Positive Marijuana Research Database
Living with a medical condition can easily alter ones mood, and medical marijuana (cannabis) users who consume this natural medicine may have depression associated with their symptoms, but do marijuana users in general have depression? This study evaluated 4,400 adult users via the internet by completing The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale and measures […]
The proponents of any type of prohibition will often promote undocumented ideas to promote their own, and the same is true of those who would continue the oppression of cannabis (marijuana) prohibition. One of those assertions is that marijuana drains a users motivation, creates apathy and a general inability to progress in life. In order […]
There are many who still question both the short and long term potential effects of cannabis (marijuana) use on multiple aspects of brain function, and those questions may take decades to fully answer. However, this study attempted to determine the non-acute effects of marijuana use on associative memory investigated with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). […]
There are many artists of all types who claim to express greater creative ability when under the influence of cannabis (marijuana). But other than self-reported anecdotal evidence, what do we have? This study compared 15 abstinent marijuana users, 15 abstinent MDMA / ecstasy users, and 15 non-drug users in a battery of objective and subjective […]
As marijuana (cannabis) use becomes more accepted (again) in mainstream society, many ponder how older adult (regular) users maintain harm reduction regarding health, social and legal risks in the context of “normalized” cannabis use. This study collected data from Baby Boomer (born 1946-1964) cannabis users in the San Francisco Bay Area, consisting of a recorded, […]
Two studies were conducted to examine how thoughts of death affect cannabis (marijuana) cravings, and if consuming marijuana alleviates those thoughts of death. 42 participants in the first study demonstrated cannabis craving when prompted with thoughts of death, even though there was no change in their conscious negative mood. In the second study of 50 […]
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted between 2007 and 2012 was used to assess the effects of marijuana on thyroid function and autoimmunity in users. Information from 5280 adults ages 18 to 69 years, who responded to questions related to marijuana use and had laboratory results related to thyroid parameters […]
It has been questioned if cannabis (marijuana) users have any impairment in healing following traumatic injury. This study used a retrospective chart review over a 2 year period from a Level I trauma center on patients having a toxicology report and a Injury Severity Score of more than 16. Differences in presenting characteristics, hospital length […]
The authors of this study did a secondary analysis of data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. They were investigating any relationship between cumulative lifetime and current marijuana (cannabis) use with abdominal fat, subcutaneous fat, intramuscular fat and any decreased function of the liver at midlife. 2902 participants who were […]
Abusing alcohol is highly associated with causing liver disease (ALD) characterized by alcoholic steatosis (AS), steatohepatitis (AH), fibrosis, cirrhosis (AC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although the combined use of cannabis (marijuana) with alcohol and the development of liver disease remains unclear, cannabis has been shown to have an anti-inflammatory effect on human physiology. The authors […]