Category: Marijuana Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA, PA — As US rates of marijuana use continue to rise, workers who use marijuana may be at higher risk of losing their jobs

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Tomorrow New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo will be releasing his FY 2020 executive budget, including a budget bill to tax and regulate marijuana.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Olympia, WA: Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Friday his intent to provide an expedited process for granting clemency to those with past marijuana-related convictions.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee today announced his intent to provide an expedited process in order to grant pardons to those with past criminal misdemeanor marijuana-related convictions on their record.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Rockville, MD: Self-reported marijuana use by adolescents has failed to increase in recent years despite the majority of states legalizing it for either medical or adult use

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – WASHINGTON — The cannabis plant and its derivatives have been used in medicinal treatments for millennia. With the recent legalization of medical marijuana in 33 states across the country….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SEATTLE (November 16, 2018) – It’s well established that secondhand smoke from cigarettes is a risk to anyone who suffers from asthma.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Students from lower-income neighborhoods who attended one of five high-performing Los Angeles County high schools were less likely to abuse marijuana than those who weren’t offered admission, UCLA researchers found.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Ontario, Canada: Legislation permitting the possession, use, cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis takes effect this Wednesday, October 17.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Although studies have shown that alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to impaired cognition in youth, previous studies were not designed to understand this relationship and differentiate whether cannabis use was causal or consequential to cognitive impairment.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most teens who’ve tried marijuana have used the drug in more than one form, including cannabis products that are smoked, eaten or vaped, new USC research shows.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Park Ridge, Illinois–In the past few decades, societal acceptance and legalization of marijuana have increased.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The risks of alcohol consumption differ by the presence or absence of simultaneous use of other substances, the most common one being marijuana.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Marijuana use is becoming more prevalent among middle-aged and older adults, with 9 percent of adults aged 50-64 and nearly 3 percent of adults 65 and older reporting marijuana use in the past year

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MINNEAPOLIS – When medical marijuana is taken for chronic nerve pain, it may provide pain relief by reducing connections between the areas of the brain that process emotions and sensory signals

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC: Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) today introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The Green, a gathering place in New Haven, Connecticut, near Yale University looked like a mass casualty zone, with 70 serious drug overdoses over a period spanning Aug. 15-16, 2018.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – With the legalization of marijuana in several states, increased use for both medicinal and recreational purposes has been documented in pregnant and breastfeeding women.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – San Francisco, CA: Marijuana use by adolescents continues to decline in California, according to statewide data provided by the California Healthy Kids Survey, a biennial survey funded by the Departments of Health and Education.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – At the 12th Asian & Oceanian Epilepsy Congress, held June 28 – July 2 in Bali, Indonesia, Helen Cross (UK) and Rhea Salonga-Quimpo (Philippines) debated the pros and cons of medical marijuana and cannabis-derived products for epilepsy.