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Marijuana Advocates Fight Blood Tests Aimed at Drugged Drivers

Posted on June 16, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

Marijuana Advocates Fight Blood Tests Aimed at Drugged DriversResidents of the state of Colorado are realizing that legalizing marijuana is opening a whole new can of worms when it comes to public safety. Just last November, the state voted to make the drug legal for consumption.

It is still illegal to drive while under the influence of marijuana in Colorado, but prosecutors must prove impairment in every case. A bill that would set a legal limit for the amount of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, allowed in a motorist’s bloodstream cleared its first hurdle and passed unanimously in the Colorado House Judiciary Committee in February 2013.

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Amanda Bynes Spirals Out of Control

According to Amanda Bynes, she had a very, very unusual Memorial Day weekend. After “not” smoking pot in the lobby of her apartment building (as reported by one of her neighbors), cops burst into her apartment and she inexplicably threw a “vase” out of the window (later claiming both that she needed air and that it wasn’t a bong), before she was, according to her, sexually harassed by one of the police officers when he, “slapped my vagina.” Officers, again according to Bynes, then fabricated evidence to arrest her and sent her to a mental hospital against her will. As if none of this were bizarre enough, someone (claims Bynes) “hijacked” her Twitter account to insult Rihanna, tweeting, “Chris Brown beat you because you’re not pretty enough.” Seem unlikely? Well, it depends if you think Bynes is being honest, or just making up a series of increasingly unbelievable stories in an effort to cover her drug problems and unpredictable (as well as occasionally baffling) behavior.

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Hashish Addiction

Posted on May 26, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

Hashish AddictionMarijuana and hashish are now the most popular drugs in the United States, especially among young people. Over half of high school students have tried marijuana at least once, and one in 15 uses the drug every day. The new thinking among young people is that marijuana products must be safe and non-addictive because more states are legalizing their use for medical purposes.

However, the legalization of marijuana and hashish is mostly symbolic. They remains Schedule I Controlled Substances under federal laws, which means if you possess or sell hashish, you can be subject to the same severe penalties and fines for dealing in heroin. Federal laws trump state laws.

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Effects of Marijuana Use During Pregnancy

Posted on May 17, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

Effects of Marijuana Use During PregnancyDuring pregnancy, women who smoke marijuana expose their developing fetuses to the drug when it passes to the fetal bloodstream inside the placenta. There is considerable disagreement among medical professionals about the impact of marijuana on fetal development, in part because women who use the drug also commonly use other substances that can alter the development process. Still, current evidence indicates that use of marijuana during pregnancy can potentially produce negative effects on the viability of that pregnancy, as well as negative effects on the long-term learning capabilities of children exposed to the drug in the womb.

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How Marijuana Impairs Memory

Posted on May 2, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

How Marijuana Impairs MemoryMemory is the general term used to describe the ability to store information about people, facts and events, and then recall that information at a later point in time. In order to make memories, the brain relies on lasting connections between nerve cells called neurons. The active ingredient in marijuana, called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), can disrupt the neuron connections required to form short-term memories.  However, much of this disruptive ability is unrelated to THC’s direct effects on neurons; instead, it comes from THC’s effects on other cells in the brain called astrocytes, which play a supporting role in several key aspects of brain health.

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Links Between Marijuana Use and Testicular Cancer

Posted on April 9, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

Links Between Marijuana Use and Testicular CancerTesticular cancer is the general term for a highly treatable form of cancer that originates within either one of the two testes, paired organs that play an essential role in male reproductive and hormonal health. There are two major subtypes of this disease: cancers called seminomas and a group of four different cancers known collectively as non-seminomas. Current scientific evidence indicates the presence of a link between marijuana use and the development of testicular cancer; in many cases, marijuana users with testicular cancer develop relatively severe forms of the disease.

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Police Warn Parents About ‘Weed Candy’ in Schools

Posted on March 31, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

Police Warn Parents About ‘Weed Candy’ in SchoolsIn November 2012, Washington and Colorado voted to make recreational use of marijuana legal for those 21 and older. Another 16 states have passed measures that provide some level of decriminalization for marijuana, often through medical use clauses. When marijuana is readily available to adults, many worry about the drug becoming more accessible to kids. Now, police are warning that marijuana is being disguised in kid-friendly candy.

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Synthetic Marijuana Users Enter Emergency Rooms With Kidney Damage

Posted on March 23, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

Synthetic Marijuana Users Enter Emergency Rooms With Kidney DamageNews reports surrounding the dangers of K2 or Spice, the synthetic marijuana product often sold as the “legal alternative to marijuana,”  have shown the drug to be dangerous to the kidneys.

Nephrologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have reported the first cases of acute kidney injury linked to synthetic marijuana use. The case studies are reported online in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and appear in the March 2013 print edition of the journal.

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Determining the Health Effects of Synthetic Marijuana

Posted on February 25, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

Determining the Health Effects of Synthetic MarijuanaSynthetic marijuana is a general term used to describe a group of illegal substances that contain active ingredients know as synthetic cannabinoids. In the 2000s, use of these substances has become a topic of heavy interest among sectors of society that include drug agencies, drug researchers, parents, media outlets and emergency medical personnel. Generally speaking, synthetic cannabinoids achieve their effects by producing brain changes similar to those produced by THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the active ingredient in marijuana and hashish. However, in combination with other plants and chemicals present in synthetic marijuana, these manmade substances also appear to produce unique, unpredictable and potentially dangerous or fatal health effects that differ from those produced by THC.

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Health Effects of Marijuana

Posted on February 14, 2013 in Marijuana Addiction

Health Effects of MarijuanaMarijuana is the most common term for a drug made from the leaves and flowers of three related plant species, called Cannabis sativa, C. indica and C. ruderalis. These plants contain the mind-altering substance tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), as well as several other active ingredients known collectively as cannabinoids. In their various forms, cannabis products rank as the third most popular recreational substance used in America, lagging only behind alcohol and tobacco. For a variety of social and cultural reasons, many drug users and potential drug users consider marijuana essentially harmless. However, use of the drug can produce a number of minor or major negative health effects, including the onset of long-term drug dependence and addiction.

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