Marijuana

As healers, we are most comfortable and confident when we can rely on the long-established armamentarium of countless medications created by the American pharmaceutical industry.

NEW YORK — Administering marijuana to patients who may benefit from its therapeutic properties is a “complex sociopolitical and medical” issue, Brody Montoya, DO, says in this Healio video from the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

NEW YORK — Last week’s news that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III is an “interesting historic moment,” according to David J. Hellerstein, MD.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, moving it from a Schedule I to Schedule III substance.

More than 1 in 10 high school seniors in the United States reported using delta-8 THC in the past year, according to survey results published in JAMA.

U.S. adults who reported cannabis use were at higher risk for coronary heart disease, MI and stroke compared with nonusers, with the risks persisting for cannabis users who reported never smoking tobacco, data show.

Active and former marijuana users reported significantly lower prevalence of prostate cancer compared with nonusers, according to data presented at ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

A study presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions showed that CaRi-Heart, an AI-based technology, predicted cardiac events by detecting coronary inflammation invisible to the human eye.

PHILADELPHIA — Two observational studies presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions linked regular marijuana use to elevated risk for HF and elevated risk for major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events.

The association between the prevalence of cannabis use and depression among young adults strengthened following the legalization of recreational cannabis, according to researchers.