Modern state medical marijuana laws date back to 1996, when Californians approved the first statewide legalization law via ballot measure; Colorado and Washington voters passed initiatives legalizing for adult use in 2012. By summer 2021, a total of 36 states 4 U.S. territories had legalized 18 states, two District Columbia marijuana. Over this quarter century reforms, blanket federal prohi...

The recent trend towards legalization and commercialization of marijuana in the US has resulted in a significant drop in the perceived risks of cannabis use among all age groups. Thus, legalization has further advances the common misperception that cannabis abuse and dependence are generally safe and devoid of neuropsychiatric sequelae. Yet there are numerous acute, as well as numerous long-ter...

Since 1990, many Cal Poly Humboldt faculty and students have made cannabis the focus of scholarship learning. This work has been shaped by political, economic, cultural legacies in County. Scholarly interest spans multiple dimensions cultivation, commerce, consumption, related social issues. As a multidisciplinary team scholars, affiliated with Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research...

n engl j med 372;11 nejm.org march 12, 2015 989 shops in the Netherlands, but the new products that are available in the United States are quite dif­ ferent. They are skillfully produced and packaged to closely mimic popular candies and other sweets (see photo). These products can now be purchased legally in four states; retail stores are operating in Colorado and Washington State, and voters r...

Marijuana use has been increasing across the United States due to its legalization as both a medicinal and recreational product. A small number of case reports have described a pathological entity called vanishing lung syndrome (VLS), which is a rare bullous lung disease usually caused by tobacco smoking. Recent case reports have implicated marijuana in the development of VLS. We present a case...

To reduce the risk of infection in highly immunocompromised patients, prophylactic antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral agents are frequently prescribed and patients are routinely advised to reduce their risk of exposure by avoiding soil, plants and cut flowers due to the presence of Aspergillus and other moulds and Nocardia spp. [1,2]. Other recommendations to limit exposures include the av...

Due to the legalization of marijuana and the increased demand for cannabis and alcohol consumption, research efforts highlighting the biomedical consequences of the use of alcohol and cannabinoids are not only relevant to the substance abuse scientific field, but are also of public health interest. Moreover, an overview of the recent literature about alcohol and cannabinoids neuro-immunomodulat...