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The buzz around CBD is at an all-time high, learn what you need to know about CBD
What You Need to Know About CBD
Source: Kaiser Permanente
So, should you get that CBD massage? Or eat those CBD chocolates? Ebonie M. Vázquez, MD, a psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist at Kaiser Permanente, breaks down what we do and don’t know about CBD products.
Regular use of high THC products may induce anxiety. Crystal Cox/Business Insider
People who use high-potency cannabis could have a higher risk of anxiety, study finds
Source: Insider
A new study suggests people who consume cannabis that has a THC concentration of 10% or higher are more likely to be dependent on cannabis and have anxiety.
CBD is all over the media today. Find out what’s known about the risks and benefits of CBD.
Cannabidiol (CBD) - what we know and what we don’t
Source: Harvard Health Publishing
What exactly is CBD? Why is it suddenly so popular?
UC San Francisco researchers look at smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes and the risks of COVID-19
Smoking Nearly Doubles the Rate of COVID-19 Progression
Source: UCSF
New Analysis by UCSF Researchers Looked at Smokers, Former Smokers Diagnosed With Coronavirus
Legalization invites debate about how the drug will be dosed and marketed. Illustration by Javier Jaén
Is Marijuana as Safe as We Think?
Source: The New Yorker
Permitting pot is one thing; promoting its use is another.
CHS sufferers almost all wind up taking hot showers. DepositPhotos
Many heavy pot users suffer severe nausea—and they’ve all landed on the same weird solution
Source: Popular Science
CHS sufferers almost all wind up taking hot showers, but there has got to be a better way.
Even a week without marijuana use improves young people's ability to learn and remember. Photo: BURGER/Canopy/Getty Images
When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Improves
Source: Health News from NPR
This new study strengthens our understanding of marijuana’s detrimental impacts on learning and cognition in teens and young adults.
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America’s Invisible Pot Addicts
More and more Americans are reporting near-constant cannabis use, as legalization forges ahead.
Source: The Atlantic
A growing number of Americans are affected by “cannibis use disorder,” where the person using marijuana cannot quite using even though it interferes with their life.
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As marijuana becomes legal, doctors worry about teen addiction
Source: PBS News Hour
With legalization, Colorado has seen a large increase in the number of youth seeking treatment for marijuana addiction.
PBS News Hour
What a scientist suggests you tell your kids about legal marijuana
Source: PBS News Hour
PBS explores messages parents can use to talk with their children about why they young people should wait to use marijuana.
Here's What We Know About What Weed Does to Teens
Roughly one in three high schoolers regularly smokes marijuana.
Source: Vice
Additional evidence suggests that regular maijurana use among young people leads to poorer mental health and reduced cognitive abilities.