Correlation
between cannabis...
In Australia, little is known about the links
between cannabis use and poor mental health in the young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian population.
Reply to Rogeberg and Daly: No evidence that socioeconomic status or personality differences confound the association
between cannabis use and IQ decline
While it remains to be seen how decriminalization will play out, he sees a parallel
between cannabis and how employers treat alcohol and illicit substances in the workplace.
Little distinction was made
between cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes and that which was smoked recreationally («Indian hemp»).
The Legislature passed a bill similar to AB684 last year but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed it, saying that «under current federal statutes there is no definition of «industrial hemp,» nor is there a distinction
between cannabis plants based on THC content.
It found substantial evidence of an association
between cannabis use and the risk of motor vehicle crashes, as well as of lower birth weight after maternal use, more frequent chronic bronchitis episodes, and the development of schizophrenia or other psychoses.
Professor Murray says the study is «a very competent and conservative assessment of what research studies tell us about the relationship
between cannabis and psychiatric disorders» and that the risk could be even higher than the authors have estimated.
No trials have been completed and few observational studies have been done comparing outcomes
between cannabis users and nonusers.
She also points out that understanding the potential links
between cannabis use and cigarette initiation in youth is needed given that recent data suggest cannabis use is more common among adolescents than cigarette use.
Gage completed her PhD at the University of Bristol in 2014, which used a large birth cohort to look at associations
between cannabis and cigarette use, and psychosis and depression.
«Given the solid epidemiologic evidence supporting a link
between cannabis exposure during adolescence and schizophrenia, we investigated whether the use of cannabis during early adolescence (by 16 years of age) is associated with variations in brain maturation as a function of genetic risk for schizophrenia,» said senior author Tomas Paus, MD, PhD, the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Professor and Chair in Population Neuroscience at Baycrest, University of Toronto, and the Dr. John and Consuela Phelan Scholar at Child Mind Institute, New York.
«The public health message about the link
between cannabis and psychosis has been a difficult one to communicate, but the evidence still points to the benefits of regulations that seek to advise on the greatest potential health risks, which currently arise due to tobacco use.»
However, the prospective link
between cannabis use and bipolar disorder symptoms has rarely been investigated.
Ian Hamilton, lecturer in mental health at the University of York, said: «The link
between cannabis and psychosis has been an ongoing research topic since the drug became popular in the 1960s.
«Causal links
between cannabis, schizophrenia: New evidence.»
Dr Gage added: «Our results use a novel method to attempt to untangle the association
between cannabis and schizophrenia.
Critics point to links
between cannabis use and psychosis, which last week led to calls for global public health campaigns from experts who said young people were particularly vulnerable.
Ministers appeared sympathetic to evidence that cannabis was getting stronger, due to the greater availability of skunk, and the reported links
between cannabis use and mental illness.
Arguably more relevant is the experience of licensed and regulated cannabis «coffee shops» in the Netherlands, This system has taken cannabis out of the hands of street dealers who might seek to supply other «harder» drugs, dramatically weakening the link
between cannabis use and the use of these drugs.
Black Rock Originals, a weed accessory brand, announced today that they are official sponsors of Tanner Hall, making this the «first official relationship
between cannabis and active professional athletes.»
Not exact matches
On April 4, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown offered a draft proposal to reconcile differences
between the Medical
Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA) and the Adult Use Marijuana Act (AUMA).
Other estimates that factor in the value of
cannabis exports as well as internal consumption pin the size of the B.C. industry at
between $ 2 billion and $ 7 billion.
In 2016, the U.S.'s biggest beer brands saw sales volumes down
between 2.4 per cent and 4.4 per cent in states that had legalized
cannabis.
Bottom line: The company — which is one of the largest privately held
cannabis companies in Canada — will issue
between 20.5 million and 27.4 million units, made up of a common share and a half - share purchase warrant, at $ 3.65.
The task force said an older age limit could help fuel illicit sales of
cannabis, particularly considering that young people
between 18 and 24 tend to be some of the highest consumers of marijuana.
One of the best strategies to profit from this trend of consolidation is to own mid-sized Canadian
cannabis companies with market caps
between $ 250 million and $ 1 billion.
