2018 |
Marijuana use is associated with an increased risk of prescription opioid use.
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Drug Free America [167], opioid [4] | |
U.S. pedestrian deaths remained high in 2017, highway safety group estimates [183] 03/03/2018 |
Kara Macek, spokeswoman for the GHSA, said the organization could point to several possible factors in the high level of fatalities: increased exposure to danger as more drivers hit the road and more people move to urbanized areas, an uptick in distracted driving from cellphone use, or even an increase in accidents in states that have legalized recreational marijuana use. |
car crashes [8], pedestrians [184], Governors Highway Safety Association [185] | |
Pathway to Heroin [108] 03/03/2018 |
heroin [187], addiction [188], study [5] | ||
We can't claim that marijuana is a treatment for opioid addiction without proper evidence [189] 03/10/2018 |
Overall, while less dangerous than opioids by far, and possibly helpful for some conditions, including pain, no findings, to my knowledge, clearly demonstrate that marijuana use positively impacts people with opioid use disorder. Moreover, marijuana use carries risks, including cannabis use disorder, psychosis and cognitive impairment, as well as additive effects when used with other substances, including opioids. |
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Home delivery a big sales driver for Florida medical marijuana companies [190] 03/10/2018 |
Does this sound like medicine? |
Business [29], FakeMedicine [191] | |
Marijuana Bill Would Endanger SC Children, Public Safety [192] 04/01/2018 |
Of course, the Compassionate Care bill is neither compassionate nor caring for the vast majority of South Carolina citizens, but is a poorly veiled attempt to legalize recreational marijuana. |
South Carolina [193], Fraud [194], opinion [54] | |
Orleck: Medical marijuana expansion a scheme to advance pot commercialization [195] 04/02/2018 |
It is a sham that expands the conditions that qualify an individual for “medical marijuana” to any condition and for any person, no matter of age. It is a scheme to establish a system of “fake” medicine to further the game plan of the marijuana industry for full commercialism that will allow anyone for any reason to buy marijuana for the high they desire and the profit the industry demands. It is now up to the Vermont House to recognize what is happening and stop it before it is too late. |
Vermont [196], Orleck [197], scam [198] | |
‘No such thing as medical marijuana,’ Health Secretary says at Dayton-area visit [199] 04/03/2018 |
Marijuana is the pathway to heroin.... He went on to say, “There is no FDA approved use of marijuana, a botanical plant. I just want to be very clear about that.” Azar was responding to a question from the Yellow Springs News about what role he sees medical marijuana playing as an alternative to opioids for pain relief.
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Azar [200], FakeMedicine [191] | |
Impact of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado on Adolescent Emergency and Urgent Care Visits. [201] 04/08/2018 |
From 2005 to 2015, 4,202 marijuana-related visits were identified. Behavioral health evaluation was obtained for 2,813 (67%); a psychiatric diagnosis was made for the majority (71%) of these visits. Coingestants were common; the most common was ethanol (12%). Marijuana-related visits increased from 1.8 per 1,000 visits in 2009 to 4.9 in 2015. (p = < .0001) CONCLUSIONS: Despite national survey data suggesting no appreciable difference in adolescent marijuana use, our data demonstrate a significant increase in adolescent marijuana-associated emergency department and urgent cares visits in Colorado. |
Colorado [43], youth [85], emergency room [203] | |
Verbal Memory Performance and Reduced Cortical Thickness of Brain Regions Along the Uncinate Fasciculus in Young Adult Cannabis [204] 04/08/2018 |
Conclusion: This study provides evidence that cannabis use, especially when initiated at a young age, may be associated with worse verbal memory and altered neural development along the UF. Reductions in cortical thickness in regions implicated in memory processes may underlie weaknesses in verbal memory performance. |
youth [85], memory [205] | |
Review of the public health risks of widespread cannabis use [206] 04/08/2018 |
1. Legalizing cannabis has been shown to increase the rates of motor vehicle accidents. |
Pregnancy [67], car crashes [8], mental health [162], pediatrics [207], Long-term [129], Doctors [208], Research [124], second hand smoke [33], smoking [71] | |
Drive Baked Get Busted [209] 04/13/2018 |
Florida [47], impaired [165], drugged driving [211] | ||
