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A smartphone app intervention for adult cannabis users wanting to quit or reduce their use: a pilot evaluation

Smartphone applications (apps) offer a promising alternative to face-to-face treatment due to their ease of access and convenience. However, there is a lack of evidence-based apps for cannabis users wishing to...

Authors: Lucy Albertella, Lisa Gibson, Sally Rooke, Melissa M. Norberg and Jan Copeland

Distribution of cannabinoid synthase genes in non-Cannabis organisms

The discovery of phytocannabinoid synthesizing enzymes, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase (THCAs) and cannabidiolic acid synthase (CBDAs) was a breakthrough in Cannabis research. However, their evolutionary...

Authors: Niranjan Aryal, Debbie Figueroa Orellana and Jamal Bouie

Age related differences in cannabis use and subjective effects in a large population-based survey of adult athletes

There is a paucity of information regarding cannabis use behaviors in adult community-based athletes as most research in athletes has focused on misuse of cannabis in elite, adolescent, university-based athlet...

Authors: Joanna S. Zeiger, William S. Silvers, Edward M. Fleegler and Robert S. Zeiger

Total and differential white blood cell count in cannabis users: results from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–2016

Elevated white blood cell (WBC) count in tobacco cigarette smokers compared to non-smokers has been well documented, but little is known on circulating WBC counts and cannabis use.

Authors: Omayma Alshaarawy

Cannabis use patterns at the dawn of US cannabis reform

In the United States (US), three in 10 cannabis users develop cannabis use disorder (CUD). Usage patterns in line with CUD may be associated with socio-economic disadvantage, and other negative effects. Thus, ...

Authors: Navin Kumar, Cheneal Puljević, Jason Ferris, Adam Winstock and Monica J. Barratt

Molecular neuroscience at its “high”: bibliometric analysis of the most cited papers on endocannabinoid system, cannabis and cannabinoids

Cannabis, cannabinoids and endocannabinoids are heavily investigated topics with many articles published every year. We aimed to identify the 100 most cited manuscripts among the vast literature and analyze th...

Authors: Andy Wai Kan Yeung, Nikolay T. Tzvetkov, Nicolas Arkells, Luigi Milella, Adrian M. Stankiewicz, Łukasz Huminiecki, Olaf K. Horbanczuk and Atanas G. Atanasov

Genetic tools weed out misconceptions of strain reliability in Cannabis sativa: implications for a budding industry

Unlike other plants, Cannabis sativa is excluded from regulation by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Distinctive Cannabis varieties are ostracized from registration and therefore nearly impossi...

Authors: Anna L. Schwabe and Mitchell E. McGlaughlin

High school student cannabis use and perceptions towards cannabis in southcentral Colorado – comparing communities that permit recreational dispensaries and communities that do not

Currently, with the legalization of cannabis and the opening of recreational dispensaries in states across the country, the question of whether or not proximity to recreational cannabis dispensaries affects hi...

Authors: Tim Peters and Carol Foust

Journal of Cannabis Research: a new international, multi-disciplinary, open access journal

Authors: David A. Gorelick