We'll be covering Cronos Group Inc (NASDAQ: CRON) and its fall in share value, as well as the potential standoff
between Aurora
Cannabis Inc (OTCMKTS: ACBFF, TSE: ACB) and Canopy Growth...
The supply agreement
between Aphria and Shoppers has been reached approximately seven months out from Canada's July 2018 target date for the legalization of recreational
cannabis.
«By 2022, the Company expects to have a production capacity of approximately 116,000 kg per year of premium organic
cannabis between the Hamilton Facility and Québec Facility,» the company said in its prospectus.
According to a recent Health Canada report, the
cannabis oil sector grew more than 871 %
between April 2016 and March 2017.
Although the sales gap is pretty still pretty significant
between the legal marijuana and alcohol markets,
cannabis is now legal in four states and six more will be voting this year.
Recognizing the uncertainty
between the two industries early on, Wine Industry Network (WIN) produced the Wine and Weed Symposium in Santa Rosa, CA last August, primarily to educate wine businesses about the latest in
cannabis and what they might expect to come once recreational use was a reality.
«The reality is that there's a huge population in
between that I really think could benefit from
cannabis, but do not feel empowered to talk about it,» Kingsbury says, «because there's no message coming to them about, «Hey, it's OK, you can be active, you can be healthy, and still use
cannabis.»
Governments face a choice
between sticking with the status quo or moving towards a regulated, legal
cannabis market
Arizona's more conservative and older electorate represents an uphill battle for legal recreational
cannabis and polling has suggested a split
between proponents and opponents of Proposition 205.
How could you not know the difference
between absolute and relative increases in
cannabis consumption?
It showed that there was no difference at all in physical and mental health outcomes
between different control groups ranging from those who used no
cannabis, to those who were regular, heavy users.
People who have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia are more likely to try
cannabis, according to new research, which also found a causal link
between trying the drug and an increased risk of the condition.
Borodovsky and colleagues examined associations
between provisions of legal
cannabis laws (such as allowing dispensaries, home cultivation, etc.) and
cannabis consumption patterns among youth using online surveys distributed through Facebook, which proved to be a reliable method for generating geographically diverse samples of specific subgroups of
cannabis - using youth.
«Cigarette smokers are 10 times more likely to be daily marijuana users: Strongest relationship
between cigarette smoking and daily
cannabis use is among 12 to 17 year olds, who are 50 times more likely to be daily
cannabis users than non-smokers.»
The Warwick research is the first to test the prospective association
between adolescent
cannabis use and hypomania in early adulthood, whilst controlling for important other factors that might explain this connection (e.g psychotic symptoms).
Cannabis users also reported «addiction careers» — the years between their first use and problem resolution — that were significantly shorter than those of the alcohol group — 12 years versus 18 years, which may reflect the greater physical and mental health impairment associated with alcohol and the continuing illegality of c
Cannabis users also reported «addiction careers» — the years
between their first use and problem resolution — that were significantly shorter than those of the alcohol group — 12 years versus 18 years, which may reflect the greater physical and mental health impairment associated with alcohol and the continuing illegality of
cannabiscannabis.
«I believe in this because I've known for 40 years the differences
between different
cannabis.
As for women, researchers have yet to really investigate how
cannabis impacts them
between the sheets, and studies looking at human female fertility have been inconclusive.
Mourad W. Gabriel, executive director of the nonprofit Integral Ecology Research Center, first suspected a link in 2011
between a rash of fisher deaths and California
cannabis.
Longitudinal studies looking at the link
between depression and later use of alcohol and
cannabis, however, have been mixed.
The research is among several recent observational studies showing an association
between medical
cannabis use and decreased dependence on opioids.
With recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington and Colorado — and many more states allowing medicinal use — Craft said there is greater burden on researchers to understand the effects of
cannabis and ferret out differences
between males and females.
Published in 2014, the study revealed an intriguing trend:
between 1999 and 2010, states that permitted medical marijuana had an average of almost 25 percent fewer opioid overdose deaths each year than states where
cannabis remained illegal.