“Ratings were higher for the broad spectrum as compared to the isolate product, which is consistent with prior data suggesting that cannabinoids can work synergistically to maximize benefits.”
Region: MI
Consistent with prior surveys of health-care professionals, most respondents said they possessed “low knowledge and competence” with respect to medical cannabis use.
Clinicians ordered drug tests to be performed on Black newborns at nearly four times the rate of other children, the study found.
Patients with a history of cannabis use had significantly shorter length of stay and higher rates of home discharge following primary TJA compared to the control group.”
“Subgroups with past-year cannabis use that displayed significant declines in DUIC include males, [those] ages 18–25, … and those living in a state with a medical cannabis law.”
Investigators reported, “For those aged 12-20-years-old, the study estimates support the hypothesis that RCLs [recreational cannabis laws] did not affect the occurrence of newly incident cannabis use for underage persons.”
“We have never seen such dramatic decreases in drug use among teens in just a one-year period,” said Nora Volkow, Director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, which funded the study.
Among those patients who reported using CBD, 81 percent said that the use of CBD products “improved their pain.”