Substance Use Carries Mental Health Risks—Yes, Even Marijuana [212] 04/13/2018 |
blog [213], Nami [214], SAMHSA [215] | ||
Mood Fluctuation and Psychobiological Instability: The Same Core Functions Are Disrupted by Novel Psychoactive Substances and Es [216] 04/14/2018 |
Many novel psychoactive substances (NPS) have entered the recreational drug scene in recent years, yet the problems they cause are similar to those found with established drugs. This article will debate the psychobiological effects of these newer and more traditional substances. It will show how they disrupt the same core psychobiological functions, so damaging well-being in similar ways. |
Research [124], Psychoactive [217] | |
Medical Marijuana Users are More Likely to Use Prescription Drugs Medically and Nonmedically [218] 04/17/2018 |
Conclusions: Our findings disconfirm the hypothesis that a population-level negative correlation between medical marijuana use and prescription drug harms occurs because medical marijuana users are less likely to use prescription drugs, either medically or nonmedically. Medical marijuana users should be a target population in efforts to combat nonmedical prescription drug use. |
opioid [4], study [5], Research [124] | |
Fatal Car Crashes Happen More Often Than Usual on 4/20, Study Finds [219] 04/20/2018 |
(TIME) April 20, also known as “420,” is a day popular with many marijuana [220]smokers who see it as a “national holiday” of sorts and celebrate by getting high. The term “420” originated in the 1970s with a group of California high schoolers who would regularly meet after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke weed. |
4/20 [221], Fatalities [9], paraphernalia [222], getsmart [223] | |
Colorado governor won't rule out banning marijuana again. Here's why [224] 04/20/2018 |
"Trust me, if the data was coming back and we saw spikes in violent crime, we saw spikes in overall crime, there would be a lot of people looking for that bottle and figuring out how we get the genie back in," he said. "It doesn't seem likely to me, but I'm not ruling it out." |
Colorado [43], governor [225] | |
Study shows prenatal cannabis use associated with low birth weights [226] 04/23/2018 |
[227]They also discovered that prenatal marijuana use was associated with a 50 percent increased chance of low birth weight regardless of tobacco use during pregnancy. “Growing evidence suggests prenatal cannabis exposure has a detrimental impact on offspring brain function starting in the toddler years, specifically issues related to attention deficit disorder,” Crume said. “But much of the research on the effects of prenatal cannabis on neonatal outcomes was based on marijuana exposures in the 1980s and 1990s which may not reflect the potency of today’s cannabis or the many ways it is used.”
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Pregnancy [67], study [5] | |
SAMHSA Head Stands Firm on Marijuana's Dangers Also says younger generation of providers is key to opioid fight [228] 04/26/2018 |
I'm here to tell you this is not a safe drug," McCance-Katz said during a town hall event at "NatCon18 [229]," the National Council for Behavioral Health's annual conference. |
McCance-Katz [230], SAMSHA [231], opioid [4] | |
Florida's young medical marijuana industry takes off [232] 04/28/2018 |
Florida has lowered the original cost of the fee for doctors to be licensed to prescribe medical marijuana to $250 from $1,000 and reduced the training time to two hours from eight. It has increased the number of physicians able to recommend medical marijuana by 48 percent since the beginning of the year. |
Florida [47], money [233], profit [234] | |
Majority of Dispensary Workers Told Undercover Callers Pregnant Women Could Use Pot [235] 05/09/2018 |
Researchers had two women conduct "mystery caller" phone conversations with employees at 400 dispensaries across the state, telling them that they were eight weeks pregnant and suffering from morning sickness. During the majority of those calls, the employees recommended the women use cannabis products. |
Pregnancy [67], Colorado [43] | |
Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Opioid-Related Deaths in Colorado, 2000-2015 [236] 05/13/2018 |
