Most people know that alcohol should be avoided during pregnancy. In contrast, using marijuana while pregnant represents more of a gray area–studies have shown that women rarely receive counseling on…
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Believe it or not, your teenage years and early 20’s are a critical period for brain development. In fact, the brain does reach complete maturity until about age 25. This…
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Occasional Use Occasional marijuana use is defined as less than once a week. Most people who use marijuana will fall into this category. Settings for occasional marijuana use are typically…
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Marijuana can have a variety of effects on your brain, such as euphoria, a sense of relaxation, and heightened sensory perception. If you’re reading this, chances are that you have…
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Can't sleep without weed? If you are like most regular users of marijuana who have stopped using, you have probably had difficulty falling asleep. Maybe you have had vivid, disturbing…
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When you smoke or ingest marijuana, THC enters your bloodstream from your lungs and is subsequently distributed throughout your body. Cannabinoids such as THC have a variety of physiological effects,…
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Across the globe, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has presented a host of unprecedented challenges and disruptions to our previous patterns of daily life. In these strange times, many people are…
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There is no right or wrong answer as to why people use marijuana. Some use it for the enjoyment of its characteristic high, or to gain a temporary view of…
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Women who continued to use cannabis during pregnancy often perceived no general or pregnancy-specific risk compared to nonusers and rarely receive counseling regarding their marijuana use from healthcare providers1. However,…
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As marijuana use has changed over the last decade, so has the drug’s preparation. Weed has over 100 chemical constituents, known as “cannabinoids”, which alter neurotransmitter release in the brain.…
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