Exploring potential anti-inflammatory effects of medicinal cannabis
Support Care Cancer. 2023 Oct 14;31(12):629. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-08069-8. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Inflammation is thought to play a key role in malignant disease and may play a...
Pharmacohistory of Cannabis Use-A New Possibility in Future Drug Development for Gastrointestinal Diseases
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 28;24(19):14677. doi: 10.3390/ijms241914677. ABSTRACT Humans have employed cannabis for multiple uses including medicine, recreation, food, and fibre. The various...
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Problems and Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among US Emerging Adults
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01822-z. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Mental health problems in emerging adulthood are linked to...
Scientific facts improve cannabis perception and public opinion: results from Sinaloa, México
Sci Rep. 2023 Oct 12;13(1):17318. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-44185-5. ABSTRACT Cannabis, the most prevalent drug in Latin America, has long been associated with the state of Sinaloa,...
Perceived risks and benefits and frequency of cannabis use among people with HIV in different legal environments
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1089/AID.2022.0144. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: We sought to describe the prevalence of and motivation for...
Relationship between Nociplastic Pain Involvement and Medication use, Symptom Relief, and Adverse effects Among People using Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain
Clin J Pain. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001164. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Cannabis is commonly used for chronic pain management, but cannabis’ effects...
Mental and Physical Health-Related Cannabis Motives Mediate the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Problematic Cannabis Use over Time among Emerging Adult Cannabis Users
Subst Use Misuse. 2023 Oct 11:1-15. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2267111. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: While growing evidence has identified mental and physical health-related cannabis use...
Knowledge and attitudes towards medicinal cannabis and complementary and integrative medicine (CIM): a survey of healthcare professionals working in a cancer hospital in Australia
Support Care Cancer. 2023 Oct 11;31(12):623. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-08080-z. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: We investigated attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals (HCPs) to medicinal cannabis (MC) and complementary...
Trends and projection in the proportion of (heavy) cannabis use in Germany from 1995 to 2021
Addiction. 2023 Oct 10. doi: 10.1111/add.16356. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT AIMS: To measure the current trends of cannabis use in Germany, measure trends in...
Enhancing the Standardized Field Sobriety Test to detect cannabis impairment: An observational study
Traffic Inj Prev. 2023 Oct 10:1-7. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2023.2262658. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore various tests of...
What Parents Are Missing: Parental Knowledge of Adult-Use Cannabis Legislation and Health Effects, and Communication with Adolescents
Subst Use Misuse. 2023 Oct 9:1-4. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2267092. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Background: The cannabis regulation landscape is ever evolving, and it may be...
A provisional evaluation of Australia’s medical cannabis program
Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Oct 7;122:104210. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104210. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT In 2016, the Australian Government legislated to allow cannabis to be...
Identification and Quantification of the Main Psychoactive Ingredients of Cannabis in Urine Using Excitation-Eemission Matrix Fluorescence Coupled with Parallel Factor Analysis
ACS Omega. 2023 Sep 21;8(39):36302-36310. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c04913. eCollection 2023 Oct 3. ABSTRACT Cannabis is the most prevalent abused substance after alcohol, and its consumption severely...
“It’s a big added stress on top of being so ill”: The challenges facing people prescribed cannabis in the UK
Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Oct 6;122:104220. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104220. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: This paper reports on the first qualitative study to interview...
Randomized controlled trial of zolpidem as a pharmacotherapy for cannabis use disorder
J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 Oct 4:209180. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.209180. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Sleep disturbance is commonly reported among individuals meeting criteria...