Showing posts with label marijuana addiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marijuana addiction. Show all posts
Monday, February 1, 2016

A Roundtable Discussion on Cannabis Use Disorder

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Addressing the habit-forming aspects of marijuana. A trio of leading marijuana scientists participated in a panel discussion moderated ...
Friday, February 27, 2015

The Blunt Facts About Blunts

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Mixing tobacco with marijuana. People who smoke a combination of tobacco and marijuana, a common practice overseas for years, and incre...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

Hunting For the Marijuana-Dopamine Connection

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Why do heavy pot smokers show a blunted reaction to stimulants? Most drugs of abuse increase dopamine transmission in the brain, and ...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

NIDA’s Dark View of Teen Marijuana Use

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Federal study also discusses medical marijuana. Considering the impasse on marijuana policy between state and federal governments in...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Marijuana Dependence and Legalization

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Making best guesses about pot. One essential question about state marijuana legalization continues to dog the debate:  Namely, as ma...
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Friday, December 27, 2013

Who Smokes Dope, And How Much?

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Marijuana stats skew perceptions of use. Most statistical surveys of marijuana focus on a single quantitative measurement: How many...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

What Mark Kleiman Wants You To Know About Drugs

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The public policy guru guiding state legalization efforts. Mark A. R. Kleiman is the Professor of Public Policy at UCLA, editor of the ...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Drug News in Brief

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Short takes on matters various. Taking Aim at Pot —Researchers have recently made clinical efforts to test three drugs that might help ...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Does Marijuana Withdrawal Matter?

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What happens to some smokers when they cut out the cannabis . People who say they are addicted to marijuana tend to exhibit a characte...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

A Drug For Marijuana Withdrawal?

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Researchers get good results with gabapentin. Marijuana, as researchers and pundits never tire of pointing out, is the most widely used...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Interview with Michael Farrell of Australia’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

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On prisons, pot, and the DSM-V. (The “Five-Question Interview” series.) Our latest participant is Professor Michael Farrell, director o...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

Marijuana, Vomiting, and Hot Baths

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A case history of cannabinoid hyperemesis. Cannabinoid hyperemesis, as it's known, is an extremely rare but terrifying disorder marke...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Detoxifying with Marijuana Anonymous

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                             What MA has to say. Marijuana Anonymous was formed in 1989 as a program for those having difficulty remaining ...
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