Sentences with phrase «including uses of marijuana»

He is the author of more than 1000 journal articles and several books including Uses of Marijuana (1971), Madness and the Brain (1974), The Troubled Mind (1976), Biological Aspects of Abnormal Behavior (1980), Drugs and the Brain (1986), and Brainstorming (1989).

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Those included two of the largest: California approved recreational marijuana while Florida expanded the use of medical marijuana.

The three events described by the largest % ages of Americans as not too important included the death of Muhammad Ali (50 %), approval of recreational marijuana use in four states (43 %), and the death of Fidel Castro (40 %).

The bill forbids local authorities from working with federal agents, including using «agency money, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to assist a federal agency to investigate, detain, detect, report, or arrest a person for commercial or noncommercial marijuana or medical cannabis activity that is authorized by law in the State of California.»

Other charities that have benefited from the organization include healthcare outsourcing platform Watsi; The Water Project; the Electronic Frontier Foundation digital - rights activism group; MAPS, an organization that studies therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs and marijuana; the medical nonprofit SENS Research Foundation; and charity: water.

Gertner's first involvement in the («legal,» he jokes) Canadian marijuana market came after a 2000 Ontario Court of Appeals ruling that the government's pot prohibitions were unconstitutional because they did not include a carve - out for medical use.

``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»

Teen Drug Use and Abuse All teens see some type of drug use or abuse in school or in the media, find resources here including statistics, articles on marijuana, heroin, alcohol and more to help you talk with your teenager and parent them on the topic of teen drug uUse and Abuse All teens see some type of drug use or abuse in school or in the media, find resources here including statistics, articles on marijuana, heroin, alcohol and more to help you talk with your teenager and parent them on the topic of teen drug uuse or abuse in school or in the media, find resources here including statistics, articles on marijuana, heroin, alcohol and more to help you talk with your teenager and parent them on the topic of teen drug useuse.

Most experts, including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics, advise nursing moms to abstain from using marijuana.

Most medical experts, including those from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, advise moms to avoid using marijuana while breastfeeding.

And you have multiple reports, including a New York Times one this week, detailing racial disparities in marijuana arrests, despite mostly equivalent use and similar levels of 311 complaints.

All the men also pointed to the things they did get done, including a five - year renewal of Kendra's law, the appointment of a new chairman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Court of Appeals judge, legislation requiring state contracts to use American - made steel and allow medical marijuana to be prescribed for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Additional efforts include reviewing evidence for the use of medical marijuana for those who are suffering from chronic and intractable pain.

The bill's main Senate booster, IDC Sen. Diane Savino, has added amendments to the bill to make it easier for GOP lawmakers to accept, including an age limit on those who can use smokeable marijuana as well as limits on the number of manufacturers.

Critics of the program's limited scale, including State Senator Diane Savino and Assembly health committee chairman Richard Gottfried, said the governor's plan also relies on an unstable source for the drug's supply, and could potentially use marijuana seized by law - enforcement officials, instead of the purified and specially - grown strains developed to treat specific medical conditions.

Educational topics will include the effects of tobacco and marijuana use; opiate addiction; bullying, work zone driving safety, teen dating / sexual violence assaults, and the dangers of texting and driving and drinking and driving.

Unexplained, severe bleeding has been traced to the use of synthetic marijuana in multiple states including Illinois, Wisconsin, Maryland, Indiana and Missouri, officials said.

Currently, medical marijuana can be used to treat only a handful of serious illnesses and conditions, including cancer, HIV and AIDS, Lou Gehrig's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, epilepsy, some spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis.

The poll comes after a frenetic first five weeks of campaigning, as Ms. Nixon has attacked the governor in sharp and personal terms while rolling out some flashy progressive policy proposals, including calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana in New York, and for the state to use 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2050.

Other research indicates that teenage marijuana use may adversely impact the developing brain: it has been linked to changes in neural structure and function, including lower IQ, as well as an increased risk of psychosis in vulnerable individuals.

The researchers also examined medical implications of marijuana use for the workforce, including the risk of injury due to impairment — which may occur as legalized and more widely available marijuana - containing products are increasingly used by workers.

People who used medical marijuana were also more than twice as likely to report non-medical use of prescription drugs, including pain relievers, stimulants, and tranquilizers.

Previous studies have reported that states where medical marijuana is legal have lower rates of medical and non-medical prescription drug use and related harms — including opioid overdose.

The guidance paper, jointly published this month in ACOEM's Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) and AAOHN's journal Workplace Health & Safety, summarizes current evidence regarding marijuana consumption; discusses possible side effects, including temporary impairment as it relates to the workplace; reviews existing federal and state laws that impact employers; and suggests various strategies available for monitoring marijuana use among employees.

Marjolein Soethoudt, a PhD candidate in Van der Stelt's research group, studied together with 12 international academic groups, the National Institute of Health (US) and pharmaceuticals concern Hoffman - LaRoche (Switzerland), the 18 most commonly used reference substances, including the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, Δ9 - THC.

