Medical Express

As marijuana use continues to rise along with a national legalization trend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that estimates reveal every 3 in 10 people who consume it have cannabis use disorder. The question is – how is cannabis use disorder diagnosed?...

As childhood obesity rates continue to rise in the U.S., researchers are looking into why. A new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in the journal of Pediatric Obesity exposes one of the possible causes – prenatal exposure to both tobacco and cannabis...

Does marijuana impact adolescents differently than it does adults? Can CBD reduce some of the effects of THC? A new experimental study published in Addiction and led by UCL and King's College London scientists offers some answers. According to the research summary, the...

Can CBD minimize some of the negative effects of marijuana? According to new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, no, it can’t. The study, published in Neuropsychopharmacology examined whether marijuana with higher...

Illegal synthetic cannabis known under many street names such as Ak-47, K2, Spice, Scoobie Snacks, Mr. Nice Guy and 24-Karat Dream is less commonly used in states that have legal marijuana programs, a Washington State University-led study recently confirmed.  The research published in the...