Sentences with phrase «of synthetic marijuana use»

Most importantly, frequency of lifetime marijuana use was the strongest correlate, with more frequent use further increasing odds of synthetic marijuana use.

Not exact matches

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

Prosecutors and police agencies across central New York are trying a new strategy as they continue to fight the rising use of synthetic marijuana.

People trying to avoid using marijuana often turn to the synthetic version, which is «dangerous and unpredictable,» said the speaker, because of the constantly changing chemical composition.

Recent reports across the nation have detailed multiple arrests of professional football players for using drugs like synthetic marijuana, K2 or Spice, with other instances ending in trips to the hospital for the highly trained athletes.

In June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 15 deaths in the first few months of 2015 related to synthetic marijuana use.

There's been a spike in the number of people heading to emergency rooms in Central New York, for treatment after using synthetic marijuana.

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

Medical cannabis and synthetic marijuana extracts should not be used for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, according to a position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

Social work researchers from the University of Washington have found that among a group of active - duty Army personnel who use illicit drugs, the most abused substance is synthetic marijuana, which is harder to detect than other drugs through standard drug tests.

Study participants told researchers they believed that use of synthetic marijuana was significantly higher in the military than in the civilian population.

The majority of participants believed their use of synthetic marijuana resulted in failing to meet obligations, such as being late for work, doing their job poorly, or not handling home and child care responsibilities well.

Nearly one - third said they had used illicit substances within the previous 90 days; 38 percent of those used synthetic marijuana, twice as many as had used regular 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.

One hazard of using synthetic marijuana was needing more and more to get the same effect, a hallmark of drug dependence.

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

Past year use of K2 / Spice, referred to as «synthetic marijuana» in the survey, was reported at 3.7 percent among 12th graders, down from 11.3 percent five years ago.

Although we were unable to determine whether use of natural marijuana tended to occur before synthetic marijuana, results do suggest that it is mainly marijuana users who are at greatest risk for use.»

For example, the percentage of 8th graders who think that occasional use of synthetic marijuana or over-the-counter cough and cold medications is less than it was last year and in prior years.

Often perceived as a safe legal alternative to illicit drug use, synthetic marijuana use was associated with 11,561 reports of poisonings in the United States between January 2009 and April 2012.

The researchers also found that students who engaged in the use of other substances were more likely to use synthetic marijuana.

A new study by researchers affiliated with New York University's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR), is now online ahead of print in Drug and Alcohol Dependence and it is one of the first national studies to examine risk factors for use of synthetic marijuana among a large, nationally representative sample of teeUse and HIV Research (CDUHR), is now online ahead of print in Drug and Alcohol Dependence and it is one of the first national studies to examine risk factors for use of synthetic marijuana among a large, nationally representative sample of teeuse of synthetic marijuana among a large, nationally representative sample of teens.

«Until there is sufficient scientific evidence of safety and efficacy, neither marijuana nor synthetic medical cannabis should be used for the treatment of sleep apnea,» Dr. Ilene Rosen, president of the sleep academy, said in an academy news release.

The drug manufacturer accused of fueling the opioid epidemic will soon be given the green light to market synthetic marijuana for medical use.