Positive Marijuana Research Database
Cannabis (marijuana) imparts it’s effects on the human body (and all mammals) via the endocannabinoid system. This system plays a role in food reward in your body and possibly the intensity of sweet taste, therefore influencing what you like and don’t like concerning food flavors. This study set out to determine if ingesting THC, CBD, […]
Prohibition of cannabis (marijuana) for the last 70 or so years led to many unfounded claims about it’s damaging effects. Claiming that it would “shrink your brain” was one that some of you may have heard. In yet another study, that shrinking brain concept has again been proven to be completely false. Seventy-nine daily users […]
In the battle to fight pain, opioids play a significant role, but as more people become aware of their dangers, they seek options which can prove to be safer. Opioids are considered to have significant side effects including constipation, impaired sleep, respiratory depression, and the risk of use disorder and related mortality. Sometimes using combinations […]
In this prospective trial, 21 Crohn’s disease patients with an average age of 40 who had not responded to therapy with steroids, immunomodulators, or anti-tumor necrosis factor-α agents, were studied. Ten out of the eleven patients who were treated by smoking cannabis twice daily with 115 mg of THC each session over the course of […]
Many individuals often subjectively report the consumption of marijuana (cannabis) and it’s primary component THC, as valuable for individual subjective stress relief. But just how well does that subjective opinion reflect actual results? Pretty well, but it’s dose related. In this double-blind randomized study, 42 healthy volunteers participated in two experimental sessions. One was a […]
Hypoxia-Ischemia (HI) is a combination of reduced blood flow which cannot support normal organ function combined with less than normal oxygen levels. If this occurs in the brain then long lasting tissue damage and functional impairment can occur. In this study, newborn rats were subjected to HI and one group was administered cannabidiol (CBD), a […]
Neurogenesis is the growth and development of nerve tissue and is influenced by external factors such as enriched environments. Some researchers postulate that such neurogenesis in the hippocampus region of the brain contributes to improved learning and memory. This study was designed to observe the effect of THC on neurogenesis and the associated cognitive performance […]
As part of the past propaganda surrounding cannabis (marijuana) it was suggested that consumption of this plant would change a persons brain structure, creating alterations that could be seen on it’s surface. In this study, a multi-site data set of 120 controls and 141 cannabis users were examined regarding differences in cortical (surface) structure of […]
614 Italian patients were evaluated in this study on cannabis (marijuana) for pain relief. Cannabis was added to the pain regimen of these mostly female individuals who averaged 61 years of age. At the initial follow up which averaged 98 days after adding cannabis to their treatment regimen, 76% of the patients were continuing marijuana […]
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) include chronic diseases such as Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis, and are known to respond to cannabis (marijuana) preparations but there are hundreds of compounds in the plant. This study was designed to determine which component was most likely to represent the beneficial anti-inflammatory effect seen on bowel conditions. The authors determined […]