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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Teens with medical marijuana cards much likelier to say they’re addicted
Posted by on July 24, 2015
Teens with medical marijuana cards much likelier to say they’re addicted, but few teens have them
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- University of Michigan. (2015, July 23). Teens with medical marijuana cards much likelier to say they’re addicted, but few teens have them. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 24, 2015 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150723140207.htm
- ScienceDaily Summary:
- Teens using marijuana for medical reasons are 10 times more likely to say they are hooked on marijuana than youth who get marijuana illegally, a new study shows. The study is the first to report on a nationally representative sample of 4,394 high school seniors and their legal or illegal medical marijuana use as it relates to other drug use. In the study, 48 teens had medical marijuana cards, but 266 teens used medical marijuana without a card.
Journal Reference:
- Carol J. Boyd, Philip T. Veliz, Sean Esteban McCabe. Adolescents’ Use of Medical Marijuana: A Secondary Analysis of Monitoring the Future Data. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2015; 57 (2): 241 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.04.008
Marijuana: New industry wrestles with pesticides, safety
Posted by on July 21, 2015
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New industry wrestles with pesticides, safety
Non-psychoactive Cannabidiol (CBD) alone may be helpful in treating fractures
Posted by on July 17, 2015
No bones about it: Cannabis may be used to treat fractures
Tel Aviv University researcher finds non-psychotropic compound in marijuana can help heal bone fissures
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American Friends of Tel Aviv University. (2015, July 16). No bones about it: Cannabis may be used to treat fractures: Tel Aviv University researcher finds non-psychotropic compound in marijuana can help heal bone fissures. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 17, 2015 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150716124359.htm
- ScienceDaily Summary:
- A new study explores another promising new medical application for marijuana. According to the research, the administration of the non-psychotropic component significantly helps heal bone fractures.
Journal Reference:
- Natalya M Kogan, Eitan Melamed, Elad Wasserman, Bitya Raphael, Aviva Breuer, Kathryn S Stok, Rachel Sondergaard, Ana VVillarreal Escudero, Saja Baraghithy, Malka Attar-Namdar, Silvina Friedlander-Barenboim, Neashan Mathavan, Hanna Isaksson, Raphael Mechoulam, Ralph Müller, Alon Bajayo, Yankel Gabet, Itai Bab. Cannabidiol, a Major Non-Psychotropic Cannabis Constituent Enhances Fracture Healing and Stimulates Lysyl Hydroxylase Activity in Osteoblasts. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2015; DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2513
WTR-RI Research and Analysis Team Note:
This animal study (rats) suggests that CBD, a non-psychoactive component of marijuana may be helpful in healing bone fractures. The researchers compared results using substances with and without THC and found CBD alone was helpful in the bone healing process.
Gateway to Curiosity: Medical Marijuana Ads and Intention and Use During Middle School.
Posted by on July 9, 2015
Adolescents who view medical marijuana ads more likely to use the drug, study finds
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- RAND Corporation. (2015, July 6). Adolescents who view medical marijuana ads more likely to use the drug, study finds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 9, 2015 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150706154858.htm
- ScienceDaily Summary:
- A new study raises questions about whether there is a need to revise prevention programming for youth as the availability, visibility and legal status of marijuana changes. The report found that adolescents who saw advertising for medical marijuana were more likely to either report using marijuana or say they planned to use the substance in the future.
Journal Reference:
- Elizabeth J. D’Amico, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Joan S. Tucker. Gateway to Curiosity: Medical Marijuana Ads and Intention and Use During Middle School.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2015; DOI: 10.1037/adb0000094
Up in smoke or bottoms up: How policy could affect substance abuse
Posted by on July 8, 2015
Up in smoke or bottoms up: How policy could affect substance abuse
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Springer Science+Business Media. (2015, January 12). Up in smoke or bottoms up: How policy could affect substance abuse. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 8, 2015 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150112181317.htm
- ScienceDaily Summary:
- Half of young drivers who died in car crashes in American states such as California, Hawaii and West Virginia were under the influence of either alcohol or marijuana, or both. This is the story told by the statistics recording fatal road accidents involving 16- to 25-year-olds in nine US states.
Journal Reference:
- Katherine M Keyes, Joanne E Brady, Guohua Li. Effects of minimum legal drinking age on alcohol and marijuana use: evidence from toxicological testing data for fatally injured drivers aged 16 to 25 years. Injury Epidemiology, 2015; 2 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s40621-014-0032-1
Marijuana users substitute alcohol at 21
Posted by on July 8, 2015
Marijuana users substitute alcohol at 21
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- July 7, 2015
- Source:
- University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. (2015, July 7). Marijuana users substitute alcohol at 21. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 8, 2015 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150707120441.htm
- ScienceDaily Summary:
- A recent study looked at marijuana and alcohol use in people between the ages of 18 and 24. It’s probably not surprising that the results show a drastic increase in alcohol consumption in people just over 21; after all, that’s the minimum legal age to drink. What an economist-researcher found remarkable is that, at the same age, there was an equally dramatic drop in marijuana use.
Journal Reference:
Benjamin Crost, Santiago Guerrero. The effect of alcohol availability on marijuana use: Evidence from the minimum legal drinking age. Journal of Health Economics, 2012; 31 (1): 112 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.12.005
Anti-pot taboo shrinks in presidential politics
Posted by on July 7, 2015
Anti-pot taboo shrinks in presidential politics
In Cannabis Culture, the struggles that help us grow are avoided
Posted by on July 3, 2015
Michael C. Cerullo: In Cannabis Culture, the struggles that help us grow are avoided.
The Providence Journal September 9, 2014
Church of Cannabis Tests Limits of Religious Law in Indiana
Posted by on July 2, 2015
What's the Rush, RI? 
Why rush on pot, Rhode Island?
Michael C. Cerullo: Why rush on pot, Rhode Island?
The Providence Journal, May 6, 2014
http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/commentary/20140506-michael-c.-cerullo-why-rush-on-pot-rhode-island.ece
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