“Ten years after that first dispensary opens, death rates in cannabis counties are, on average, about 30 percent lower than death rates in counties without a dispensary,” the analysis found.
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“These findings demonstrate a consistent and substantial transition to legal retail sources in Canada over the first 5 years of legalization.”
CBD mitigated alcohol intake, prevented alcohol-induced damage to the brain, and attenuated relapse-like behaviors.
Members of Congress must still reconcile the language of the two bills, a process that will likely take place in conference committee later this year.
Cannabis may play a role in the maintenance therapy of opiate-dependent individuals with comorbid anxiety and sleep disorders, investigators concluded.
Consistent with prior studies, patients drove at slower speeds and increased the distance between their vehicle and the vehicles in front of them following THC dosing.
“Compared with those with no history of cannabis use, participants with current regular cannabis use were not at higher risk of chronic kidney disease,” researchers concluded.
Declines were most pronounced among those ages 35 to 49.