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The Education of Dispensary Staff is Varied and Lacks Regulation

June 17, 2019 Adolescents, Anti-inflammatory properties, Anxiety, Arthritis, Behavior change, Cannabinoids, Cannabis, Cannabis Education, Cannabis News, CBD, Citizen Science, Depression, Dispensaries, Elderly, Future Medicine, History, Legislation, Mental Health, Mood, Neuropathy, Obesity, Pain, Pediatrics, Politics, Regulation, Science, Social Equity, Social Justice, Stigma, THC, Withdrawal, Women in Cannabis

Training and Practices of Cannabis Dispensary Staff

How much medical training does your local budtender possess? An online survey sent to medical marijuana dispensary staff reported only 55% of staffers had any formal training for their position, with 20% reporting some background in medical/scientific training. The analysis reported that many among the dispensary staff are recommending cannabis choices that are consistent with current evidence, but some are recommending strains that are either ineffective or exacerbate a patient’s condition. The findings of this study stress the importance of consistent and well-regulated training of dispensary staff.

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Nevada: first US state to ban pre-employment drug testing for cannabis

June 13, 2019 Cannabis, Cannabis News, Future Medicine, History, Law, Legislation, Nevada, Stigma, Testing

Nevada made history today as the first US state to ban pre-employment drug testing for marijuana. The law will take effect on January 1st, 2020. Learn more here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/12/us/nevada-marijuana-job-screening-trnd/index.html

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Influence of the CB1 cannabinoid receptors & antidepressant effects

June 11, 2019 Adolescents, Anti-inflammatory properties, Behavior change, Bipolar Disorder, Cannabinoids, Cannabis, Cannabis Science, CB1, CBD, Depression, DSM-5, Future Medicine, Mood, Stigma, Stress, THC

Study finds that, for patients already taking antidepressants, activating and/or prohibiting the CB1 receptor in the brain might make those antidepressants more effective.

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Influence of the CB1 cannabinoid receptors on the activity of the monoaminergic system in the behavioral tests in mice
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Video: Cannabis For Symptoms of chronic pain, seizures, and inflammation

June 10, 2019 Adverse Effects, Anti-inflammatory properties, Anxiety, Arthritis, Cannabinoids, Cannabis, Cannabis Education, Cannabis News, Cannabis Science, CB1, CB2, CBD, Citizen Science, Depression, Dronabinol, Elderly, Flavonoids, Future Medicine, Heavy Use, History, IBS, Insomnia, Neuropathy, Occasional Use, Opiates, Overdose, Pain, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Science, Sleep, Stigma, THC, Withdrawal

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Preferences for Medical Marijuana over Prescription Medications Among Persons Living with Chronic Conditions- Alternative, Complementary, and Tapering Uses Download

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Misleading Headlines of THC “overdose”

June 7, 2019 Adverse Effects, Cannabis, Cannabis News, News, Overdose, Stigma, THC

Misleading headlines make it seem like this woman may have died of THC overdose, however, we know that it would be nearly impossible to consume lethal amounts of THC, and the coroner clearly made vague, and incomplete assumptions. This, likely feeding into a comfortable, though quite false stigma around cannabis. http://bit.ly/31iwwlK