Sentences with phrase «synthetic cannabinoid use»

The study, «Synthetic Cannabinoid Use in a Nationally Representative Sample of US High School Seniors,» used data from Monitoring the Future (MTF), a nationwide ongoing annual study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students.

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But the company is also developing products that use pharmaceutical cannabinoids, a synthetic version of marijuana.

In the first prospective study of synthetic cannabinoids or SCs — the group of chemicals that mimic the effects of marijuana — researchers have found that symptoms of depression, drinking alcohol, or using marijuana was linked to an increased risk of SC use one year later.

Use of synthetic cannabinoids and the associated complications in humans are on the rise and spreading all - over the world.

Two synthetic cannabinoids — compounds that act on specific receptors in the brain — have been approved for medical use in the U.S., both of which mimic a form of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the compound responsible for the «high» of recreational cannabis use.

The researchers also found that being unemployed increased the odds for reporting use of synthetic cathinones or synthetic cannabinoids.

«We found nightclub attendance was not related to self - reported use of synthetic cannabinoids,» said Dr. Winstock.

Almost half the sample (46.4 %) reported ever using a new street drug, and the most commonly reported new drug used (by a quarter of the sample) was synthetic cannabinoids, commonly referred to as «Spice» and «K2» in the U.S.