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“It isn’t easy to kick this… Because porn shrinks your world.” —Aline Zoldbrod, PhD

Reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to a lower schedule would significantly ease the regulatory burden on researchers.

With more potent forms of opioids on the street, overdoses from illicit drugs are at an all-time high and withdrawal from them is often more severe.

Heavy cannabis users showed reduced activity in key brain regions associated with working memory, with 63% demonstrating measurable changes in cognitive function during specific tasks.

High-potency cannabis use has emerged as a significant factor in cyclic vomiting presentations, requiring clinicians to carefully evaluate usage patterns and consider CHS in their differential diagnosis.

The study found that frequent use of high-potency cannabis is associated with changes in genes related to mitochondrial and immune function, particularly affecting the CAVIN1 gene.