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Friday, March 9, 2012

Cannabinoid 2 receptors regulate impulsive behavior

Source: Neuroscience Institute of Alicante
Conclusion: Manipulating the endocannabinoid system can modulate high levels of impulsivity. This is the main problem in psychiatric illnesses such a schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and substance abuse.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica: An Ethnographic Study

Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
Conclusion: The absence of any differences between the exposed on nonexposed groups in the early neonatal period suggest that the better scores of exposed neonates at 1 month are traceable to the cultural positioning and social and economic characteristics of mothers using marijuana that select for the use of marijuana but also promote neonatal development.

Cannabinergic Pain Medicine: A Concise Clinical Primer and Survey of Randomized-controlled Trial Results

Source: National Institutes of Health
Conclusion: Of the 56 hits generated, 38 published RCTs (randomized-controlled trial) met the survey criteria. Of these, 71% (27) concluded that cannabinoids had empirically demonstrable and statistically significant pain-relieving effects, whereas 29% (11) did not.

Association Between Marijuana Exposure and Pulmonary Function Over 20 Years

Source: Journal of the American Medical Association
Conclusion: Occasional and low cumulative marijuana use was not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function.