Items tagged with scientific research
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| The new strain of cannabis that could help treat psychosis [15.11.2014] | Dr David Potter and GW Pharmaceuticals – a company that is exploring how cannabis could help treat a range of illnesses ranging from epilepsy to canc ... |
| Punitive drug law enforcement failing, says Home Office study [30.10.2014] | There is no evidence that tough enforcement of the drug laws on personal possession leads to lower levels of drug use, according to the UK government ... |
| Legal marijuana could be $130 million a year business in D.C., study finds [29.10.2014] | If D.C. residents vote to legalize marijuana possession next week, it wouldn’t just mean a sea change in drug policy in the nation’s capital. It coul ... |
| Teenagers who use cannabis every day 60% less likely to finish school [10.09.2014] | Teenagers who use cannabis daily before the age of 17 are more than 60% less likely to complete high school or university, research published in Lanc ... |
| A puff of logic [27.06.2014] | That cannabis and schizophrenia are linked is widely accepted. Several studies suggest the drug can set off short-term psychotic episodes in those al ... |
| How neuroscience reinforces racist drug policy [12.06.2014] | A recent neuroscience study from Harvard Medical School claims to have discovered brain differences between people who smoke marijuana and people who ... |
| No, weed won’t rot your brain [17.04.2014] | Headlines are screaming Marijuana Makes Young Brains Go to Pot. But a new study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, does not in any way prove ... |
| Study: Marijuana legalization doesn’t increase crime [14.04.2014] | After Colorado legalized marijuana for recreational use this year, violent and property crime rates in the city are actually falling. According to da ... |
| Legalizing medical marijuana may actually reduce crime, study says [26.03.2014] | Legalizing medical marijuana causes no increase in crime, according to a new study. In fact, legalized medical pot may reduce some violent crime, inc ... |
| Harvard: Marijuana doesn’t cause schizophrenia [09.12.2013] | New research from Harvard Medical School, in a comparison between families with a history of schizophrenia and those without, finds little support fo ... |
| Cigarette smoking 'could make you psychotic' [12.11.2013] | Experts at the Institute of Psychiatry in London are publishing research suggesting that smoking cigarettes may be a contributory cause of schizophre ... |
| Drugs legislation is hampering clinical research, warns David Nutt [03.11.2013] | The UK's drug laws are preventing scientists from carrying out vital research to unlock our understanding of the brain and find new treatments for co ... |
| "Think cannabis is harmless?" No. Does anyone? [23.10.2013] | Cannabis is associated with psychosis (a symptom) and schizophrenia (an illness where this symptom is persistent) in complex, contradictory and myste ... |
| The global epidemiology and contribution of cannabis use and dependence to the global burden of disease [23.10.2013] | Cannabis dependence is a disorder primarily experienced by young adults, especially in higher income countries. It has not been shown to increase mor ... |
| War on illegal drugs failing, medical researchers warn [01.10.2013] | The global “war on drugs” has been such a failure that illegal substances are now cheaper and purer than at any period over the past two decades, war ... |
| OAS study eyes marijuana decriminalization [17.05.2013] | An Organization of American States study in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the war on drugs advocates serious discus ... |
| Marijuana legalization in Colorado may not pay for itself, study finds [25.04.2013] | Legal marijuana in Colorado may not bring in enough money to cover the societal costs of legalization, a study from a Colorado State University think ... |
| Pot smokers might not turn into dopes after all [13.01.2013] | Cannabis rots your brain — or does it? Last year, a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggested that people w ... |
| Study: marijuana a susbstitute for prescription drugs and alcohol [10.12.2012] | Research being conducted by a former Victoria city councillor is poking holes in marijuana’s reputation as a gateway drug. According to an academic p ... |
| Study shows legalizing pot could earn billions for B.C. [20.11.2012] | Legalizing marijuana in B.C. could generate $2.5 billion in government tax and licensing revenues over the next five years, according to a study publ ... |
| Mexico study: US legalization cuts cartel profits [30.10.2012] | A study released by a respected Mexican think tank asserts that proposals to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado, Oregon and Washi ... |
| Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study [15.10.2012] | A six-year study of Britain's drug laws by leading scientists, police officers, academics and experts has concluded it is time to introduce decrimina ... |
| Study: Pot arrests cost state $300 million in past 25 years [10.10.2012] | A new crime-data analysis has found that 241,000 people in Washington were arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession over the last quarter-centur ... |
