Predicting the risk of psychosis in cannabis users
Cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of psychosis. It’s suggested that genetic variation in the AKT1 gene might...
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Up in smoke: Medical marijuana debunked
Proponents of the use of medical marijuana like to start speeches and articles by quickly stating that cannabinoids are of...
Cannabis effective in patients with Crohn’s disease?
Researchers at Tel Aviv University, in Israel, focus on the positive in this small study.
Marijuana: Main driver for increased substance use
Here’s what we know from the results of The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual population-based survey....
Effect of an urban environment on cannabis psychosis risk
Cannabis is considered a cause of psychotic illness, interacting with genetic and other environmental risk factors. Researchers at Maastricht University...
Further support for the cannabis/psychosis connection
Researchers at Maastricht University Medical Center, in the Netherlands, studied the use of cannabis in adolescence and their risk for...
Cannabis use and the risk of psychosis
Researchers at Prince of Wales Hospital, in New South Wales, Australia, reviewed the evidence to determine the extent to which...
Negative effects of cannabis in bipolar disorder
Research suggests that cannabis use has a negative effect on onset and outcome of schizophrenia. Now, researchers at Eli Lilly...
Review: Cannabis use in schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia frequently report benefit from cannabis use. Yet, cannabis may be a risk factor for schizophrenia. Researchers from...
Marijuana: Politics trumps reality
Attorney General Eric Holder says the US Justice Department will no longer raid medical marijuana clubs. His declaration is a...
Update: Cannabis and the risk of psychosis
Dr. Cecile Henquet, of the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology at the University of Maastricht, presented a summary of what...
Cannabis and the risk for developing psychosis
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, hypothesized that cannabis use (or a cannabis use disorder) at a...
Associations between cannabis and psychosis
Writing on Medscape, Dr. Michael Compton reviewed the effects of marijuana.
The association betweeen cannabis use and psychosis
Researchers from Australia report that early use of marijuana is a risk-modifying factor for psychosis in young adults.
Smoked medicinal cannabis for neuropathic pain in HIV
It was reportedly effective when used in addition to pain treatment in patients with medically refractory pain due to HIV....
Negative effects of marijuana in multiple sclerosis
In contrast to the anecdotal reports of benefit with cannabis, this study from researchers at the University of Toronto in...
Marijuana and the onset in psychotic disorders
 Early onset of psychosis is associated with a history of lifetime cannabis abuse or dependence, according to researchers at Harvard...
Effect of cannabis on the onset of psychosis
Researchers from Spain and Boston studied the relationship between age and cannabis use in patients with a first psychotic episode.
Debate: Don’t be fooled into legalizing marijuana
Earlier this year, a study published by researchers at Texas A&M Health Science Center concluded, “Consistent with other studies of...
Cannabis and psychosis in adolescence
In the largest unselected, population-based study on this topic to date, researchers from Finland observed “Cannabis use is associated with...