Effects of cannabis use on human behavior, including cognition, motivation, and psychosis: a review

ND Volkow, JM Swanson, AE Evins, LE DeLisi… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
With a political debate about the potential risks and benefits of cannabis use as a backdrop,
the wave of legalization and liberalization initiatives continues to spread. Four states …

Acute and chronic effects of cannabinoids on human cognition—a systematic review

SJ Broyd, HH Van Hell, C Beale, M Yuecel… - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
Cannabis use has been associated with impaired cognition during acute intoxication as well
as in the unintoxicated state in long-term users. However, the evidence has been mixed and …

A review of vulnerability and risks for schizophrenia: Beyond the two hit hypothesis

J Davis, H Eyre, FN Jacka, S Dodd, O Dean… - Neuroscience & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia risk has often been conceptualized using a model which requires two hits in
order to generate the clinical phenotype—the first as an early priming in a genetically …

[HTML][HTML] The role of cannabinoids in neuroanatomic alterations in cannabis users

V Lorenzetti, N Solowij, M Yücel - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
The past few decades have seen a marked change in the composition of commonly smoked
cannabis. These changes primarily involve an increase of the psychoactive compound∆ 9 …

Cannabinoids and autoimmune diseases: A systematic review

V Katchan, P David, Y Shoenfeld - Autoimmunity reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Cannabinoids have shown to have a variety effects on body systems. Through CB1 and CB2
receptors, amongst other, they exert an effect by modulating neurotransmitter and cytokine …

Hippocampal harms, protection and recovery following regular cannabis use

M Yücel, V Lorenzetti, C Suo, A Zalesky… - Translational …, 2016 - nature.com
Shifting policies towards legalisation of cannabis for therapeutic and recreational use raise
significant ethical issues for health-care providers seeking evidence-based …

Perceptions of social norms and exposure to pro-marijuana messages are associated with adolescent marijuana use

ML Roditis, K Delucchi, A Chang, B Halpern-Felsher - Preventive medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite consistent declines in rates of cigarette use among adolescents in the last five
years, rates of marijuana use have remained constant, with marijuana being the most widely …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic use of cannabis in inflammatory bowel disease

W Ahmed, S Katz - Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The marijuana plant Cannabis sativa and its derivatives, cannabinoids, have grown
increasingly popular as a potential therapy for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Studies …

Cannabis and its effects on driving skills

P Bondallaz, B Favrat, H Chtioui, E Fornari… - Forensic science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Traffic policies show growing concerns about driving under the influence of cannabis, since
cannabinoids are one of the most frequently encountered psychoactive substances in the …

Chronic cannabinoid exposure during adolescence leads to long-term structural and functional changes in the prefrontal cortex

J Renard, T Vitalis, M Rame, MO Krebs, Z Lenkei… - European …, 2016 - Elsevier
In many species, adolescence is a critical phase in which the endocannabinoid system can
regulate the maturation of important neuronal networks that underlie cognitive function …