Marijuana Dispensaries lack screening to protect children. Visit the IASIC library to learn about pediatric exposures and addiction. Read the full article here: https://timesofsandiego.com/health/2021/08/31/ucsd-study-dispensaries-lack-adequate-screening-to-keep-out-minors/
Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz discuss the wild west that is the CBD industry. To learn more about CBD visit the IASIC library. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dncnf1mNTpA
Case Reports on the Failure of Smoking Marijuana to Prevent Relapse to Use of Opiates in Adolescents/Young Adults With Opiate Use Disorder Twenty-six adolescent/young adult patients with opioid use disorder smoked marijuana in an attempt to avoid relapse to opiate use. In each case, smoking marijuana increased cravings and urges for opiates and promoted opiate
San Diego Rx Abuse Task Force recently hosted the marijuana drug interactions media event, which was live-streamed on Facebook on September 9. This is an innovative project – probably the first of its kind – alerting consumers on drug interactions with cannabis products and evaluating the importance of this information to the public. Watch online
One day in fall 2018, Bo Gribbon began to vomit and couldn’t stop. He threw up multiple times an hour from morning to night before his mother drove him to the hospital near their home here. Read the full article here: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/high-potency-weed-linked-psychotic-episodes-mysterious-vomiting-illness-young-n1273463
Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.02.004 Please note that a subscription to the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry is required to view the full article.
$1 billion in pot seized. Illegal grows steal water during drought and poison streams with pesticides. Read the full article here: https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-business-marijuana-803bba5d5829b061b775226ce90613d7
Dr. Raymond Bertino, President Elect of the Illinois Society of Addiction Medicine Listen to the full podcast here: https://issuesetc.org/2020/06/16/1681-the-use-and-legalization-of-marijuana-dr-raymond-bertino-6-16-20/
A group of doctors from around the world recently formed a new and unique medical organization that aims to take the politics out of cannabis and focus solely on research regarding the short- and long-term effects of its use. Read the full article here: https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/advancing-healthy-communities-international-academy-science-and-impact-cannabis
Is dabbing causing mental health problems for Colorado kids? Read the full article here: https://www.5280.com/2021/07/high-thc-cannabis-concentrates-and-their-scary-effect-on-the-teenage-brain/?fbclid=IwAR0GASC0p2rWLLG_YvFRplG8n4pQq0gunev1yEA4TGXBX6ECFa5wfYLghUI
Read the full article here: https://pueblochieftain-co-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=158428a0d_1345e34
Abstract: Cannabis and cannabinoids are implicated in multiple genotoxic, epigenotoxic and chromosomal-toxic mechanisms and interact with several morphogenic pathways, likely underpinning previous reports of links between cannabis and congenital anomalies and heritable tumours. However the effects of cannabinoid genotoxicity have not been assessed on whole populations and formal consideration of effects as a broadly acting
Italian scientists have identified two new cannabinoids, including a compound called THCP that could be significantly stronger than traditional THC View the full article here: https://newatlas.com/science/thcp-cdbp-new-cannabinoid-cannabis-chemical/
The United Nations on Thursday called for a global ban on all advertising that promotes cannabis products, in a move that it said could mimic its efforts to lead a global effort to limit tobacco marketing and use. View the full article here: https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/united-nations-calls-for-global-ban-on-cannabis-advertising/
