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Researchers Identify Genetic Links to Cannabis Dependence
Pot Smokers May Face 5 Times Greater Risk of Alcohol Abuse
Marijuana users also less likely to quit drinking, researchers say
Source: Pot Smokers May Face 5 Times Greater Risk of Alcohol Abuse
How to roll a joint video: 10 easy steps to roll the perfect joint
One of legal cannabis’ tremendously modern luxuries is the pre-roll joint. No longer do you have to buy sub-par product from your dealer, work the seeds-and-stems quality control, grind it up and roll your own joint. Now you can walk into a store and purchase a pre-roll — or a package of pre-rolls. You can mix-and-match different strain pre-rolls. Some shops let you choose between the regular and mini-joints. And some will even offer an option wrapped in 24K gold rolling papers.
Source: How to roll a joint video: 10 easy steps to roll the perfect joint
Times have changed, no?
Legal marijuana is now a billion-dollar industry in Colorado – Quartz
A Blunt Discussion About Marijuana: Drug Has Risks, Benefits
A family physician and a patient provided their perspectives on the risks and benefits of medical marijuana during the 2015 Family Medicine Experience in Denver.
Source: A Blunt Discussion About Marijuana: Drug Has Risks, Benefits
According to a 2013 survey(www.samhsa.gov) by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5.7 million Americans use marijuana daily, up from 3.1 million in 2006. Nineteen percent of Americans ages 18-25 indicated in the same poll that they had used marijuana in the past month. The drug is linked to nearly 500,000 ER visits annually.
Marijuana and Psychosis – Possible Link
Pot Use in Youth Ups Risk of Psychotic Symptoms in Later Life
The new findings are based on data on about 2,000 individuals in Germany who were 14 to 24 years old when they enrolled in the study, and who were then followed for 10 years.
None of the participants had ever tried marijuana before entering the study, nor had any experienced psychotic symptoms.
The researchers found that those who started smoking pot during the 10 years of the trial had double the risk of developing psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, even after adjusting for factors such as age, sex, socioeconomic status, other drug use and other psychiatric diagnoses.
And the more persistent the use, the more persistent the symptoms.
Marijuana Health Risks
Car wrecks may be the most significant and well-documented adverse health effect of smoking marijuana, as clear evidence that it causes schizophrenia or other health problems is largely missing, a literature review showed.
Overall, “the public health burden of cannabis use is probably modest compared with that of alcohol, tobacco, and other illicit drugs,” Australian researchers reported in the Oct. 17 issue of The Lancet.
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