CANNABINOIDS HAVE HAD a long and interesting medical history

Those denial rates were higher than the levels predicted in Hypothesis 1 and occurred despite deniers reporting averages of nine to 11 maximum drinks across probands and offspring. If a clinician had asked these men and women general questions about their drinking status that health care deliverer probably would not have recognized their patient’s drinking problem.…

The cohorts vary geographically and in the timing of the survey waves

Alternatively, it may be that during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting social distancing and isolation, engaging with people including clinicians, counselors, and peers during substance use treatment respondents could have relatively higher social connection which may have served as a protective factor . Finally, it may be that people whose drinking was well-controlled were more…

Inhaled cannabis does NOT appear to confer increased risk for lung cancer or head and neck cancer

NMDA showed signs of counteracting THC’s effect, and surprisingly this appeared to be CB1R-independent but CB2R-dependent. As sulpiride reduced the repetitive swimming, the THC-elicited behavior may indicate a psychosis-like state.Anandamide, the naturally occurring amide of arachidonic acid with ethanolamine, meets all key criteria of an endogenous cannabinoid substance: it is released on demand by stimulated…

The SSIS is a continuous score ranging from 0 to 31 for tobacco and 0–39 for all other substances

All these effects are prevented by CB1 receptor blockade. The present results expand the pharmacological profile of URB597 to include the potentiation of stress-coping behaviors in the TST and FST, two widely used screens for antidepressant drugs, and point to the dual regulation of 5-HT and NE neurotransmission as a possible neural substrate for these…

The same participant who smoked and vaped the marijuana sources also smoked the tobacco cigarettes

National surveys showed the prevalence of marijuana vaping among US adolescents increased from 2017 to 2019 . Vaping among Grade 12 students in the last 30 days increased from 4.9% in 2017 to 7.5% in 2018, reaching 14% in 2019 . Cecinato et al. measured THC in four homes in Rome, Italy, reporting that the indoor…

Mental health clinics are important settings in which to address hazardous drinking and identify AUDs

Results from sensitivity analyses using prior-year cannabis and smoking measures were similar, and the significance of the measures in predicting prior year hazardous drinking did not change .This study examined the relationship of prior-year hazardous drinking to patterns of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use, as well as psychiatry diagnoses, in a young adult outpatient psychiatry sample. In…

People of all ages and backgrounds consume marijuana for a variety of reasons

Marijuana has a great cultural significance which is apparent in clothing, artwork, music, and many other forms.It is a constant and accessible commodity, even more so than alcohol to some, and has become deeply ingrained in California culture. Its accessibility makes it easy for people to use regularly and to create substance based relationships where…

The net balance of benefits and drawbacks from vaping-related apps likely depends on app content

Extrapolation of the results of this study is limited due to the small sample of women – pregnant or non-pregnant – tested in the ED for drugs and alcohol. An unknown portion of women with substance use may have been identified by history or observation and were not in need of additional testing. Additionally, in…

The all-inclusive model was then reduced one variable at a time to determine the best prediction model

McFadden’s pseudo-R2 was also calculated, comparing each model to the null model. The predictors considered in the multivariate models were age, severity of illness measured by the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, cumulative dose amounts of both opioids and benzodiazepines from time of first administration to a WS assessment day, days on both opioids…

The report approvingly quoted a narcotics officer who claimed that “Marijuana has a worse effect than heroin

Our multiple-disciplinary approach, combining the PCR data with literary-historical analysis and AMS-based 14C dating of the textile samples, has enabled us to unearth this little known aspect of textile history e i.e. ancient hemp in the Land of Israel.Progress in the treatment of schizophrenia has been hindered by an inadequate understanding of the pathogenesis of…