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Debunked: Study Linking Cannabis Use and Metabolic Syndrome

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Researchers at the Georgia State University School of Public Health assessed the association between cannabis use duration and MetS in a cohort of 3,051 adults who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2011-2012.

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Pain Relief: Marijuana vs. Opioids

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In addition, data from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health showed a potential inverse relationship between marijuana and opioid use, based on data that reported a drop of opioid misuse from 2016 to 2017 (from 11.8 million to 11.4

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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

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Even though these effects were observed on mice, all mammals have neurological and cellular similarities, and the team in charge of this study concluded that: “With respect to the treatment of ALS, from both a disease modifying and symptom management viewpoint, clinical trials with cannabis are the next logical step.

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Meredith Fisher-Corn, MD…….”Are You Able to Answer Your Patients’ Medical Marijuana Questions”

TheAnswerPage

Since 2012, TheAnswerPage.com has addressed the immense need for unbiased evidence-based high quality education focused on the endocannabinoid system and medical marijuana. In most cases, state medical marijuana legislation was passed without input from individual medical professionals or the medical community.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

Studies of crash or driving data suggest that, although permissive marijuana policies are associated with higher prevalence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) presence among drivers [ 1 , 2 ], there is mixed evidence that these policies are associated with motor vehicle crashes [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]. never vs. at least once). (2)

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What is CBD? Everything you need to know

The Cannigma

However, the scientific data on CBG is nowhere near as developed as what we have on CBD. The first mention of it we found on the web was a 2012 news article from the Los Angeles Times , telling the story of then-five-year-old Jayden David, a boy who was suffering from Dravet syndrome, a rare form of treatment-resistant epilepsy.

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Sesen Bio Strengthens Senior Leadership Team

Cannabis Law Report

She enjoyed commercial success in Latin America managing Merck’s Diversified Brands, including Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) in 2011 and 2012. In prior clinical trials conducted by Sesen Bio, EpCAM has been shown to be overexpressed in NMIBC cells with minimal to no EpCAM expression observed on normal bladder cells.