With recreational marijuana legalized in 4 states, questions about weed’s effect on relationships are doing the rounds. This post from Cosmopolitan brings together the first hand opinion of eight readers on what smoking marijuana does to dating. Now that 23 states and DC have legalized weed, 4 of them for recreational use as well as medical, the debate about whether it ... Continue Reading
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Doctors Prescribing Medical Marijuana to Follow Tighter Standards
Access to medical marijuana may tighten as a result of a new standard doctors are expected to follow if they prescribe pot. In this post from Chilliwack Progress, Jeff Nagel discusses the details of the new standard to be followed while prescribing medical marijuana: Doctors who prescribe medical marijuana to their patients are being directed by their regulatory body to ... Continue Reading
STUDY: Self-medication of achalasia with cannabis, complicated by a cannabis use disorder
ABSTRACT: Achalasia is a rare esophagus motility disorder. Medical, endoscopic and surgical treatments are available, but all endorse high relapse rates. No data has been published to date reporting a therapeutic effect of cannabis use neither in achalasia nor on its influence on manometric measurements. We report the case of a patient diagnosed with achalasia. He could ... Continue Reading
STUDY: Self-medication of achalasia with cannabis, complicated by a cannabis use disorder
ABSTRACT: Achalasia is a rare esophagus motility disorder. Medical, endoscopic and surgical treatments are available, but all endorse high relapse rates. No data has been published to date reporting a therapeutic effect of cannabis use neither in achalasia nor on its influence on manometric measurements. We report the case of a patient diagnosed with achalasia. He could ... Continue Reading
Pain relief: Marijuana Vs Opiates
In this post from Cannabis Now, Kylie T. Toponce discusses and compares the effectiveness of cannabis and opiates in pain relief, as well as their side effects. One compelling argument for the legalization of medical marijuana is its ability to ameliorate intense pain. Currently available technologies have helped us gain understanding of cannabis, as well as its ... Continue Reading