While the President acknowledged hearing "great things" about cannabis' medical utility, he also said that he's heard "bad things having to do with just about everything else [about marijuana]."The post Trump Says Cannabis Rescheduling Decision Is Forthcoming appeared first on NORML.
"Ten years after that first dispensary opens, death rates in cannabis counties are, on average, about 30 percent lower than death rates in counties without a dispensary," the analysis found.The post Analysis: Cannabis Dispensary Openings Associated With Fewer Opioid Deaths appeared first on NORML.
"These findings demonstrate a consistent and substantial transition to legal retail sources in Canada over the first 5 years of legalization."The post Canada: Nearly Eight in Ten Consumers Say They Obtain Cannabis Exclusively From Legal Markets appeared first on NORML.
CBD mitigated alcohol intake, prevented alcohol-induced damage to the brain, and attenuated relapse-like behaviors.The post Preclinical Study: CBD Dosing Mitigates Cravings for Alcohol appeared first on NORML.
Members of Congress must still reconcile the language of the two bills, a process that will likely take place in conference committee later this year.The post Federal: Language Facilitating Medical Cannabis Access for Veterans Included in Senate, House Versions of Military Spending Bill appeared first on NORML.
Cannabis may play a role in the maintenance therapy of opiate-dependent individuals with comorbid anxiety and sleep disorders, investigators concluded.The post Study: Medical Cannabis Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life Improvements, Reduced Opioid Use Among Patients With Substance Use Disorders appeared first on NORML.
Consistent with prior studies, patients drove at slower speeds and increased the distance between their vehicle and the vehicles in front of them following THC dosing.The post Study: Patients Engage in Compensatory Driving Behaviors Following Ingestion of THC Extracts appeared first on NORML.
"Compared with those with no history of cannabis use, participants with current regular cannabis use were not at higher risk of chronic kidney disease," researchers concluded.The post Analysis: Cannabis Use Not Associated with Elevated Risk of Kidney Disease appeared first on NORML.
Declines were most pronounced among those ages 35 to 49.The post Analysis: Marijuana Legalization in California Associated With Lower Alcohol Consumption appeared first on NORML.
Many patients also reported using CBD oil products; however, they did not perceive them to be as effective as cannabis.The post Survey: IBD Patients Report Symptomatic Benefits, Decreased Reliance on Opioids Following Cannabis Use appeared first on NORML.
Adult-use sales begin on Friday — some 28 months after lawmakers approved legislation legalizing the adult-use market.The post Delaware: Medical Cannabis Dispensaries To Begin Adult-Use Sales appeared first on NORML.
Fifty-nine percent of respondents said they used cannabis "to suppress cravings for other [controlled] substances."The post Survey: Patients Undergoing Opioid Maintenance Therapy Frequently Use Cannabis To Mitigate Cravings, Withdrawal Symptoms appeared first on NORML.
Patients who used medical cannabis products during the prior year reported fewer urgent care visits, fewer emergency department visits, and fewer "unhealthy days per month" than did those with no prior cannabis use history.The post Analysis: Medical Cannabis Associated With Reduced Healthcare Utilization in Chronic Pain Patients appeared first on NORML.
Contrary to investigators' expectations, current cannabis use was not independently associated with elevated rates of heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular death, or all-cause mortality.The post Study: Cannabis Consumption Not Associated With Elevated Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults appeared first on NORML.
"This study uniquely contributes to the evidence on the benefits and safety of medicinal cannabis in adolescents with Tourette syndrome," investigators concluded.The post Pilot Study: Cannabis Extracts Show Promise in Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome appeared first on NORML.
Nearly ten percent of patients experienced complete remission from their symptoms..The post Study: Cannabis Extracts Relieve GI Symptoms in Fibromyalgia Patients appeared first on NORML.
Second-hand cannabis exposure for 15-minute intervals triggered positive test results.The post Analysis: Hair Follicle Testing Detects Passive Exposure to Cannabis Smoke appeared first on NORML.
Researchers "observed a substantial reduction in patient-reported pain intensity over time," with pain scores falling most significantly in the cannabis-naïve subgroup.The post Study: Marijuana Extracts Mitigate Chronic Pain in Cannabis-Naïve Subjects appeared first on NORML.
More than 79 percent of respondents said that they consumed cannabis, at least in part, as an alternative to traditional medications.The post Survey: Many Consumers Substitute Cannabis for Prescription Medications appeared first on NORML.
Twenty-six percent of patients reduced their use of traditional analgesic medicines. No participants increased or added analgesic drugs during the study.The post Study: Low-Dose Cannabis Extracts Reduce Chronic Pain, Patients’ Reliance on Analgesic Medications appeared first on NORML.