Authors concluded, “Despite a growing evidence base, and even after many years of legalization, health care professionals have substantial gaps in their knowledge.”
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Investigators reported, “CBD may mitigate the negative psychotomimetic effects of THC without diminishing the effects of THC that individuals report liking.”
Women who were frequent cannabis consumers were less than half as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as compared to female non-users.
Of the products analyzed, CBD-infused beverage products were most likely to contain CBD percentages that differed from their labels.
Investigators concluded, “As of 2019, we find [that] liberalization has been associated with lower traffic fatalities, not higher.”
Thirty-six percent of older patients decreased their use of opioids, while 20 percent reduced their use of benzodiazepines.
The Court ruled that the legalization of medical cannabis largely eliminates “the ‘plain smell’ doctrine as applied to the possession or use of marijuana.”
Online searches for delta-8 THC products grew significantly in 2019 and 2020, and public interest “was particularly high in US states that restricted delta-9 THC use.”