Marijuana Benefits and Risks
Earlier this month on The canada goose coats Tonight Show, Miley Cyrus canada goose factory sale told host Jimmy Fallon that she’d quit using marijuana because she had a dream “that I would die during my monologue on SNL for some reason, just get so stoned canada goose store that I just died.”
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Cyrus brings up good points about potential negative side effects of the drug. Yet as medical and recreational marijuana use are becoming increasingly legal across the United States (and illegal use is on the risetoo) studies have shown pot can have canada goose black friday sale benefits for health and well being, as well.
So what, exactly, are the pros and cons of pot? Health looked at recent research and spoke with several experts about who might want to try it, who should avoid it, and what Canada Goose Outlet any marijuana user should know.
It may help with anxiety and PTSD
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In a recent New England Journal of Medicine study, cannabidiol oil a derivative of marijuana reduced seizures by 39% in children buy canada goose jacket with Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy. That was big news for parents who have been using medical marijuana for years, canada goose often illegally, to help their kids suffering from this debilitating condition.
The cannabidiol oil used in the study which will be marketed as Epidiolex if it’s approved by the FDA won’t make people high, because it doesn’t contain THC. Experts say that results may be riskier and more unpredictable with other marijuana products.
It may be a safer alternative to opioids
Despite Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly’s claim that marijuana uk canada goose is “a potentially dangerous gateway drug,” research suggests that the use of medical marijuana may actually reduce dependence on dangerous prescription painkillers like those fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic.
In a 2016 study in the journal Health Affairs, researchers found that there were 1,826 fewer daily doses of painkillers prescribed canadian goose jacket per year, on average, in states where medical marijuana was legal compared to states it’s not. And in a review article published this year in Trends in Neuroscience, researchers wrote that cannabinoids may help people recover from opioid addiction.
It may have anti cancer effects, but research is limited
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In 2014, Canada Goose Online a study in Forensic Science International documented what German researchers claimed to be the first known deaths directly attributed by intoxication from marijuana.
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