Patients using medical cannabis to control chronic pain reported a 64% reduction in their use of more traditional prescription pain medications known as opioids, a University of Michigan study released today has found. The study’s participates also reported fewer side effects from their medications and a 45% improvement in quality of life since using cannabis …
Despite cannabis being illegal in many parts of the country, daily cannabis use among U.S. college students now exceeds daily cigarette use, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan. According to the study, 6% of college students use cannabis on a daily basis, up from 3.5% in 2007. As …
The 2014 Monitoring the Future study, conducted by the University of Michigan and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was released Tuesday morning. The annual survey of 40,000 8th-graders, 10th-graders and 12th-graders found that, despite increasing efforts to legalize the substance, teen cannabis use is on the decline. According to the study, teens reporting lifetime …
A new national survey released by Monitoring the Future – an organization funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse – and conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, has found that teenagers are shunning synthetic substances meant to mimic cannabis, such as K2 and Spice, and are replacing them by smoking more actual cannabis. The survey was …
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