Drugs like marijuana act on naturally occurring receptors in the brain called cannabinoid receptors. However, the mechanisms by which these...
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Public health importance of triggers of myocardial infarction: a comparative risk assessment
Acute myocardial infarction is triggered by various factors, such as physical exertion, stressful events, heavy meals, or increases in air...
Will Montanta be first State to repeal medi-pot?
First, the Montana medical marijuana repeal bill passed the House (62 to 37), then the final Senate vote was (28...
How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico’s murderous drug gangs
As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a...
Montana Senate passes bill to repeal medi-pot programme
The Montana senate has just passed the HB 161, a bill to repeal the state’s current medi-pot program, by a...
Feds’ praise for medical pot goes up in smoke
For a brief time earlier this month, the National Cancer Institute, a branch of the federal government’s National Institutes of...
Round table C discussion at CND Monday 21, March 2011, UNODC Vienna
Addressing key Public health and Safety issues such as addictive behaviours of youth and drugged driving[1] Chairperson: . On behalf...
A Historic Moment in Vienna – March 2011
Each year in March representatives from the countries in all parts of the world gather in Vienna to oversee global...
Effects of cannabis on cognitive function in patients with multiple sclerosis
While neuropsychological deficits have been reported in healthy individuals who use street cannabis, data in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)...
This is the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Information for those interested in the work carried out by the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. This is...