The origins of cannabis smoking: Chemical residue evidence from the first millennium BCE in the Pamirs Meng Ren, Zihua Tang, Xinhua Wu, Robert Spengler, Hongen Jiang, Yimin Yang, Nicole Boivin Science Advances, 2019, 5, eaaw1391. Doi : 10.1016/sciadv.aaw1391 Cannabis is one of the oldest cultivated plants in East Asia, grown for grain and fiber as well as for recreational, medical, and ritual purposes. It is one of the most widely used psychoactive drugs in the world today, but little is known about its early psychoactive use or when plants under cultivation evolved the phenotypical trait of increased specialized compound production. The archaeological evidence for [...]
Lire la suiteBibliographie Cannabis et Cannabinoïdes en Neurologie Docteur Christian SUEUR, GRECC, avril 2020. Cannabinoïdes et Sclérose en Plaque, p 4. Cannabinoïdes et Migraines, p 7. Cannabinoïdes et maladies neurodégénératives, p 8. Cannabinoïdes et Maladie de Parkinson, p 10. Cannabinoïdes et Maladie de Huntington, p 11. Cannabinoïdes et Maladie d’Alzheimer, p 12.
Lire la suiteEuropean Commission proposes unified EU vote on WHO cannabis scheduling recommendations Published January 15, 2020 | By Alfredo Pascual https://mjbizdaily.com/european-commission-proposes-unified-eu-vote-on-who-cannabis-scheduling-recommendations/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=INTL_20200115_NEWS_Weekly In advance of the March session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the European Union’s executive branch has proposed that EU member nations vote in favor of three of the six World Health Organization (WHO) cannabis scheduling recommendations. The European Commission “Proposal for a Council Decision” is meaningful because – if adopted by the Council of Europe – the EU countries would vote as a block at the CND session in Vienna and the three motions [...]
Lire la suiteThe current state and future perspectives of cannabinoids in cancer biology Paweł Śledziński, Joanna Zeyland, Ryszard Słomski & Agnieszka Nowak Cancer Medicine, 2018, 7, (3), 765–775. doi : 10.1002/cam4.1312 Abstract To date, cannabinoids have been allowed in the palliative medicine due to their analgesic and antiemetic effects, but increasing number of preclinical studies indicates their anticancer properties. Cannabinoids exhibit their action by a modulation of the signaling pathways crucial in the control of cell proliferation and survival. Many in vitro and in vivo experiments have shown that cannabinoids inhibit proliferation of cancer cells, stimulate autophagy and apoptosis, and have also a potential to inhibit angiogenesis [...]
Lire la suitePatient-reported use of medical cannabis for pain, anxiety, and depression symptoms : Systematic review and meta-analysis Jesse D. Kosiba, Stephen A. Maisto, Joseph W. Ditre Social Science & Medicine, 2019, 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.06.005 This study is the first to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of empirical studies that assess patient-reported reasons for using medical cannabis to alleviate pain, anxiety, and depression. The present review further assessed the quality of studies and identified several methodological flaws in extant research. Highlights •Systematically reviewed studies why patients use medical cannabis. •Pain was a common reason for medical cannabis use (64%). •Anxiety (50%) and depression (34%) were [...]
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