Cannabis use among seniors: Increasing substance abuse disorders among Medicare recipients

Not only are older Americans using cannabis more frequently, they are also using the sometimes legal, sometimes illegal drug in dangerous ways. The number of medical treatments related to cannabis-related…

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Study links lifelong cannabis use to substance abuse, mood disorders, celiac disease and infectious diseases

In a study recently published on the MedRxiv preprint server, researchers identified genetic loci associated with lifetime and frequency of cannabis use and examined their heritability, genetic associations, and clinical…

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