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Marijuana Component Good For Bones After Spinal Injury

Patients with spinal cord injury experience severe bone loss below the level of spinal injury. The aim of this study was to determine if one of the non-psychoactive components (CBD) of marijuana would have a positive effect. Adult male rats with a surgical cutting of the spinal cord were treated for 14 consecutive days with […]

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Medical Marijuana Users Substitute For Medical Drugs

The use of medical marijuana (cannabis) is continually increasing and it is most commonly used for pain, anxiety and depression. New information suggests that use and abuse of prescription drugs is decreasing where marijuana laws have been enacted. In this study, 2,774 individuals who reported using marijuana at least once in the previous 90 days, […]

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Medical Marijuana Can Improve Nerve Pain

In order to determine whether plant-derived cannabis medicinal extracts (CME) can alleviate nerve pain symptoms unresponsive to standard treatment, a consecutive series of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled single-patient cross-over trials with two-week treatment periods was performed. 18 patients with multiple sclerosis, 4 with spinal cord injury, 1 with brachial plexus damage, and 1 with limb amputation […]

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Medical Marijuana: Will Crash Fatality Rates Rise?

As more states re-allow their inhabitants to use the natural plant marijuana (cannabis), some who grew up with the prohibition mentality are concerned that fatalities from automobile accidents will rise as a result. The authors of this study used the US Fatality Analysis Reporting System to determine the annual numbers of motor vehicle crash fatalities […]

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Marijuana Use Did Not Alter Balance Ability In This Study

Since cannabinoid (marijuana components) receptors are found in movement related brain regions, some wished to evaluate the effect marijuana may have on human movement. 22 marijuana users average age twenty-four, were matched with 22 non marijuana users average age twenty-five. They completed screening tests, a gait and balance test, and a clinical neurological examination of […]

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Medical Marijuana: Whole Plant vs. Drugs With THC

The healing properties of plants have been used by humans for centuries, and cannabis sativa (marijuana) is one of the oldest ever used for medicinal purposes. In contrast to the whole plant or its extracts, medicinal products which only contain THC have been found to lack effectiveness and lead to unbearable side effects. The authors […]

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Marijuana And The Debate About Brain Volume

The hippocampus is a component of the brain associated with long term memory and spatial navigation. There has been ongoing debate regarding the effect of cannabis (marijuana) on hippocampal volume, and whether or not earlier age initiation of use, or higher doses of marijuana have any effect on its size. This study matched 20 heavy […]

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Medical Marijuana, A New Topical For Wound Pain?

Reports of the use of extracts from the cannabis (marijuana) plant being applied topically to open cutaneous wounds, for the purposes of promoting wound healing and relieving wound-related pain, date back to antiquity. Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare inflammatory neutrophilic skin disease, that classically presents as cutaneous ulcerations which most commonly occur on the […]

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Marijuana Does Not Seem To Decrease Kidney Function

It is biologically plausible that marijuana (cannabis) use could affect kidney function, and this cohort study set out to determine any relationships. Data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study was used. Past or current marijuana use was reported by 83% (3,131 out of 3,765) of the study participants. The authors […]

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Medical Marijuana: It May Be Best To Avoid Dabbing.

Some have questioned the efficacy and safety of “dabbing” in the emerging medical marijuana (cannabis) markets across the United States, and rightly so. The chemistry regarding the creation, combustion and degradation of these products is complex and will not be addressed here specifically. However, this study states that several products of concern to human health […]