Positive and negative effects of cannabis and cannabinoids on health

K Cohen, A Weizman… - Clinical Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cannabis is the most popular illicit drug in the Western world. Repeated cannabis use has
been associated with short‐and long‐term side effects, including respiratory and …

Cannabis: an overview of its adverse acute and chronic effects and its implications

TC Ford, AC Hayley, LA Downey… - Current drug abuse …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
In many communities, cannabis is perceived as a low-risk drug, leading to political lobbying
to decriminalise its use. Acute and chronic cannabis use has been shown to be harmful to …

Synthetic and non-synthetic cannabinoid drugs and their adverse effects-a review from public health prospective

K Cohen, AM Weinstein - Frontiers in public health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
There is a growing use of novel psychoactive substances containing synthetic cannabinoids.
Synthetic cannabinoid products have effects similar to those of natural cannabis, yet, these …

Human studies of cannabinoids and medicinal cannabis

P Robson - Cannabinoids, 2005 - Springer
Cannabis has been known as a medicine for several thousand years across many cultures.
It reached a position of prominence within Western medicine in the nineteenth century but …

Adverse effects of medical cannabinoids: a systematic review

T Wang, JP Collet, S Shapiro, MA Ware - Cmaj, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabis-based medicines raises safety
concerns for patients, clinicians, policy-makers, insurers, researchers and regulators …

Cannabis, cannabinoids, and health

G Lafaye, L Karila, L Blecha… - Dialogues in clinical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Cannabis (also known as marijuana) is the most frequently used illicit psychoactive
substance in the world. Though it was long considered to be a “soft” drug, studies have …

Cannabinoids for medical use: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PF Whiting, RF Wolff, S Deshpande, M Di Nisio, S Duffy… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cannabis and cannabinoid drugs are widely used to treat disease or alleviate
symptoms, but their efficacy for specific indications is not clear. Objective To conduct a …

The psychiatric consequences of cannabinoids

JP De Aquino, M Sherif, R Radhakrishnan, JD Cahill… - Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
With rising rates of cannabis use in the general population and an increasing number of US
states legalizing both recreational and medical cannabis use, it is important to be informed …

The health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids: the current state of evidence and recommendations for research

National Academies of Sciences, Medicine Division… - 2017 - books.google.com
Significant changes have taken place in the policy landscape surrounding cannabis
legalization, production, and use. During the past 20 years, 25 states and the District of …

Cannabis, a complex plant: different compounds and different effects on individuals

Z Atakan - Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Cannabis is a complex plant, with major compounds such as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
and cannabidiol, which have opposing effects. The discovery of its compounds has led to …