SAFETY AS A MEDICINE of Cannabis and Hemp - Studies completed
Overview
Science and Research
2012 - Study ~ Prescribing Cannabis for Harm Reduction. also see QUITTING OTHER DRUGS
2012 - Study ~ Medical Marijuana: Clearing Away the Smoke
2011 - Study ~ Annual Causes of Death in the United States
2011 - Study ~ Safety and Side Effects of Cannabidiol, a Cannabis sativa Constituent.
2011 - News ~ Medical marijuana not a threat to workplace safety, study finds
2010 - Study ~ Harms associated with psychoactive substances: findings of the UK National Drug Survey
2010 - Study ~ An index of fatal toxicity for drugs of misuse.
2009 - Study ~ Alcohol and cannabis use as risk factors for injury - a case-crossover analysis in a Swiss hospital emergency department
2009 - Report ~ Deaths from Marijuana v. 17 FDA-Approved Drugs (Jan. 1, 1997 to June 30, 2005)
2009 - Study ~ Harms associated with psychoactive substances: findings of the UKNational Drug Survey
2009 - News ~ Health Risks of Marijuana Still Not Nailed Down
2009 - News ~ Four percent of adults worldwide using cannabis
2009 - News ~ Marijuana-Related Health Costs Minimal Compared To Those Of Alcohol, Tobacco
2008 - Study ~ Adverse effects of medical cannabinoids: a systematic review
2008 - Study ~ Merck Manual - Marijuana (Cannabis)
2008 - News ~ How Safe Are Medical Cannabinoids? also see CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
2008 - News ~ Medical use of cannabinoids does not cause an increase in serious adverse health effects
2008 - News ~ Report: Marijuana Less Harmful than Alcohol or Tobacco
2008 - News ~ Medicines derived from cannabis: A review of adverse events
2004 - Study ~ The good and the bad effects of (−) trans-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) on humans
2000 - Study ~ Two hundred and thirteen cases of marijuana toxicoses in dogs.
1997 - News ~ Regular Marijuana Users Have No Higher Rates Of Mortality, Long-Term Study Concludes
1996 - News ~ Proven: Cannabis is safe medicine
1993 - Study ~ Health care use by frequent marijuana smokers who do not smoke tobacco.
1992 - Study ~ Excerpt from the Merck Manual
1992 - News ~ Three Things Marijuana Doesn't Do
1981 - Study ~ Cognition and Long-Term Use of Ganja (Cannabis)1971 - Study ~ Allergy to Marihuana also see ALLERGIES TO CANNABIS
1946 - Study ~ Studies On The Pharmacology and Acute Toxicity of Compounds with Marijuana Activity1938 - Study ~ The Relative Activity of Various Purified Products Obtained From American Grown Hashish.
All Causes | 2,468,435 |
Diseases of Heart | 780,213 |
Malignant Neoplasms [Cancer] | 574,743 |
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 138,080 |
Cerebrovascular Diseases | 129,476 |
Accidents (Unintentional Injuries) [Total] | 120,859 |
Motor Vehicle Accidents [subset of Total Accidents] | 35,332 |
Alzheimer's Disease | 83,494 |
Diabetes Mellitus | 69,071 |
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis | 50,476 |
Influenza and Pneumonia | 50,097 |
Drug-Induced Deaths1 | 40,393 |
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) | 38,364 |
Septicemia | 34,812 |
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis | 31,903 |
Firearm Injuries | 31,672 |
Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease | 26,634 |
Alcohol-Induced Deaths | 25,692 |
Parkinson's Disease | 22,032 |
Pneumonitis Due to Solids and Liquids | 17,011 |
Homicide | 16,259 |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | 8,369 |
Viral hepatitis | 7,564 |
All Illicit Drugs Combined (2000)2 | 17,0002 |
Cannabis (Marijuana)3 | 0 |
2010 Drug Overdose Mortality Data In Detail as Reported By Paulozzi et al.4 | |
Drug Overdose Total | 38,329 |
Pharmaceutical Drugs | 22,134 |
Pharmaceutical Opioid Analgesics | 16,651 |
(Drug Overdose Deaths and Pharmaceutical Drugs, 2010) "In 2010, there were 38,329 drug overdose deaths in the United States; most (22 134; 57.7%) involved pharmaceuticals; 9429 (24.6%) involved only unspecified drugs. Of the pharmaceutical-related overdose deaths, 16,451 (74.3%) were unintentional, 3780 (17.1%) were suicides, and 1868 (8.4%) were of undetermined intent. Opioids (16,651; 75.2%), benzodiazepines (6497; 29.4%), antidepressants (3889; 17.6%), and antiepileptic and antiparkinsonism drugs (1717; 7.8%) were the pharmaceuticals (alone or in combination with other drugs) most commonly involved in pharmaceutical overdose deaths. Among overdose deaths involving opioid analgesics, the pharmaceuticals most often also involved in these deaths were benzodiazepines (5017; 30.1%), antidepressants (2239; 13.4%), antiepileptic and antiparkinsonism drugs (1125; 6.8%), and antipsychotics and neuroleptics (783; 4.7%)."
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