Sentences with phrase «medical effects of marijuana»

But because federal regulations make it difficult to study the medical effects of marijuana, it's difficult for anyone to say how long - term recreational marijuana use affects your health.

With growing talk of legalizing marijuana in New York, Errol Louis discussed the medical effects of marijuana, especially on developing brains, with Dr. Yasmin Hurd from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai.

Not exact matches

In an editorial accompanying the new study, Dr. Wilson Compton of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues say policymakers need to understand which parts of medical marijuana laws are tied with positive and negative effects.

This was before Mackey had won a single Iditarod, let alone four straight; before he used what he calls his marathon style — catnapping as his sled moves and covering 100 - mile chunks at a moderate pace without prolonged rest, instead of sprinting from rest stop to rest stop like most other racers — to win an unprecedented double (the Yukon Quest, the world's other 1,000 - mile dogsled race, and just weeks later the Iditarod) not once but twice; before he became so dominant that slower competitors complained they had no chance to finish within five days of him (the requirement for an official place and a commemorative belt buckle); and before a rival pushed for drug testing at the 2010 Iditarod, suspecting that Mackey's secret was his prescription for medical marijuana to alleviate the side effects of cancer treatment.

When City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D - Jackson Heights) criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration for the large number of marijuana possession arrests made on his watch and advocated for legalizing medical marijuana, he said he was not dismissing the drug's ill effects.

The bill will go into effect immediately once signed, but registrant identification and licenses for the five companies that will be permitted to grow and distribute medical marijuana won't be issued for roughly 18 months while the Department of Health develops regulations, trains and certifies doctors and registers patients.

It is the tightest, most regulated piece of legislation that will effect the medical marijuana industry in this country,» she said.

As cannabis legalization rapidly evolves, in both medical and recreational usage, understanding the laws» effect on young people is crucial because this group is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of marijuana and possesses an inherent elevated risk of developing a cannabis disorder.

Dr. Bachhuber is author of an ecological study finding a protective effect of medical marijuana regulation on opioid overdose mortality,

Choo continued, «This adds to a growing body of literature published over the past three years that is remarkably consistent in demonstrating that state medical marijuana policies do not have a downstream effect on adolescent drug use, as we feared they might.»

Far fewer studies examined the effects of medical marijuana laws among adults, although existing evidence suggests that adult recreational use may increase after medical marijuana laws are passed

The results could advance our understanding of marijuana's effects on the developing brain as the drug's rapidly changing legal status increases its recreational and medical use in the United States.

Marijuana may bring on temporary paranoia and other psychosis - related effects in individuals at high risk of developing a psychotic disorder, finds a preliminary study from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC).

«Therefore, the effects of medical marijuana use on the developing brain is unknown.»

Hoping to gain greater insights into marijuana's medical potential, Craft and her team are also studying the effects of cannabidiol, which can counter some of THC's negative side effects.

The latter component is thought to ameliorate some of the side effects of THC, including the high that marijuana users feel, said Dr. Armando Villarreal, an assistant professor of neurosurgery and pain management at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York.

All experts interviewed for this article see medical cannabis as a potentially viable treatment option for chronic pain, but many also worry about rushing ahead without a better understanding of the long - term effects of marijuana — which carries its own risks of substance abuse and unwanted side effects.

«Our research provides some reassuring evidence suggesting that there is no determinantal effect of infrequent, relatively light use of marijuana on kidney function among healthy adults under age 60,» commented lead investigator Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH, Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a practicing preventive cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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With the legalization of recreational marijuana in Oregon taking effect on July 1, pet owners should be aware of the potential risks to their dogs or cats if they ingest this drug, the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association warned.

A state bill that would set broad regulations for the burgeoning medical marijuana industry would likely have the unintended side effect of forcing all dispensaries in Boulder to use 100 percent wind or solar energy.

For example, the Arizona State Bar published an opinion about the effect of Rule 1.2 (d) on a lawyer's ability to advise clients regarding activity that is permissible Arizona's Medical Marijuana Act, «despite the fact that such conduct potentially may violate applicable federal law».

While it may be tempting to stigmatize the use of medical marijuana or make assumptions about an employee's abilities, employers should approach an employee's use of medical marijuana in the same way as the use of any medically - prescribed drug with intoxicating effects.

In effect, his cultivation of medical marijuana was being subsidized.»

The Court's «empirical turn,» most recently exemplified by its decision in R. v. Smith, 2015 SCC 34, which relied on research regarding the therapeutic effects of various forms of medical marijuana, has not exactly followed a consistent trajectory.

Despite the fact that the medicinal effects of marijuana are disputed, twenty - three U.S. states have allowed medical marijuana, versus just four states who have fully legalized it.