Medicinal Cannabis In The Netherlands
In cannabis there are a lot of active substances. The exact activity of these substances is unkown. The most important substances are measured in the laboratory. The substances are dronabinol and cannabidiol. Of all the other substances a fingerprint is...
How Much Toxins Are Eliminated With A Vaporizer?
How much toxins are eliminated from marijuana smoke with a vaporizer? Answers: (Dale Gieringer):Medical marijuana patients may be able to protect themselves from harmful toxins in marijuana smoke by inhaling their medicine using an electric vaporizer, according to initial results...
How Long Can THC Be Detected In Urine?
How long can THC metabolites be detected in urine? Answers: (Ellis and colleagues):The urinary excretion patterns of 86 chronic cannabis users were examined after their last cannabis use by two common screening methods (…). We demonstrated that under very strictly...
Preparing Cannabis Tincture
How can I prepare a cannabis tincture or cannabis oil? Answers: (Manfred Fankhauser):Old formulas on medicines of cannabis suggest the following procedure (if you have no special pharmaceutical equipment):Cannabis tincture: Take about 3-5 parts of alcohol (e.g. brandy or ethyl...
THC In Breast Milk
Does THC in breast milk of cannabis using mothers harm the baby? Answers: (Chao and colleagues):Lactating monkeys chronically receiving 2 mg THC per kilogram body weight orally either two or five times weekly were given a small dose of radiolabelled...
THC in Blood Detection
How long can THC and his metabolites be detected in blood? Answers: (Franjo Grotenhermen):With usual tests 0.5 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml) of THC and 0.5 ng/ml of its metabolite THC-COOH can be detected in blood plasma. The time until falling...
The Risks Of Cannabis Smoking
What are the major strategies to reduce the risks of cannabis smoking? Answers: (Donald P. Tashkin):The smoke contents of marijuana are at least qualitatively similar to those of tobacco, with the major exception that marijuana smoke contains delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) and...
Cannabis and Rare Vegetative Side Effects
Can increased blood pressure, headache, chills, nausea, and belly ache be ascribed to cannabis use? Answers: (Franjo Grotenhermen):Cannabis exerts manifold effects on the vegetative nervous system, among them increased heart rate, dry mouth, slowdown of intestinal movements, changes of blood...
Does Cannabis Cause Psychosis or Schizophrenia?
Does cannabis use cause psychosis or schizophrenia? Answers: (Lousia Degenhardt & Wayne Hall):There has been considerable debate about the reasons for the association observed between cannabis use and psychosis in both clinical and general population samples. Among the hypotheses proposed...
Cannabis During Pregnancy
Does cannabis/THC do harm to the fetus if it is used during pregnancy? Answers: (Institute of Medicine):Among the studies that have investigated the relationship between prenatal marijuana exposure and birth outcome, the results have been inconsistent. Except for adolescent mothers,...
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Cannabis beneficial in Alzheimer’s disease?
Is cannabis beneficial in Alzheimer’s disease? Answers: (L. Volicer and colleagues):A placebo-controlled crossover design, with each treatment period lasting 6 weeks, was used to investigate effects of dronabinol in 15 patients with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer’s disease who were...
Are Cannabinoids Effective Against Parkinson’s disease?
Are Cannabinoids effective in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease? Answers: (Kirsten Müller-Vahl):Localization of central cannabinoid receptor in the brain as well as results obtained from animal studies suggest that cannabinoids might be effective in the treatment of neurological movement disorders....
Cannabis And (Male) Fertility
Do cannabis or THC have a negative influence on sex hormones and sperms? Answers: (Wayne Hall, Nadia Solowij & Jim Lemon):High doses of THC probably disturb the male and female reproductive systems in animals. They reduce secretion of testosterone, and...
Does Cannabis Help Itching?
Does cannabis help in severe itching? Answers: (Neff et al.):Pruritus due to cholestatic liver disease [please see below for an explanation] can be particularly difficult to manage and frequently is intractable to a variety of medical therapies. The aim of...
Heating Cannabis
Why should cannabis products be heated before eating? Answers: (Franjo Grotenhermen):In the plant the cannabinoids exist mainly in their carboxylic forms as cannabinoid acids. However, the phenolic form of THC is responsible for the psychotropic and the most medicinal effects....
Does Cannabis use cause Heart Attacks?
Does cannabis use cause heart attacks? Answers: Technical terms: – Angina = Feeling of discomfort in the chest or chest pain due to heart disease– Beta-blockers = class of drugs used for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart...
Cannabis against Gastri Ulcer’s
Can cannabis be helpful in gastric ulcers? Answers: (Franjo Grotenhermen):There are no clinical studies with cannabinoids in gastric ulcers. However, THC and other substances that bind to the cannabinoid-1-receptor (CB1 receptor agonists) inhibited the gastric acid production in humans and...
Cannabis and Epilepsy
Do cannabinoids possess anti-convulsant properties? Answers: (Press agency article):An Ontario judge ruled on Wednesday that a Toronto man could grow and use marijuana to control his severe epilepsy, saying the law banning the medicinal use of the drug was unconstitutional....
Dosing Cannabis For Oral Use
What doses are used if THC (dronabinol) or cannabis is ingested, in capsules, in cookies or as cannabis tea? Answers: (Franjo Grotenhermen):If possible, slowly increasing doses should be applied in a titrated fashion to avoid undesirable side effects on psyche...
Detection of Cannabis Consumption
Can the use of cannabis be detected in blood or urine with routinely laboratory tests? Answers: (Franjo Grotenhermen):The use of cannabis or THC in blood, urine or other body fluids can only be detected through specific search for THC or...
Cannabis & Cognitive Performance
Does long-term use of cannabis impair intellectual ability? Answers: (Pope and colleagues): We recruited individuals aged 30 to 55 years in 3 groups: (1) 63 current heavy cannabis users who had smoked cannabis at least 5000 times in their lives...
Does Cannabis Damage The Genes?
Does cannabis cause damage to the genes? Answers: (House of Lords): There is no evidence that cannabis adversely affects human fertility, or that it causes chromosomal or genetic damage. House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. Cannabis. The...
Cannabis For Children?
What is known about the medical use of cannabis in children? Answers: (Franjo Grotenhermen):There are only two clinical studies with cannabinoids in children, one with delta-8-THC and the other with the THC derivative nabilone, both investigating their benefits in side...
Cannabis for Cancer treatment?
Is it possible to use cannabis for the treatment of cancer? Answers: (Franjo Grotenhermen):Cannabis and THC are used to treat the side effects of cancer chemotherapy, of appetite loss in cancer cachexia and in cancer pain. Moreover, there are several...
