TEEN MARIJUANA USE AND MYTHS
There are many facts and myths surrounding marijuana use among teens. Often, people believe things about marijuana, but these “facts” are really just myths that have been passed around from people to people. Most people just believe what they hear without doing their own research. Marijuana use has increased due to states passing laws that […]
CANNABIS AND MEMORY
You’ve probably heard all the criticisms of marijuana – it can be addictive, smoking it is just as bad for you as smoking tobacco, it might be a gateway drug, it’s associated with a risk of anxiety and depression, etc. You are likely also aware that it can have negative effects on your brain, but […]
THE EFFECTS OF TOO MUCH MARIJUANA
A lot of individuals that routinely use marijuana develop cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) after several years of use. This condition used to be rare; however, changes in state laws regarding marijuana use have caused a flare-up in the number of individuals being diagnosed each year. Unfortunately, over 2.7 million Americans now suffer from CHS. What […]
CANNABIS AND CAFFEINE
In October of 2018, The Cannabis Act (the full title of which is “An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts”), also known as Bill C-45, will go into effect in Canada. It will legalize recreational use of cannabis nationwide, allowing for use by individuals 18 and […]
MARIJUANA AND MORNING SICKNESS
One of the medical uses for marijuana is in treating nausea, such as in people undergoing chemotherapy treatments for cancer. People have been using marijuana to treat nausea for thousands of years, and there are even FDA-approved THC-based drugs for this purpose. One group that frequently uses marijuana for nausea is pregnant women suffering from […]
DABBING
There are more ways to ingest marijuana than most non-users could probably dream of. You can smoke bongs or joints, eat it in foods like the infamous pot brownie, vape or inhale it, brew it into teas or other drinks, make it into an oil and apply it topically, eat it raw, and even use […]
MARIJUANA FOR ASTHMA
They might be the last two words you’d expect to hear together – asthma cigarettes. Believe it or not, this was an actual remedy at one time. In 1901, the French novelist Marcel Proust (perhaps most famous as the author of In Search of Lost Time), wrote a letter in which he described his ongoing […]
CONTAMINATED DRUGS AND FILLERS
Among the many other risks inherent in using illegal drugs, if you’re buying them off the street you have no way of knowing how pure they are or what other substances they may have been mixed with. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued an advisory to the medical community about an […]
GATEWAY DRUGS
First popularized in the 1980s, the gateway drug theory says that adolescent use of tobacco, alcohol or marijuana increases the risk of using and developing an addiction to other, more harmful substances, such as opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamines. Data from the National Epidemiological Study of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders found that adults who reported marijuana […]
MARIJUANA MYTHS
Marijuana is typically viewed by users as a safe drug, and even those who would never try other substances often wave away the warnings. Those who decry its use, on the other hand, tend to overstate the dangers. Here are some of the common misconceptions about marijuana. Marijuana is not addictive – 30 percent of […]