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Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2021 Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is an underappreciated risk of using cannabis that affects ~10% of the 193 million cannabis users worldwide. The individual and public health burdens are less than those of other forms of drug use, but CUD accounts for a substantial proportion of persons seeking treatment for drug use disorders owing to the high global ...
Jason P. Connor +5 more
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Cannabis prices and dynamics of cannabis use [PDF]
Journal of Health Economics, 2005 This paper uses duration models and self-reported cannabis histories from young Australians to study the dynamics of cannabis use. We find that low cannabis prices are associated with early initiation into cannabis use. While the decision to quit does not appear to be directly influenced by price, we find that the younger an individual is when they ...
van Ours, JC, Williams, J
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Cannabis and schizophrenia [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014 Schizophrenia is a mental illness causing disordered beliefs, ideas and sensations. Many people with schizophrenia smoke cannabis, and it is unclear why a large proportion do so and if the effects are harmful or beneficial. It is also unclear what the best method is to allow people with schizophrenia to alter their cannabis intake.To assess the effects
Jonathan A, Pushpa-Rajah +6 more
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Cannabis use and support for cannabis legalization [PDF]
Empirical Economics, 2014 We investigate the determinants of the support for cannabis legalization finding a causal effect of personal experience with cannabis use. Current and past cannabis users are more in favor of legalization. We relate this finding to self-interest and inside information about potential dangers of cannabis.
Palali, Ali, van Ours, Jan C
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 As more states in the U.S legalize recreational and medicinal cannabis, rates of driving under the influence of this drug are increasing significantly. Aspects of this emerging public health issue potentially pit science against public policy. The authors believe that the legal cart is currently significantly ahead of the scientific horse.
Godfrey D. Pearlson +5 more
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Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1997 Abstract A robust but otherwise undistinguished weed now labelled Cannabis sativa has provided the world with one of its most remarkable drugs. The psychoactive and medicinal properties of cannabis have been recognized for thousands of years, and it was probably humankind’s first non-food crop.
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The Immunopathology of COVID-19 and the Cannabis Paradigm
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Coronavirus disease-19 caused by the novel RNA betacoronavirus SARS-CoV2 has first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and since then developed into a worldwide pandemic with >99 million people afflicted and >2.1 million fatal outcomes as of ...
Nicole Paland +8 more
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Three Decades of Cannabis Research: What are the Obstacles?
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2022 During the past few years, thousands of articles have been published concerning medical cannabis useage. Unfortunately, most publications are case studies or small and poorly designed research projects. In attempting to understand the reasons behind this
Michael Dor
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High-CBD Extract (CBD-X) Downregulates Cytokine Storm Systemically and Locally in Inflamed Lungs
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Cytokine storm refers to the dysregulated production of inflammatory mediators leading to hyperinflammation. They are often detrimental, and worsen the severity of COVID-19 and other infectious or inflammatory diseases.
Miran Aswad +8 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Cannabis sativa contains more than 120 cannabinoids and 400 terpene compounds (i.e., phytomolecules) present in varying amounts. Cannabis is increasingly available for legal medicinal and non-medicinal use globally, and with increased access comes the ...
Ayat Zagzoog +4 more
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