Trump’s New DEA Leader Has A ‘Just Say No’ Stance On Marijuana, Linking Cannabis Use To Suicide Risk And Schizophrenia
President Donald Trump has formally named his decide to steer the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)—deciding on a decades-long company veteran and prime Virginia official who’s voiced issues in regards to the risks of marijuana and linked its use to larger suicide threat amongst youth. On Tuesday, Trump introduced that he’s nominating Terrance Cole to function […]
Study: Cannabis Use Associated With Lower Kidney Stone Risk in Male Users
Researchers in China recently looked at the relationship between kidney stone rates among male cannabis users versus those who do not consume cannabis and found that, indeed, that male cannabis users “were inversely associated with kidney stones.” The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology. Kidney stones have been documented in humans for […]
Heavy Cannabis Use Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Problems in Canadian Study
A new research report has found that individuals diagnosed with “cannabis use disorder” have a roughly 60% higher chance of experiencing certain heart problems than adults of the same age and gender without the same diagnosis. The study, published in Addiction on Wednesday, was conducted using medical data from just under 60,000 adults in Alberta, […]
Research Finds Increased Heavy Metals Risk for Cannabis Users, Affirms Testing Need
A new study conducted by New York’s Columbia University researchers used a massive database from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in an effort to determine whether cannabis users had higher levels of any of 17 different metals in their blood or urine. The study ultimately revealed that cannabis-only […]
Study: Young MJ Consumers With Psychosis Risk Saw Symptom Improvement
A new study, titled “Recreational Cannabis Use Over Time in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Lack of Associations with Symptom, Neurocognitive, Functioning, and Treatment Patterns” published in the journal Psychiatry Research, examined teens and young adults at risk of developing psychotic disorders. Conducted by a team of researchers at Zucker Hillside Hospital, Stanford […]
Cannabis Use Not Associated with Greater Risk of Heart Attack, Study Finds
Using cannabis is not associated with an increased risk of heart attack among middle-aged adults, according to data published in the American Journal of Cardiology, NORML reports. The study found that compared to non-cannabis users, those who have consumed cannabis monthly for the past year are not at a greater risk for a heart attack. […]
Study Suggests Cannabis Users Have Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers at the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Iran performed the analysis on “seven studies, containing 11 surveys and 4 cohorts.” According to NORML, which aggregated the analysis, the four cohorts consisted of more than 478,000 subjects. The meta-analysis revealed that “the odds of developing [type 2 diabetes mellitus] in individuals exposed to cannabis […]
Study: Pot Use Linked With Lower Risk of Liver Disease
Consuming alcohol is a well-known cause of liver damage, but the opposite may hold true for smoking pot. That is the takeaway of new research published late last month in PLOS One. After examining a “nationally representative” sample of Americans, the researchers said that they found that “current marijuana use is inversely associated with steatosis,” […]