Cannabis and asthma Last updated January 2015 Dr Peter Gates, NCPIC This bulletin is about the link between asthma and smoking cannabis. As with tobacco smoke, cannabis smoke contains harmful levels of carcinogenic compounds including benzopyrene, benzanthracene, phenols, vinyl chlorides, nitrosamines and reactive oxygen species. Smoking cannabis More than a third (35.4%) of Australians have …
Cannabinoids and Appetite What are the munchies ? The feeling of increased appetite following cannabis intoxication has been documented for hundreds of years.1 Popular culture has termed the sensation the munchies . Unfortunately the phenomenon has been so widely accepted on anecdotal evidence alone that it has only recently been subject to scientific research. The …
Media Wrap Up – May 2016 With so much travel and so many election messages to report on, cannabis has taken a bit of a backseat in May. Despite this, there have been some interesting stories in both mainstream and niche publications. With the Australian federal election campaigns now in full swing, the media has …
Medicinal Cannabis 101 Learn more about important terms, access medical cannabis in Australia and the history behind cannabis used as medicine. Medicinal cannabis what s the real deal? Medicinal cannabis (or medical marijuana) has been a hot topic for quite a while and is red hot here in Australia at the moment. There are a …
What are the side effects of marijuana on your body? If you’ve noticed yourself feeling a bit unmotivated lately, maybe it s time to ask yourself could it be the weed? There are a lot of different negative long-term and short-term side effects of marijuana on both the mind and the body. How bad these …
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Smoking marijuana while pregnant Will smoking marijuana while pregnant harm my baby? If you’re looking at getting pregnant or you’re already pregnant, you know there are a lot of restrictions on what you should and shouldn’t put into your body if you want to make sure your baby is safe and well. There is advice …