| Cannabis reduces IQ (and appreciation of context) [28.08.2012] | A new study suggests that young cannabis users run the risk of a lower IQ. In what is an impressively long-term cohort study, it was found that "thos ... |
| Does weekly marijuana use by teens really cause a drop in IQ? [28.08.2012] | Heavy marijuana use is associated with cognitive decline in about 5% of teens, according to a new study, which suggests that the heaviest users could ... |
| Cannabis as an Adjunct to or Substitute for Opiates in the Treatment of Chronic Pain [31.05.2012] | There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of medical cannabis as an adjunct to or substitute for prescription opiates in the treatment o ... |
| Marijuana compound treats schizophrenia with few side effects [29.05.2012] | A compound found in marijuana can treat schizophrenia as effectively as antipsychotic medications, with far fewer side effects, according to a prelim ... |
| The Israeli pharmacologist who kick-started marijuana research [13.05.2012] | Half a century ago, Hebrew University Prof. Raphael Mechoulam isolated and synthesized THC, the main psychoactive compound in the cannabis plant. By ... |
| The neuroscience of pot [11.01.2012] | Marijuana has been shown to have both anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) effects and to induce anxiety and psychosis in certain people. In schizophrenics, it ... |
| Marijuana may both trigger and suppress psychosis [04.01.2012] | New research finds that the two main ingredients in marijuana have opposing effects on it. The study examined 15 normal men who had previously smoked ... |
| What can we learn from the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system? [31.10.2011] | In 1976 the Netherlands adopted a formal written policy of non-enforcement for violations involving possession or sale of up to 30 g of cannabis. The ... |
| Budding research may remove stigma around cannabis cultivation [20.10.2011] | Two Canadian researchers hope their work — mapping the cannabis sativa genome — will get rid of the stigma which they say surrounds the cultivation o ... |
| Fear and loathing surrounds decriminalisation [18.06.2011] | "The war on drugs has failed," said a recent report compiled by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, which comprised a former UN secretary-general, ... |
| What should we do about cannabis? [09.11.2010] | No serious commentator doubts that cannabis is potentially damaging to the user. Like tobacco, it is typically smoked and thus shares the potential f ... |
| Marijuana as a gateway drug [28.10.2010] | Of all the arguments that have been used to demonize marijuana, few have been more powerful than that of the "gateway effect": the notion that while ... |
| The changing use and misuse of khat [07.05.2010] | Within the last decade the hitherto little known psychoactive substance of khat has emerged as a regional and international issue. In the Horn of Afr ... |
| Cannabis policy: Time to move beyond the psychosis debate [11.03.2010] | Researchers, research funders and policymakers should give greater voice to the risks and harms associated with particular cannabis policies and to t ... |
| Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use [17.10.2009] | For over two decades, cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has been the most widely used illicit drug by young people in high-income countries, and ... |
| Assessing the impact of cannabis use on trends in diagnosed schizophrenia in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2005 [27.06.2009] | A recent systematic review concluded that cannabis use increases risk of psychotic outcomes independently of confounding and transient intoxication e ... |
| Randomized controlled trial of dexamphetamine maintenance for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence [18.06.2009] | This study tested the impact of a long-acting form of amphetamine as medication to help control dependent use of the closely allied stimulant, metham ... |
| Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate [01.09.2008] | Despite cannabis being the most widely used illegal drug, and therefore the mainstay of the ‘war on drugs’, it has only ever held a relatively margin ... |
| The Limited Relevance of Drug Policy [01.05.2004] | Decriminalizing cannabis doesn't lead to more widespread use, according to a study comparing cannabis users in two similar cities with opposing canna ... |
| Crack Heads and Roots Daughters [01.01.2002] | An ethnographic study of women and drug use in inner city neighborhoods in Kingston, Jamaica, revealed that cannabis is commonly used in conjunction ... |
| Evaluating alternative cannabis regimes [31.01.2001] | Cannabis is the cutting-edge drug for reform, the only politically plausible candidate for major legal change, at least decriminalisation (re ... |
| Cannabis use, a stepping stone to other drugs? [31.12.1996] | Does smoking reefer lead to using other drugs, in daily practice usually described as cocaine and heroin? Raising the possibility that the answer to ... |
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