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Friday, February 12th, 2016

5 New Discoveries That Will Shake Up Our Understanding of Marijuana

Author:     Paul Armentano
Source:     Alternet (U.S.)
Publication Date:     February 10, 2016
 Link: 5 New Discoveries That Will Shake Up Our Understanding of Marijuana
Stephan:   If you are into watching social transformations the end of marijuana prohibition is one of the most fascinating trends I have ever watched. Alcohol and marijuana prohibition are often compared and they certainly have many common aspects. But they also have significant differences. One of the most important is that unlike the end of alcohol prohibition, which mostly left society with a series of social cancers like the mafia, marijuana prohibition is ending by making all kinds of positive contributions to society. Here is a report on some of them. I am particularly struck by the fact that the overwhelming majority of medical marijuana users are older adults.
A jar of medical marijuana is displayed at the California Heritage Market in Los Angeles. David McNew / REUTERS

A jar of medical marijuana is displayed at the California Heritage Market in Los Angeles. David McNew / REUTERS

Contentions that scientists have failed to conduct sufficient research on the health effects of cannabis are unfounded. A keyword search on the National Library of Medicine database reveals nearly 23,000 peer-reviewed papers specific to the marijuana plant, and new scientific discoveries are published almost daily rebuking the federal government’s assertion that the herb is a highly dangerous substance lacking therapeutic efficacy.

Here are five new cannabis-centric studies that warrant mainstream attention.

1. Pot Use Linked To Better Outcomes In Brain Injury Patients

The use of cannabis is associated with improved outcomes in patients hospitalized with intracerebral hemorrhaging (ICH aka bleeding in the brain). An international team of investigators from Argentina, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States evaluated demographic trends and patient outcomes in a cohort of 725 subjects with spontaneous ICH. Researchers reported that cannabis-positive subjects possessed “milder ICH presentation” upon hospitalization […]

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