A new study conducted at the University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) has found drivers who use alcohol and marijuana together weave more on a virtual roadway than drivers who use either substance independently. However, the cocktail of alcohol and marijuana does not double the effect of the impairment. Read more »
Medical Marijuana Appears Safe And Effective In Treating Chronic Pain: Study
A Canadian study appears to give medical cannabis the thumbs up for safe use among patients suffering from chronic pain. Published in the Journal of Pain on Sept. 16, the study found that chronic pain patients who used medical marijuana every day for a year – given they were carefully monitored – did not experience […]
Medical Cannabis Could Help End Painkiller Deaths
As deaths due to prescription painkiller overdose continue to arise, a new study says the use of cannabis could help end the dangerous chemical drug epidemic. Read more »
No Evidence To Support Cannabis/Schizophrenia Link
Matthew Hill, of the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute has published a Perspective piece in the journal Nature voicing his concerns about other academics and journalists who suggest that cannabis use causes schizophrenia. He points out that there is little evidence of such a connection and suggests that there is actually evidence that cannabis […]