Study shows promising long-term results for children of divorce
...cents six years after the classes including, drug, marijuana and alcohol use; behavioral problems; and the numb...ental health problems and fewer instances of drug, marijuana and alcohol use than teens that had been in the self-study program. The results for the mother progr...Marijuana-derived compound targets pain, inflammation
...e mood-altering side effects associated with other marijuana based drugs. They say the compound could improve t...city) associated with the disease, just as natural marijuana has been shown to have a similar effect. Human studies of the drug's effect on MS are planned. Othe...Substance abuse increases in New York City in aftermath of September 11th
...rvey results indicate that smoking and alcohol and marijuana use increased among residents of Manhattan during ... associated with increased alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use following the traumatic events of September 11th, this research will help us to design more effe...Jurys still out on use of marijuana derivative for MS
St. Paul, MN Anecdotal claims of the benefits of marijuana for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been ... small and inconclusive. A new study suggests that marijuana derivatives do not improve MS symptoms, but researchers say more studies need to be done before conc...At 2 years, cocaine babies suffer cognitive development effects
... all trimesters, cocaine-using women used alcohol, marijuana and tobacco more frequently and in higher amounts than non-users. Cocaine-using women were found to be older, had more children and were less likely to have had prenatal care. They also were less likely to be married; had lower vocabulary, block desi...Marijuana use linked to hallucinogen use
...ides the first epidemiological evidence that young marijuana smokers are substantially more likely than non-smo... Once the opportunity for hallucinogen use occurs, marijuana smokers are more likely than non-smokers to actually try it. The study appears in the April issue of...Marijuanas impact on intelligence
...and colleagues report that light and former use of marijuana does not appear to have a long-term effect on inte...subjects at 912 years of age (before initiation of marijuana use) with their scores at 17-20 years. The authors grouped subjects as nonusers (n= 37), light users......effects; Conversely, and perhaps controversially, marijuana has a negligible impact on culpability; and Stimulants also have little effect on culpability. "The most interesting result for me was the tranquillisers, because of the ramifications it could have," she says. "What I found was that if a person too...College freshmen more politically liberal than in the past, UCLA survey reveals
...ing. More than one-third (36.5 percent) agree that marijuana should be legalized, an increase from last years 34.2 percent and the highest rating since 1980. While 75 percent of todays freshmen agree that employers should be allowed to require drug testing of employees or job applicants, support for testing i...ROCHESTER, MINN. -- A drug derived from marijuana is not as effective as a standard drug for curbing... reports and previous small studies suggested that marijuana and its derivatives stimulate appetite, says Aminah Jatoi, M.D., a Mayo Clinic oncologist and resear...UCSF researchers move in on role of brain's naturally occurring marijuana
...structure known as the hippocampus. Paradoxically, marijuana disrupts cognitive function and the likely explanation, the researchers say, is that marijuana disrupts the very cognitive system the cannabinoid normally supports. The circumstances under whi...First medicinal cannabis studies approved by research center
...(UCSF)An inpatient study on the efficacy of smoked marijuana for the alleviation of peripheral nerve pain assoc...patient study of the efficacy and safety of smoked marijuana versus placebo for the treatment of muscle spasms, loss of function, and related pain in patients wi...Marijuana use rises and falls with price and perceived harm, study shows
Marijuana use among youth decreases as marijuana prices and perceived harmfulness rise, conclude re... study also assesses the extent to which trends in marijuana prices and perceptions of use risks predict cycles in youth marijuana use. Marijuana use among hig...Study finds marijuana ingredient promotes tumor growth, impairs anti-tumor defenses
...uppresser. The authors also suggest that smoking marijuana may be more of a cancer risk than smoking tobacco. The tar portion of marijuana smoke, compared to that of tobacco, contains higher concentrations of carcinogenic hydrocarbons, inc...Expert calls for common sense, science in national response to medicinal herbs
...me 60,000 years, the scholar said. Cannabis -- the marijuana plant -- is believed to have been used for more than 8,000 years in China, and opium, first produced in Mesopotamia, has been an important painkiller for some 5,400. "The mummified human discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991 and now referred to as ...Drug trends among American teens
...hallucinogens, including LSD and PCP, in 1996; and marijuana and amphetamines in 1996 or 1997 (depending on the...o not have any ready explanation of why the use of marijuana and a number of other drugs seemed to level off in 1999," Johnston says, "but we think there is a fa......ar. Although 16 percent of recipients report some marijuana use during the year, only about one-tenth report use of any other illegal drugs. Researchers found that academic skill deficits were a greater barrier to self-sufficiency than substance use. "Substance abuse is a marker for unobserved problems, such...New study shows link between sex and violence among N.C. high school males
...5, between 16 and 26.3 percent of males who smoked marijuana 20 one ormore times in the previous 30 days reported past pregnancy involvement. In 1997, 16.9 percent of males who had smoked cigarettes on 10 or more of theprevious 30 days had also been involved in a pregnancy. "The data show that there is a 38 ...Job complexity, simplicity linked to substance use
Many people drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes or marijuana to cope with the factthat their jobs are either to...ore complex jobs used morecigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana compared with workers with less complex jobs,the researchers found. Among workers with higher cogni...UCSF researchers report new risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...partners in both men and women andincreased use of marijuana among men was associated with a decreased risk ofdeveloping non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Holly reports that a person's B cells may bemildly suppressed by these immunologic stresses and by other behavior patternsassociated with mild immunosuppression. In ...