Cannabis

Author: Mark Gold, MD A continued effort to legalize the unrestricted access and use of marijuana in the U.S., primarily through voter initiatives, continues in spite of clinical trial evidence of lack of efficacy, increasing teen use, and reports of serious consequences from accidents to mental… Read More »Marijuana Use Disorder, Subcortical Dopamine Hyper-Connectivity and Psychosis—Is There a Connection?

Toxicant Formation in Dabbing – The Terpene Story – Cannabis

The UK Mail on Sunday  PUBLISHED:  25 March 2018   Britain could set off a schizophrenia timebomb if it ignores the dangers of super-strength ‘skunk’ cannabis, one of the UK’s most eminent psychiatrists warns today. Strong evidence now shows that smoking potent forms of the Class B drug… Read More »As scans show drug’s impact on brain, a top doctor warns of a psychosis, paranoid delusions and a superskunk schizophrenia timebomb

March 19, 2018 The inspiration arrived in a haze at a Paul McCartney concert a few years ago in San Francisco. “People in front of me started lighting up and then other people started lighting up,” says Matthew Springer, a biologist and professor in the division… Read More »Are There Risks From Second-hand Marijuana Smoke? Early Science Says Yes

EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS:  Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana in 2012, followed by Alaska and Oregon in 2014. The District of Columbia legalized cultivation and possession in 2014. Today’s highly potent marijuana represents a growing and significant threat to public health and safety, a threat that is… Read More »Lessons Learned from Marijuana Legalization in Four U.S. States and D.C.

Researchers highlighted the dangers of a super-strength strain of cannabis A study found ‘skunk’ was responsible for a quarter of psychosis cases But weaker forms such as hash don’t carry the same risk of mental illness  By Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday PUBLISHED:  15 February 2015… Read More »Scientists show cannabis TRIPLES psychosis risk: Ground-breaking research blames ‘skunk’ for 1 in 4 of all new serious mental disorders

Abstract Extensive debates continue regarding marijuana (Cannabis spp), the most commonly used illicit substance in many countries worldwide. There has been an exponential increase of cannabis studies over the past two decades but the drug’s long-term effects still lack in-depth scientific data. The epigenome is… Read More »High times for cannabis: Epigenetic imprint and its legacy on brain and behavior.

Chris Smyth, Health Editor – February 28 2018, The Times Cannabis has become stronger since 2008, researchers have found KING’S COLLEGE LONDON/PA Almost all cannabis sold on British streets can cause psychosis after weaker forms were driven from the market. The most potent “skunk” accounts… Read More »Mental illness risk as ‘skunk’ drives out milder cannabis

FEBRUARY 11, 2018 EDITOR The Marijuana Environment is Hazardous to Human Health All creatures great and small are being poisoned by the pesticides and rodenticides in the water they drink, and in the food they eat. This polluted water from the northern California marijuana environment eventually… Read More »Pot Kills: What’s on your pot? What’s in your water?

Roger Ladouceur – Canadian Family Physician February 2018 “The evidence indicates the most consistent effects of medical cannabinoids are adverse events. A variety of adverse events have a greater magnitude of effect than the potential benefits for the conditions targeted.1 The conclusions drawn by this analysis… Read More »The Cannabis Paradox