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Comparative Genetic Structure of Cannabis sativa Including Federally Produced, Wild Collected, and Cultivated Samples

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Currently in the United States, the sole licensed facility to cultivate Cannabis sativa L. for research purposes is the University of Mississippi, which is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Anna L. Schwabe, Connor J. Hansen, Connor J. Hansen, Richard M. Hyslop, Mitchell E. McGlaughlin   +4 more
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AAP supports the compassionate use of cannabinoids for children

Voices in Bioethics, 2015
On January 26th 2015, the American Academy of Pediatrics (A.A.P.) released its first official position on Marijuana usage since 2004, which will appear in print in March of this year. [1,2] The A.A.P.
Kevin Van Geen
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Mental Health and Cognition in Older Cannabis Users: a Review

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2020
Background The impact of cannabis use on mental health and cognition in older adults remains unclear. With the recent legalization of cannabis in Canada, physicians will need up-to-date infor­mation about the mental and cognitive effects of cannabis ...
Blanca E. Vacaflor, Olivier Beauchet, G. Eric Jarvis, Alessandra Schiavetto, Soham Rej   +4 more
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Contextual influences of illicit adolescent marijuana cultivation and trading in the Inqguza Hill local municipality of South Africa: implications for public health policy

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background Although commercial cultivation and trading of marijuana, commonly known as cannabis or dagga in the South African context, remains an illicit practice, adolescents actively engage in it.
Emmanuel Manu, Mbuyiselo Douglas, Mohlomi Jafta Ntsaba   +2 more
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Talcum induced pneumoconiosis following inhalation of adulterated marijuana, a case report

Diagnostic Pathology, 2012
Background Talcosis, a granulomatous inflammation of the lungs caused by inhalation of talcum dust, is a rare form of pneumoconiosis. Besides inhalative occupational exposure, intravenous abuse of adulterated drugs is a major cause for this condition ...
Scheel Andreas, Krause Daniel, Haars Helmut, Schmitz Inge, Junker Klaus   +4 more
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Adolescent THC exposure does not sensitize conditioned place preferences to subthreshold d-amphetamine in male and female rats [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2018
The acute effects of marijuana consumption on brain physiology and behaviour are well documented, but the long-term effects of its chronic use are less well known. Chronic marijuana use during adolescence is of increased interest, given that the majority
Robin J Keeley, Cameron Bye, Jan Trow, Robert J McDonald   +3 more
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Is There Less Opioid Abuse in States Where Marijuana Has Been Decriminalized, Either for Medicinal or Recreational Use? A Clin-IQ

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2019
Opioid use, abuse, and associated mortality have reached an epidemic level. In some states, cannabis is being used to treat chronic pain. To examine the hypothesis that medical marijuana legislation may reduce adverse opioid-related outcomes if patients ...
Aaron M. Wendelboe, Richard Mathew, Tana Chongsuwat, Elizabeth Rainwater, Mark A. Wendelboe, Elizabeth Wickersham, Ann F. Chou   +6 more
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Marijuana use and repeated attempted suicide among senior high school students in Ghana: Evidence from the WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey, 2012

General Psychiatry, 2020
Background The association between substance use including marijuana use and attempted suicide has been well documented. However, little is known about marijuana use and its association with attempted suicide repetition among young people in low-income ...
Nuworza Kugbey, George Ekem-Ferguson, Swithin Mustapha Swaray, Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie   +3 more
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Personal and Social Consequences of Psychotropic Substance Use: A Population-Based Internet Survey

Medicina, 2022
Background and objectives: Drug abuse has become a major worldwide health concern among all age groups. The present study analyses substance misuse and its social and personal consequences using a population-based internet survey in Spain.
María Luisa Ballestar-Tarín, Vanessa Ibáñez-del-Valle, Omar Cauli, Rut Navarro-Martínez   +3 more
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Unemployment rate, opioids misuse and other substance abuse: quasi-experimental evidence from treatment admissions data

BMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background The relationship between economic conditions and substance abuse is unclear, with few studies reporting drug-specific substance abuse. The present study examined the association between economic conditions and drug-specific substance abuse ...
Sunday Azagba, Lingpeng Shan, Fares Qeadan, Mark Wolfson   +3 more
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