WIRE: Medical students ill prepared to discuss medical cannabis
St. Louis, MO — Medical students are rarely provided with educational information specific to the medicinal use of cannabis and are ill equipped to discuss the [...]
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WIRE: Cannabis exposure associated with improved immunity in HIV patients
Petersburg, VA — Patients with HIV who test positive for past cannabis exposure possess significantly higher CD4+ and CD8+ counts than do those patients who test [...]
WIRE: Youth marijuana use continues to decline in new federal study
Rockville, MD – Fewer young people today identify as current users of cannabis as compared to 2002, according to national survey data released last week by the US [...]
WIRE: Trauma patients report cannabis reduces opioid intake
Boston, MA — Patients who have used medical cannabis following musculoskeletal injury report that it relieves pain symptoms and reduces their level of opioid intake, [...]
WIRE: FDA seeking public comments on CBD and therapeutic use
Washington, DC — The US Food and Drug Administration is soliciting public comments with regard to the therapeutic utility and abuse liability of various substances, [...]
WIRE: Study finds no link between cannabis use and kidney disease
San Francisco, CA — Neither current nor the long-term cumulative use of cannabis is associated with negative effects on the kidneys, according to [...]
WIRE: Marijuana use associated with reduced mortality
South Bend, IN — Marijuana use is associated with reduced rates of obesity, diabetes, opioid abuse, and other conditions that may lead to premature mortality, [...]
WIRE: Topical cannabis preparations associated with reduced opioid use
Toronto, Canada — The administration of whole-plant topical cannabis extracts is associated with reduced pain and opioid use in patients suffering from leg and ankle [...]
WIRE: Cannabis use may modulate acute alcohol pancreatitis severity
Macon, GA — Patients with a history of cannabis use present less severe symptoms of acute alcoholic pancreatitis (AAP) as compared to matched controls, according [...]
WIRE: Study shows cannabinoids can improve speech patterns in Tourette’s patients
Hannover, Germany — The daily administration of cannabinoids is associated with improved speech fluency in patients with Tourette Syndrome (TS), according to a pair [...]