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Why a Consultation with Medical Marijuana Doctor is Necessary?

By Guest PostFebruary 16, 2020Healtharthritis, consultation, doctor, joint inflammation, marijuana, medical marijuana, psychoactive drug, therapeutic effects

Marijuana was formerly only used as a psychoactive drug, which had it banned for many years until the advanced medical research found it to be beneficial for several medical and psychological disorders. If you are tired of trying antibiotics and other regular medications for your anxiety headaches, emotional distress, maybe it’s time for you to consult medical marijuana doctors. They offer multiple benefits for health that are not only restricted to humans, rather they are equally fruitful for your pets. Medical marijuana is specifically designed to treat disorders like depression, arthritis, anxiety, and other such health-related issues. However, proper consultation from the marijuana doctor is highly recommended for it to be effective. (more…)

Report explores factors that might attract children to marijuana edibles

By Guest PostOctober 15, 2016Culture, Healthattract, children, danger to children, factors, marijuana, pot tarts

When Washington legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, a primary concern was how to ensure it was kept out of the reach of children. (more…)

Drug curbs marijuana use, but with tough side effects

By Guest PostMarch 25, 2016Healthdrug, marijuana, robert miranda, side effects, topamax

Doctors have no approved medicine to help treat marijuana dependence and abuse, but in small new clinical trial topiramate reduced the amount of cannabis heavy smokers used when they lit up. The results also show, however, that many volunteers couldn’t tolerate the drug’s side effects. (more…)

Teens Who Smoke and Drink May be More Likely to Abuse Prescription Opioids Later

By Guest PostAugust 27, 2012Culture, Healthabuse, adolescents, alcohol, cigarette, david fiellin, drink, drug use, gateway hypothesis, jeanette tetrault, lynn fiellin, marijuana, medicine, national survey, opioid abuse, prescription opioids, rani hoff, smoke, teens, william becker, yale school, young men, young women

Adolescents who smoke cigarettes or use alcohol or marijuana may be at greater risk for subsequent abuse of prescription opioids as young adults, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine.

The researchers believe their findings are the first to demonstrate that early alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use are all associated, to varying degrees, with a two- to-three times greater likelihood of subsequent abuse of prescription opioids. The study appears online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. (more…)

American Teens Are Less Likely Than European Teens to Use Cigarettes and Alcohol, but More Likely to Use Illicit Drugs

By Guest PostJune 5, 2012Culture, Generaladolescent behaviour, alcohol, american adolescents, american students, american surveys, american teens, anabolic steroids, cigarettes, cocaine, crack, eastern, Europe, european teens, france, future surveys, Germany, hashish, heroin, illicit drugs, inhalants, italy, jared wadley, lloyd johnston, marijuana, monaco, smoking cigarettes, university of michigan, western europe

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— The U.S. had the second-lowest proportion of students who used tobacco and alcohol compared to their counterparts in 36 European countries, a new report indicates.

The results originate from coordinated school surveys about substance use from more than 100,000 students in some of the largest countries in Europe like Germany, France and Italy, as well as many smaller ones from both Eastern and Western Europe.

Because the methods and measures are largely modeled after the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future surveys in this country, comparisons are possible between the U.S. and European results. The 15- and 16-year-old students, who were drawn in nationally representative samples in almost all of the 36 countries, were surveyed last spring. American 10th graders in the 2011 Monitoring the Future studies are of the same age, so comparisons are possible. (more…)

Substance Abuse Struggle

By Guest PostApril 29, 2012Culture, Health, Sportsalcohol, all american game, basketball, boston celtics, boston college, boston globe, celtic, chris herren, cocaine, cocaine addiction, dallas mavericks, denver nuggets, dream, drug test, evan krape, greek life, jennifer kessman, logan airport, marijuana, mcdonald, nba player, new england, oxycontin habit, salt lake city, struggle, substance abuse, turkey, university of delaware

Former NBA player Herren recounts struggle with substance abuse

Former college basketball and NBA player Chris Herren spoke on the University of Delaware campus Thursday, April 19, about the struggle with substance abuse that eventually ended his career.

As a high school athlete, Herren played in the 1994 McDonald’s All-American game, was named player of the year from 1992-1994 by the Boston Globe and was the Gatorade New England Player of the Year from 1993-1994, before enrolling in Boston College to continue playing basketball. (more…)

Marijuana Use Continues to Rise Among U.S. Teens, While Alcohol Use Hits Historic Lows

By Guest PostDecember 16, 20112 commentsGeneral, Healthadderall, alcohol, amphetamine, anabolic steroid, cocaine powder, cold medicines, cough, crack cocaine, ecstasy, energy drinks, inhalants, k2, lloyd johnston, marijuana, mdma, medical use, monster, narcotic drug, red bull, reload, sedative, sedatives, spice, stimulant drug, synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic marijuana, teens, tranquilizers, university of michigan, us secondary school students, use of marijuana, vicodin

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Among the more important findings from this year’s Monitoring the Future survey of U.S. secondary school students are the following:

Marijuana use among teens rose in 2011 for the fourth straight year—a sharp contrast to the considerable decline that had occurred in the preceding decade. Daily marijuana use is now at a 30-year peak level among high school seniors.
“Synthetic marijuana,” which until earlier this year was legally sold and goes by such names as “K2” and “spice,” was added to the study’s coverage in 2011; one in every nine high school seniors (11.4%) reported using that drug in the prior 12 months.
Alcohol use—and, importantly, occasions of heavy drinking—continued a long-term gradual decline among teens, reaching historically low levels in 2011.
Energy drinks are being consumed by about one third of teens, with use highest among younger teens. (more…)

U.S. Remains the Largest Cocaine Market in the World

By PravdaMarch 6, 20111 commentCulture, GeneralEurope, heroin, largest market for cocaine, legalisation of marijuana, lisa karpova, marijuana, methamphetamine, mexican traffickers, overuse of drugs, united states

The United States remains the world’s largest market for cocaine, with 4.8 million users, although its importance has been reduced in recent years, according to the INCB (International Board for Narcotics Control).

“In 2009, 4.8 million people consumed some form of cocaine in the U.S., compared with 5.3 million in 2008,” the INCB said in its report in 2010. With this number of consumers, the U.S. represents 41% of the international drug market, ahead of Europe, with 29%, according to the board, stating that “Although the market for cocaine has been reduced in North America, it continues to grow in Europe.” (more…)

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