Cannabis use is common in young people and the drug is widely perceived as being the least harmful of the numerous illicit substances available. There is reasonable evidence, however, that long-term use of cannabis is associated...
Long-Term Effects of Cannabis Use This subject is certainly a little hazy with the lack of research due to federal law, but we are constantly learning more about the long-term effects that happen with chronic cannabis use. More long-term, larger studies are needed to extend the findings...
Undesirable adverse reactions, lack of data regarding long-term effects, and a general lack of comparison to standard treatments limit applications of cannabis; therapeutic use may be limited to either concomitant therapy or alternative therapy when conventional therapy has failed. Clinical studies in ...
Long-term effects of cannabis on brain structure. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014;39(9):2041-2048. doi:10.1038/npp.2014.67 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 41. Hansen SS, Munk-Jørgensen P, Guldbaek B, et al. Psychoactive substance use diagnoses among psychiatric in-patients. ...
Long-term, heavy cannabis use may be associated with structural abnormalities in areas of the brain known as the hippocampus and amygdala, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Long-term effects of cannabis on brain structure. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014;39(9):2041–8. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Scheffler F, Du Plessis S, Asmal L, Kilian S, Phahladira L, Luckhoff HK, et al. Cannabis use and hippocampal subfield volumes in males with ...
(Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2016), scientific investigations exploring how men and women may differ in response to its effects are just beginning. Few clinical studies have investigated sex differences in the acute and long-term effects of cannabis and cannabinoids in regard...
Crean RD, Crane NA, Mason BJ (2011) An evidence based review of acute and long-term effects of cannabis use on executive cognitive functions. J Addict Med 5:1 ArticlePubMedPubMed Central Crippa JA, Guimarães FS, Campos AC, Zuardi AW (2018) Translational investigation of the therapeutic ...
Additionally, benefits for patients with age-related diseases, including Parkinson’s andAlzheimer’s, have also been reported in some studies; however, there is very little research on the long-term effects of cannabis use among this group of people. Another concern about older adults using canna...
45 studies have investigated sex differences in the acute and long-term effects of cannabis and cannabinoids in regard to therapeutic and abuse-related effects. Data that do exist are largely from observational and retrospective approaches rather than a priori investigation, which can have a ...