Habitual heavy marijuana use over the course of years can cause periodic bouts of intense vomiting called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Clinicians and researchers have only recently differentiated the condition from the nearly identical cyclic vomiting syndrome. The difference between the two comes down [Read More…]
Habitual heavy marijuana use can cause a condition nearly identical to cyclic vomiting syndrome called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. The condition is marked by severe nausea and vomiting that runs in cycles of about 48 hours. Hot showers or baths tend to reduce [Read More…]
Can you get addicted to weed? The short answer is yes, but it’s complicated. Cannabis use disorder is an established diagnosis in the psychiatry field’s diagnostic Bible, the DSM-V. It falls in the family of substance-related addictive disorders. This fact alone doesn’t [Read More…]
Word on the streets is that rapper/artist Snoop Dogg smokes a lot of wacky tobacky sticks on the regular. 81 blunts a day to quote the veteran lyric slayer. This seems like too much to ever be physically possible. I wanted to [Read More…]
Though the marijuana industry is still fraught with legal issues in the United States, a host of public cannabis companies are taking advantage of the exponential growth while sidestepping the regulatory nightmare of actually growing pot. From providing branding and packaging to [Read More…]
Despite anti-marijuana rhetoric from the U.S. Justice Department and continued federal restrictions on marijuana, the commercial cannabis industry is rolling toward the mainstream, and investors are poised to haul in cash especially in regards to public cannabis growers. All of the firms [Read More…]
How To Not Smell Like Weed, brought to you by The Red Eye Reviewer. Redeye- Usually caused by allergies, eye fatigue, the over-wearing of contact lenses or a common eye infection such as pink eye. However, redness of the eye sometimes can [Read More…]
What is Sativex? Sativex (Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol) is a combination drug that contains a roughly one-to-one ratio of Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), the two most active cannabinoids in marijuana. “Cannabinoid” is the family of chemicals the two drugs belongs [Read More…]
These are the references for the article “Cannabis Cures Cancer”? (1) J. Berthiller, et al., Cannabis Smoking and Risk of Lung Cancer in Men: A Pooled Analysis of Three Studies in Maghreb, Journal Of Thoracic Oncology, Dec 2008, Volume 3, Issue 12, [Read More…]
These are the cannabis epilepsy references mentioned in this scientific review of cannabis and epilepsy. (1) I. Izquierdo, O. Orsingher, and A. Berardi, Effect of cannabidiol and of other Cannabis sativa compounds on hippocampal seizure discharges, Animal Studies, Psychopharmacologia, Mar 1973, Volume [Read More…]