Lausanne, Switzerland: Cannabis consumption rarely triggers episodes of acute psychosis in those without a pre-existing psychiatric disorder, according to data published in the journal Translational Psychiatry. An international team of researchers from Australia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom assessed lifetime occurrences of “cannabis-associated psychotic symptoms” (CAPS) requiring hospitalization in a cohort of 233,000 European marijuana consumers. Authors reported that less than one-half of one …

Montreal, Canada: Despite the federal government having legalized patients’ access to marijuana two decades ago, most Canadian health care providers acknowledge that they possess little knowledge about medical cannabis and almost none report having received any training about it while in medical school. Survey data published in the journal BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies reported that 56 percent of respondents felt either “uncomfortable or ambivalent …

Cannabinol, or CBN, is a cannabinoid that is gaining in popularity. For those that don’t know, the cannabis plant is made up of dozens of cannabinoids, with the two most popular ones being THC and CBD. Each cannabinoid has its own characteristics and properties and scientists are just now beginning to learn about a lot of them, including CBN. CBN …