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Current IACM-Bulletins
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- IACM-Bulletin of 19 December 2021
- Science/Human: The use of cannabis is associated with a tendency for the normalisation of certain biomarkers in children with autism
- Science/Human: A certification for the use of medical cannabis is associated with reduced opiate use in pain patients
- Science/Human: Cannabis use may be associated with improved or deteriorated sleep
- Science/Human: Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases may profit from a treatment with cannabis according to a survey
- Science/Human: CBD rich cannabis may be helpful in autism
- IACM-Bulletin of 05 December 2021
- World: Over 180 civil society groups call for greater transparency at the INCB within its cannabis initiative
- Switzerland: Pharmacies sell cannabis to adults
- Malta: The country is the first in Europe to legalise home growing of cannabis for personal use
- Science/Human: The medical use of cannabis is associated with reduced opioid and benzodiazepines prescriptions in orthopaedic pain patients
- Science/Human: Patients with psychotic disorders may need lower doses of neuroleptics if they get an additional treatment with CBD cigarettes
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in paediatric palliative care
- Science/Human: An inhibitor of endocannabinoid degradation improved symptoms of Tourette Syndrome in clinical study
- IACM-Bulletin of 21 November 2021
- Germany: The future federal government may legalise the use of cannabis for adults
- Science/Human: THC prolongs survival in patients in palliative care according to a retrospective analysis
- Science/Human: Cannabis may result in better pain control of cancer patients according to placebo-controlled study
- Science/Human: Cannabis may improve sleep according to a placebo-controlled study
- Science/Human: The use of cannabis improved chronic pain and sleep in case series
- IACM-Bulletin of 24 October 2021
- Luxembourg: The government wants to make the country the first in Europe to legalise the growing of cannabis
- Switzerland: The country wants to legalise the use of cannabis for medicinal and recreational purposes
- Costa Rica: Congress approves legalization of cannabis for medicinal use
- Science/Human: Many ADHD patients use cannabis to treat their symptoms
- Science/Human: A combination of CBD and THC may be helpful in lung cancer according to a case report
- Science/Human: Many tobacco users are able to reduce the use after initiation of a treatment with cannabis
- Science/Human: Genetic analyses do not strongly support a clear causal relationship between cannabis use and schizophrenia
- Science/Human: Many breast cancer patients use cannabis for symptom relief
- IACM-Bulletin of 10 October 2021
- Science/Human: The use of cannabis during adolescence is not associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia according to a twin study
- Science/Human: Cannabis use has no negative short-term effects on cognition in medical cannabis users
- Science/Human: CBD enhances verbal memory in healthy young people according to a randomised clinical trial
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in depression and anxiety according to observational study
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in the management of endometriosis, a survey shows
- Science/Human: Cannabigerol rich cannabis may be effective for the treatment of pain, insomnia and depression
- IACM-Bulletin of 26 September 2021
- South Africa: A first patient is officially allowed to use cannabis to ease his pain
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be beneficial in neuropathic pruritus in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis according to a case report
- Science/Human: Cannabis may improve pain and sleep in fibromyalgia
- Science/Human: Many women use cannabis to help ease menopause symptoms
- IACM-Bulletin of 12 September 2021
- IACM: The IACM will be restructured and reorganized
- IACM: Next conference scheduled for fall 2022
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa according to a survey
- Science/Human: CBD in cannabis flowers may reduce side effects of THC
- Science/Human: An analysis of the UK Medical Cannabis Registry shows that cannabis use was associated with an improvement of quality of life
- IACM-Bulletin of 15 August 2021
- Science/Human: A combination of THC and palmitoylethanolamide improved symptoms in Tourette’s syndrome according to a pilot study
- Science/Human: About one third of MS patients use cannabis in Oregon and Southwest Washington according to survey
- Science/Human: Many patients with back pain use CBD according to a survey
- Science/Human: Cannabis use may reduce opioid doses in chronic pain
- IACM-Bulletin of 01 August 2021
- Science: Large-scale genetic analyses confirms the assumption that cannabis was first domesticated in East Asia
- Science/Human: Cannabis improves stuttering according to case report
- Science/Human: CBD is effective in epilepsy due to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome for at least 3 years
- Science/Human: Exercise may improve post-traumatic stress disorder by increasing endocannabinoid levels
- Science/Human: An increasing number of adults with rheumatic diseases used cannabis
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is not associated with reduced motivation
- Science/Human: CBD reduced pain in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropath
- IACM-Bulletin of 18 July 2021
- Germany: Medical cannabis grown by German companies is now available to patients for the first time
- USA: U.S. Senate Democrats roll out draft bill to legalize cannabis
- Science/Human: Cannabis use has no effect on cognitive functioning in adolescents according to large study
- Science/Human: Cannabis is helpful in the treatment of nausea and vomiting due to cancer chemotherapy
- Science/Human: The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes may improve complex cognitive abilities over the course of 12 months
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with lower brain inflammation in people with HIV
- Science/Human: Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome is associated with certain gene mutations
- Science/Human: People may draw spiritual benefit from cannabis use
- Science/Human: Cannabis is often used to substitute other medications
- IACM-Bulletin of 04 July 2021
- IACM: IACM Journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research receives first impact factor of 5.764
- USA: Connecticut becomes the 18th state to legalise the use of cannabis by adults
- Mexico: Government wants to hold a referendum on the legal status of cannabis after the Supreme Court ruled that it should be legalised
