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Oral cannabidiol does not produce a signal for abuse liability in frequent marijuana smokers.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2017
BACKGROUND Cannabidiol (CBD) is a naturally occurring constituent of the marijuana plant. In the past few years, there has been great interest in the therapeutic effects of isolated CBD and it is currently being explored for numerous disease conditions ...
Shanna Babalonis, M. Haney, R. Malcolm, Michelle R. Lofwall, Victoria R. Votaw, S. Sparenborg, S. Walsh   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Trends and correlates of marijuana use among late middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2002–2014 [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Recent trend studies suggest that marijuana use is on the rise among the general population of adults ages 18 and older in the United States.
AbiNader, Millan, Cummings-Vaughn, Lenise A., Holzer, Katherine J., Nelson, Erik J., Oh, Sehun, Salas-Wright, Christopher P., Vaughn, Michael G.   +6 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
doaj   +1 more source

Family and parenting characteristics associated with marijuana use by Chilean adolescents [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Family involvement and several characteristics of parenting have been suggested to be protective factors for adolescent substance use. Some parenting behaviors may have stronger relationships with adolescent behavior while others may have ...
Andrade, F. H., Bares, Cristina, Delva, Jorge, Grogan-Kaylor, A.   +3 more
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