Cannabis use linked to short-term relief of PTSD symptoms in veterans

A study of 379,000 US adults found daily cannabis smoking linked to higher odds of asthma and COPD, even in people who never smoked tobacco.

Cannabis use linked to stronger emotional responses but also better recovery in people with anxiety

In the largest such study to date, frequent cannabis users did not display impairments in driving performance after at least 48 hours of abstinence

Comment on Bar-Sela et al. Cannabis Consumption Used by Cancer Patients During Immunotherapy Correlates with Poor Clinical Outcome

Insomnia patients using medical cannabis reported improved sleep quality and reduced anxiety, depression, and pain, according to a new study tracking 125 patients for 18 months

Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Cannabis compounds THC and cannabidiol (CBD) have opposing effects on brain function—and combining the two produces more muted changes than THC alone, finds new neuroimaging study in rats to compare how these cannabis-derived compounds alter patterns of communication and blood flow in the brain.

In a survey of 3,389 adults, those who first used cannabis to self-medicate (e.g

Medical cannabis as a source of Cryptococcus neoformans infection