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Number of young children who accidentally ate cannabis edibles jumped 1,375% in five years, study finds
In just five years, the number of small children in the US exposed to cannabis after accidentally eating an edible rose 1,375%, a new study says. More
Cannabis Impacts Demographics Differently
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most drugs come with their fair share of tall tales. These range from the fearful to the reverent, granting these substances powers that do not align with their actual effects. Cannabis is one drug that has been both understudied and over-mythologized.
How Does Cannabis Use Affect Brain Health? Caution Advised
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS, Feb. 10, 2022 — Despite the perception that marijuana is harmless, there is some scientific evidence challenging that belief, and there are many unanswered questions about its impact on brain health
Does Cannabis Ease Pain, Speed Recovery in Injured Athletes?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Increasingly, professional athletes in sports ranging from football to bicycling to long-distance running have turned to using cannabis to reduce pain from post-game injuries and to help speed recovery.
Ensuring Weed Consumers Safety: Tips for Cannabis Packaging
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Not only is your packaging the first impression consumers have of your product, but it is also the emblem that safely guards your product for sale or delivery.
US Recreational Cannabis Legalization Could Change Illegal Drug Markets
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A study published in the scientific journal Addiction provides the most comprehensive evidence to date of the association between recreational cannabis laws (RCLs) in US states and responses….
Scientists Put the Stopwatch on Cannabis Intoxication
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A comprehensive analysis of 80 scientific studies has identified a ‘window of impairment’ of between three and 10 hours caused by moderate to high doses of the intoxicating component of cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Smoking Cannabis Significantly Impairs Vision, Study Finds
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A study carried out by the University of Granada indicates that smoking cannabis significantly alters key visual functions, such as visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, three-dimensional vision (stereopsis), the ability to focus, and glare sensitivity
Cannabis Reduces Blood Pressure in Older Adults, According to Researchers
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Beer-Sheva, Israel…February 8, 2021 – A new discovery by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and its affiliated Soroka University Medical Center shows that medical cannabis may reduce blood pressure in older adults.
Cannabis Strength Soars Over Past Half Century — New Study
(HealthNewsDigest.com – New research shows that over the past 50 years street cannabis across the world has become substantially stronger carrying an increased risk of harm.
Clinical Trial: Plant-Derived Cannabis Oil Effective for Patients with Fibromyalgia
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The daily administration of plant-derived, THC-rich cannabis oil is effective and well-tolerated among patients with fibromyalgia, according to clinical trial data published in the journal Pain Medicine.
Study Finds Older Adults Using Cannabis to Treat Common Health Conditions
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – With growing interest in its potential health benefits and new legislation favoring legalization in more states, cannabis use is becoming more common among older adults.
Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Associated with Adverse Outcomes During Middle Childhood
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – While cannabis use during pregnancy is on the rise, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found evidence that the resulting children are more likely to have psychopathology in middle childhood.
UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative Launches COVID-19 Survey
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – To better understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis and CBD use, the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative has launched the Cannabis, CBD and COVID Survey.
Medical Cannabis Put to the Test in First Ever Real-world Evidence Clinical Trial Led by UHN
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Toronto – July 9, 2020) – Medical cannabis is finally being put under the microscope, in a first-of-its-kind real world evidence study led by Dr. Hance Clarke, Director of Pain Services, Toronto General Hospital….
Frequent Cannabis Users are Way Too High … in Their Estimates of Cannabinoids
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. — One would think that cannabis enthusiasts attending a marijuana advocacy event would be knowledgeable about cannabinoids.
Smoke Two of These and Call Me in the Morning? Not Quite, Study Finds
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. — Researchers quizzed cannabis enthusiasts at a marijuana advocacy event about their beliefs on whether the drug is effective in treating certain medical conditions.
THC Found More Important for Therapeutic Effects in Cannabis Than Originally Thought
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) recently solved a major gap in scientific literature by using mobile software technology to measure the real-time effects of actual cannabis-based products used by millions of people every day.
Medical Schools Including Cannabis Content In Their Curriculum
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Pittsburgh, PA: A growing percentage of colleges of pharmacy are instituting medical cannabis training as part of their curriculum, according to survey data published in the journal Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.