Psychological effects of using synthetic marijuana can include anxiety, confusion, agitation, irritability, depression and memory issues.

«It is therefore important that doctors, including cardiologists, be aware of this, and consider marijuana use as one of the potential causes in patients with cardiovascular disorders.»

A number of other factors increased the risk of adolescent lifetime smoking and nicotine dependence, including parent education, marital status, quality of parenting, and adolescent beliefs about the risk of smoking, perceptions of schoolmates» smoking, marijuana use, and mental health.

That's because it should allow researchers to investigate a wider variety of strains, including ones closer to what people are actually using in states where medical marijuana is legal.

However, the study found marijuana use was predictive of poorer functioning across more areas, including lower academic functioning, being less prepared for school, more delinquent behavior and poorer mental health.

Their analysis included data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, which contained repeated assessments of marijuana use and kidney outcomes.

Researchers note there are other preexisting factors that are not included in the current study that could have potentially contributed to either alcohol or marijuana use or the level of functioning during the period studied.

The researchers used data from the long - term Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, which includes 25 years of repeated measures of marijuana exposure starting in early adulthood.

Other research interests include elucidating the effects of persistent alcohol and marijuana use on brain metabolite levels and structural maturation patterns that contribute towards suboptimal cognitive processing and maintaining drug dependence behaviors.

One of these long - standing cultural factors has included the plant's illegality in various parts of the world, including even Canada, which only legalizes marijuana for medical use.

However, the analysis included only one study of RA patients — the same 2006 Sativex study — so it could not determine if the long - term use of smoked marijuana was associated with a higher risk of heart or lung complications.

While it is legal in some locations for individuals to take specific drugs, including but not limited to Marijuana, «Passions Network» does not allow the public display of the use of drugs within it's Chat system.

Alcohol / Drug Use: - Frequent references to and portrayals of illegal drug use, including marijuana and MDUse: - Frequent references to and portrayals of illegal drug use, including marijuana and MDuse, including marijuana and MDMA.

It doesn't include films that have a stoned sense of humor like Super Troopers or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, nor does it include films that contain marijuana use but also have higher interests (no pun intended) like Saving Grace or The Wackness.

Illegally using, possessing, or being under the influence of a controlled substance or marijuana, on school property or at a school function, including having such substance on a person in a locker, vehicle, or other personal space; selling or distributing a controlled substance or marijuana, on school property; finding a controlled substance or marijuana, on school property that is not in the possession of any person; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to apply to the lawful administration of a prescription drug on school property.

Lastly, a small University of California, Los Angeles study found that students who attended high - performing charter high schools had higher test scores, were more likely to stay in school and less likely to engage in high - risk behavior including binge drinking, drug use (other than marijuana) and unprotected sex.

These include a field study of oral fluid drug screening devices that would provide law enforcement officers a quick indication whether a driver had used certain selected drugs such as marijuana, opiates, and amphetamines, for subsequent confirmation through a laboratory test.

The standard HO - 4 policy includes language that payment will not be made for losses «[a] rising out of the use, sale, manufacture, delivery, transfer, or possession by any person of a Controlled Substance (s) as defined by [the FDA...] include but are not limited to... marijuana and all narcotic drugs.

Indeed, under the CSA, the term «marijuana» exempts from regulation the portions of the plant commonly used for industrial purposes — including the fiber and seed oil.

«I join the opinion of the Court on the understanding that (a) it goes no further than hold that a public school may restrict speech that a reasonable observer would interpret as advocating illegal drug use and (b) it provides no support for any restriction of speech that can plausibly be interpreted as commenting on any political or social issue, including speech on issues such as «the wisdom of the war on drugs or of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use.»»

The spectrum of accommodation expected will depend on a number of factors, including financial ability to accommodate, type of work performed, and the impact of marijuana use on the essential duties of the employee.

In an e-mail exchange, a State Farm media representative told me that she was «not able to share with you specific underwriting policies because they are proprietary, however I can tell you that many factors, including the use of medical marijuana, are considered when underwriting a life insurance policy.»

The biggest thing is making sure you can qualify for life insurance with SBLI, so lets cover (in general) what SBLI will and won't insure: SBLI Underwriting Uninsurable medical scenarios with SBLI: • Aids / HIV + status • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) • Alzheimer's disease or dementia or significant cognitive impairments related to functionality • Cancer diagnosis within last 2 years • Chronic pain treatment, severe, receiving disability, narcotic use • Cirrhosis of the Liver • Congestive heart Failure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds $ 50K

Drug / Alcohol Use — With some providers, they don't cover people who drink or regularly take drugs, including marijuana use, so some people decide to omit this piece of informatiUse — With some providers, they don't cover people who drink or regularly take drugs, including marijuana use, so some people decide to omit this piece of informatiuse, so some people decide to omit this piece of information.

The standard HO - 4 policy includes language that payment will not be made for losses «[a] rising out of the use, sale, manufacture, delivery, transfer, or possession by any person of a Controlled Substance (s) as defined by [the FDA...] include but are not limited to... marijuana and all narcotic drugs.