Combined perceptions of the risk and availability of cannabis influence the risk of cannabis use more than perceived risk and perceived availability alone, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Researchers observed that those who perceived cannabis as low-risk and available were more likely to report using the drug […]
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Hemp Oil Extraction: A Comparison of Extraction Processes
Skip to: Hemp Oil Extraction Processes Extraction Procedure Best Extraction Process Hemp (Cannabis sativa) seed oil is instrumental in the oil, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and fibers industries. Extraction of oil is varied, and the processes are limited in their efficiencies. A group from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee have carried out a comparative investigation […]
Brain Differences in Cannabis Users
Cannabis, or marijuana, is the most commonly used recreational drug that has several psychoactive properties. In addition to recreational uses to achieve a ‘high’, cannabis also has many proven and presumed medicinal properties, as well as being used for religious and spiritual purposes. Image Credit: Dmytro Tyshchenko/Shutterstock.com Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug, […]
More problems with seizures and heart by Cannabis?
After the consumption of Cannabis was legalized in many countries, it is researchers to investigate the health consequences better. Two studies were presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Philadelphia, suggest that this is urgently necessary: Apparently, a regular Cannabis depends on consumption, with a shock, arrhythmias seizures, and heart. […]
Study reveals increased cannabis use in individuals with depression
The prevalence of cannabis, or marijuana, use in the United States increased from 2005 to 2017 among persons with and without depression and was approximately twice as common among those with depression in 2017. The findings, which are published in Addiction, come from a survey-based study of 728,691 persons aged 12 years or older. “Perception […]
First medical cannabis charity offers grants to epilepsy, MS patients
Hope for dozens of families as country’s first medical cannabis charity plans to offer grants to epilepsy and MS patients forking out for private prescriptions Sapphire Medical Foundation aims to dish out grants to 20 patients next year They will target poor families unable to afford expensive private prescriptions It will heap pressure on government as […]
Poor evidence cannabis improves mental health: study
People with psychiatric disorders may want to pass on the joint—at least until further research is done, a new Australian study suggests. The paper, published Monday in The Lancet Psychiatry, looked at 83 previous studies conducted over almost four decades on medical cannabinoids, including products from the cannabis plant, such as leaves, buds and oils. […]
Prisoner has cannabis removed from nose 18 YEARS after he put it there
Ex-prisoner has a rubber balloon full of cannabis removed from his nose 18 YEARS after he put it there to smuggle it past guards The 48-year-old assumed that he had accidentally swallowed the package The rubber capsule was given to him by his girlfriend during a prison visit He said he had no idea it […]
Black market cannabis products linked to US vaping illnesses
Health officials said Friday that black market cannabis products could be the cause of a mysterious outbreak of severe lung disease among vapers that has sickened more than 200 people and killed two. New York’s health department said laboratory test results showed very high levels of vitamin E oil in cannabis cartridges used by all […]
Medical Cannabis is pregnancy possible?
The Weed growing is mothers definitely discouraged. But what if a woman with a medically justified Cannabis medication is pregnant? The Pharmaceutical newspaper has asked the professional Association of women doctors. "Scientific studies on the use of medical Cannabis in pregnancy and the long-term effects of this treatment on the child exist nicht", the Association […]