- Science/Human: Cannabis use has no negative effect on male sexual function according to long-term study
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be an effective substitution in patients with alcohol use disorder
- Science/Human: Cannabidivarin (CBDV) may normalise brain function in autism
- IACM-Bulletin of 20 June 2021
- Science/Human: The use of cannabis is associated with improved quality of life in pain patients according to a survey
- Science/Human: Cannabis improved quality of life in brain cancer patients according to a clinical study
- Science/Human: Low doses of THC may improve the analgesic effects of opioids according to a study with experimental pain
- Science/Human: An archaeological finding of cannabis seeds in a cemetery suggests the medical use of cannabis in China 2000 years ago
- Science/Human: A cannabis extract improved sleep in patients suffering from chronic insomnia in a control study
- Science/Human: Cannabis improved pain in patients with advanced cancer in a controlled study
- IACM-Bulletin of 06 June 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be effective in reducing behavioural symptoms associated with dementia
- Science/Human: More than two thirds of medical doctors in the USA believe that cannabis has medical value
- Science: Update on the knowledge of cannabis compounds, including 125 cannabinoids
- Science/Human: Cannabis use may not severely influence the course of schizophrenia, but may increase the risk for relapses
- IACM-Bulletin of 23 May 2021
- Japan: Government plans to allow cannabis containing medicines
- USA: The medical use of oral cannabis preparations becomes legal in Alabama
- Science/Human: The authorisation to use cannabis reduced high opioid use
- Science/Human: Topical cannabis may be helpful in the treatment of venous leg ulcers
- Science/Human: THC may improve perfusion in patients with vascular disease of the eye
- Science/Human: Many patients believe that CBD may be helpful in reducing pain
- IACM-Bulletin of 09 May 2021
- IACM: IACM: Two Decades of the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines
- Science/Human: About 20% of paediatric oncology patients in Canada use cannabis products
- Science/Human: CBD may be effective in many forms of epilepsy in children and young adults
- Science/Human: New research does not confirm the gateway theory
- Science/Human: The relationship between cannabis use and schizophrenia may be mediated by common genetic risk factors
- Science/Human: Many people with Parkinson’s disease profit from a treatment with cannabis
- IACM-Bulletin of 25 April 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with increased physical activity according to 2 studies
- Science/Human: War veterans in the US prefer cannabis over opioids and benzodiazepines
- Science/Human: Low levels of THC may increase reduction of acute pain by hydromorphone in healthy adults
- Science/Animal: Some cannabis terpenes enhance the effects of cannabinoids
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in pruritus according to a case report
- IACM-Bulletin of 11 April 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis use reduced the incidence of non-fatal opioid overdoses among patients in a methadone programme
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in delayed gastric emptying
- USA: New York and New Mexico legalise the use of cannabis by adults, Virginia wants to follow
- Science/Human: Long-term cannabis treatment of chronic pain resulted in better outcomes compared to conventional treatment
- Science/Human: Many patients with inflammatory bowel use cannabis
- India: Indian state Himachal Pradesh wants to legalise cannabis for medicinal and industrial use
- IACM-Bulletin of 28 March 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in pain from unstable angina and coronary artery disease according to a case report
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in the treatment of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy according to a case series
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be effective in the treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma according to a case report
- IACM-Bulletin of 28 February 2021
- USA: New Jersey legalises adult use of cannabis
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with a reduced risk of developing HPV-negative head and neck cancers
- Science/Human: Cannabis reduces the development of neuropathy in cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in treating fibromyalgia, according to a case series
- Science/Human: Running stimulates the endocannabinoid system and reduces anxiety
- Science/Human: Cannabis may reduce inflammation in multiple sclerosis
- IACM-Bulletin of 14 February 2021
- USA: Democrats advance cannabis legalisation in Congress
- Science/Human: Cannabis improves symptoms in ulcerative colitis in a placebo-controlled trial
- Science/Human: Cannabis extracts were effective in reducing symptoms of autism in a controlled clinical trial
- Science/Human: Inhalation of cannabis reduces anxiety and stress
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with reduced risk of fatty liver in people with HIV/HCV
- IACM-Bulletin of 31 January 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis use reduces high blood pressure in older adults
- Science: CBD shows antimicrobial potential against bacteria
- Science/Human: Cannabis reduced alcohol consumption in heavy drinkers in observational study
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with reduced hospital readmissions in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
- Science/Human: Cannabis use was associated with long-term pain reduction in large observational study
- IACM-Bulletin of 17 January 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis is not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adults
- Science/Human: Cannabis use may allow cessation of opioid use in a large number of pain patients
- Mexico: Health ministry publishes rules for the regulation of medicinal cannabis
- Science/Human: Cannabis extracts were effective in the treatment of multiple sclerosis according to observational study
- Science/Human: Patients with fibromyalgia report experiencing relief from CBD
- IACM-Bulletin of 03 January 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in post-traumatic stress disorder
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with reduced risk of fentanyl use
- Australia: Restrictions to the sale of CBD rich cannabis will be removed in Tasmania
- Science/Human: CBD may improve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
- Science/Human: Cannabis reduces the use of prescription opioids
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