New research, involving millions of people worldwide over decades, adds to worries that heavy use of high-potency cannabis could exacerbate the mental health crisis in the U.S. “The ideal time to consider using weed — if you’re going to use it — is 26 or later,” said Dr. Ryan Sultan, a psychiatrist at Columbia Irving
Please cite this article as: A. García-Pérez, G. Aonso-Diego, S. Weidberg, R. Secades-Villa, Testing the cannabisgateway hypothesis in a national sample of Spanish adolescents, Addictive Behaviors Addictive Behaviors (2023),doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107751 This article has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a coverpage and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet
Of all the ways to win a culture war, the smoothest is to just make the other side seem hopelessly uncool. So it’s been with the march of marijuana legalization: There have been moral arguments about the excesses of the drug war and medical arguments about the potential benefits of pot, but the vibe of
If you are pregnant and use any form of cannabis product, consider stopping. That’s the takeaway from a new study that found a significant health impact of marijuana use on fetal development as early as the beginning of pregnancy. “That’s why these findings are especially important — people can often be well into the first
The text from her son Randy that Heather Bacchus received at at 1:26 AM on July 17, 2021, seemed like good news. “I’m quitting weed for good and want to surround myself with healthy and happy people,” he wrote. “This has been too much for me and for you guys.” Less than an hour later,
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2023 Carsten Hjorthøj[, Wilson Compton, Marie Starzer, Dorte Nordholm ,Emily Einstein, Annette Erlangsen, Merete Nordentoft ,Nora D. Volkow and Beth Han Abstract Background Previous research suggests an increase in schizophrenia population attributable risk fraction (PARF) for cannabis use disorder (CUD). However, sex and age variations in CUD and schizophrenia
Long ago, the THC content of weed was less than 1.5%. Today some marijuana products have more than 90%. It’s making people sick, and regulators have failed to keep up. Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant’s main psychoactive ingredient, have grown more potent and more dangerous as legalization has made them more widely available.
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NIH study highlights the need to proactively screen for, prevent, and treat cannabis use disorder, especially among young people May 4, 2023 ©Getty Images/Nikola Stojadinovic Young men with cannabis (marijuana) use disorder have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, according to a study led by researchers at the Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of
New research, involving millions of people worldwide over decades, adds to worries that heavy use of high-potency cannabis could exacerbate the mental health crisis in the U.S. “The ideal time to consider using weed — if you’re going to use it — is 26 or later,” said Dr. Ryan Sultan, a psychiatrist at Columbia Irving
Please cite this article as: A. García-Pérez, G. Aonso-Diego, S. Weidberg, R. Secades-Villa, Testing the cannabisgateway hypothesis in a national sample of Spanish adolescents, Addictive Behaviors Addictive Behaviors (2023),doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107751 This article has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a coverpage and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet
Of all the ways to win a culture war, the smoothest is to just make the other side seem hopelessly uncool. So it’s been with the march of marijuana legalization: There have been moral arguments about the excesses of the drug war and medical arguments about the potential benefits of pot, but the vibe of
If you are pregnant and use any form of cannabis product, consider stopping. That’s the takeaway from a new study that found a significant health impact of marijuana use on fetal development as early as the beginning of pregnancy. “That’s why these findings are especially important — people can often be well into the first
