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Medical Marijuana

Home Healthcare Now, 2016
The use of medicinal marijuana is increasing. Marijuana has been shown to have therapeutic effects in certain patients, but further research is needed regarding the safety and efficacy of marijuana as a medical treatment for various conditions. A growing body of research validates the use of marijuana for a variety of healthcare problems, but there are
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Marijuana

2014
Marijuana use in pediatric populations remains an ongoing concern, and marijuana use by adolescents had known medical, psychological, and cognitive side effects. Marijuana alters brain development and has detrimental effects on brain structure and function in ways that are incompletely understood at this point in time.
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Marijuana and Immunity

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1988
Despite the fairly large literature that developed during the past 15 years or so, the effect of cannabinoids on the immune system is still unsettled. The evidence has been contradictory and is more supportive of some degree of immunosuppression only when one considers in vitro studies.
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Marijuana and Hyperthermia

Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 1996
Animal and human laboratory studies suggest marijuana may cause hyperthermia. However, there are no clinical case reports of life-threatening hyperthermia associated with use of marijuana alone.We report a patient who developed severe hyperthermia after smoking a marijuana cigarette and jogging on a warm day.
F G, Walter   +3 more
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Marijuana and Mutism

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1972
The development of an inability or an unwillingness to communicate verbally after inhaling marijuana is incidentally reported in the literature. The author cites four cases in which mutism is associated with the inhalation of hashish. There was evidence of organic brain syndrome in all patients.
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Marijuana Poisoning

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine, 2013
The plant Cannabis sativa has been used for centuries for the effects of its psychoactive resins. The term "marijuana" typically refers to tobacco-like preparations of the leaves and flowers. The plant contains more than 400 chemicals but the cannabinoid δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the major psychoactive constituent.
Kevin T, Fitzgerald   +2 more
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Marijuana and Health

New England Journal of Medicine, 1982
Of all the illicit drugs available in this country, marijuana is by far the most widely used and the most controversial.
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Early Evidence on Recreational Marijuana Legalization and Traffic Fatalities

Economic Inquiry, 2018
Over the last few years, marijuana has become legally available for recreational use to roughly a quarter of Americans. Policy makers have long expressed concerns about the substantial external costs of alcohol, and similar costs could come with the ...
Benjamin C. Hansen   +2 more
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The Identification of Marijuana

Journal of the Forensic Science Society, 1972
The chemistry of the phenolic constituents of the resin from the leaves and flowering tops of the marijuana plant is reviewed, and discussed in terms of possible chemical precursors to synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol which may be encountered. The Duquenois test is studied and support presented for the hypothesis that the mechanism of the test is in part
J I, Thornton, G R, Nakamura
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The Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization and Dispensing on Opioid Mortality

Economic Inquiry, 2019
This study documents how the changing legal status of marijuana has impacted mortality in the United States over the past two decades. We use a difference‐in‐difference approach to estimate the effect of medical marijuana laws (MML) and recreational ...
Nathan W. Chan   +2 more
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