Note: If you look at the blue bar you will see that opioid deaths have more than quadrupled since medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado (in 2000). And deaths rose from 377 in 2012 (year mj legalized) to 504 in 2016. No evidence that legal marijuana is helping in Colorado- if anything it could be contributing to making the opioid epidemic worse! But the conclusion is not supported by data. This study and others that conclude marijuana helps fight the opioid crisis do not consider the many other strategies that have been implemented to fight opioid abuse, including the PDMP, treatment and Narcan. Nor is there any proof people are substituting marijuana for opioids. And this particular CO research (below) flies in the face of the actual data/ facts! Opioid deaths in Colorado have increased based on the data from Colorado Public Health and Environment Dept. Study's conclusion does not seem to match data. [238]
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opioid [4], Colorado [43] | |
Florida’s medical marijuana program is attracting troubled doctors: ‘It’s like the Wild Wild West’ [239] 05/16/2018 |
"Marijuana doctors were 2.8 times as likely as other doctors to have been disciplined by the Board of Medicine, and 2.4 times as likely to have been charged with a crime. Altogether, 108 of them were responsible for $69.4 million in malpractice judgments and settlements, some for maiming or killing patients. Some of the doctors have been fined, suspended or stripped of their licenses in other states. They’ve misdiagnosed conditions, falsified records and written prescriptions for people they never saw. They’ve been jailed for domestic violence. A few have sexually abused patients, including those as young as 14 and 16." |
PotDocs [240], Florida [47], Malpractice [241] | |
“Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife”, based on results from the Dunedin study [242] 05/16/2018 |
The Netherland’s attempt to divide markets into soft vs. hard drugs by allowing coffee shops to sell cannabis did not result in lower consumption of hard drugs. Overall it has been a social disaster. |
Netherlands [243], madras [244], World Federation Against Drugs [245] | |
Medical Cannabis Adverse Effects & Drug Interactions [246] 05/16/2018 |
DOH [247], powerpoint [248] | ||
Cost of Legalizing Marijuana- Illinois [249] 05/16/2018 |
This report finds that legalization in Illinois, however, would cost at least $670 million, outweighing the projected tax revenue. |
Illnois [250] | |
Drug Made From Cannabis Plant Gets Backing From FDA Staff [251] 05/22/2018 |
The treatment, which GW Pharma hopes to market under the name Epidiolex [252], is produced in the U.K. from a plant that has been bred to have a high cannabidiol, or CBD, content, Chief Executive Officer Justin Gover said in an interview earlier this month. The chemical is purified and made into a strawberry-flavored oral solution, he said. |
gw pharm [253], Epidiolex [254], seizure [255], FDA [256] | |
The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul [257] 05/22/2018 |
[258]Teens have taken a technology that was supposed to help grownups stop smoking and invented a new kind of bad habit, molded in their own image. “Juul is already a massive public-health disaster—and without dramatic action it’s going to get much, much, much worse.” Winickoff believes that the vape industry is co-opting the national wellness trend—“when, in fact, vaping can cause something called bronchiolitis obliterans, or popcorn lung,” he said. Popcorn lung has been linked to diacetyl, an organic compound that some companies use in their e-liquid, and that has been detected as a by-product of e-cigarette vapor. But diacetyl has also been detected in cigarette smoke, at a level hundreds of times greater, and no feasible amount of smoking has been found to cause popcorn lung. (Juul does not use diacetyl in its liquid, and, in tests, the company has found no measurable amounts of diacetyl in the vapor emitted by its devices.)
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Vaping [259], Juul [260], trends [261], paraphernalia [222] | |
OP-ED: LEGALIZING MARIJUANA PUTS NEW JERSEY ADOLESCENTS AT RISK [262] 05/25/2018 |
When we talk about legalizing marijuana, we must acknowledge that we are talking about legalizing a mind-altering substance that affects the brain by impairing cognition, judgment, and reflexes. We need to discuss the science and data behind the consequences of marijuana consumption on our youth and their developing brains, as this is an issue that is far-too-often overlooked. |
OpEd [263], legalization [107], Consequences [264] | |
DRUG PARAPHERNALIA [265] 05/28/2018 |
Click on link for updated list of drug paraphernalia |
paraphernalia [222] | |
Secondhand marijuana smoke and kids [266] 06/05/2018 |
During the same time period that cigarette smoking around children came down more than 7%, marijuana smoking around children went up nearly 5%. With more and more states legalizing marijuana for recreational use, that number is likely to continue going up. |
second hand smoke [33] |
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