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Homo Sapiens (“Us”): Strengths and Weaknesses
Published in Michael Hehenberger, Zhi Xia, Huanming Yang, Our Animal Connection, 2020
Michael Hehenberger, Zhi Xia, Huanming Yang
Medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) refers to the use of cannabis (used for hemp fiber, for hemp oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug) to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS, and to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms.
Homo Sapiens (“Us”): Strengths and Weaknesses
Published in Michael Hehenberger, Zhi Xia, Our Animal Connection, 2019
Medical cannabis (or medical marijuana) refers to the use of cannabis (used for hemp fiber, for hemp oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug) to reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, to improve appetite in people with HIV/AIDS, and to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms.
Ultraviolet radiation exposure in cannabis-growing facilities
Published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2023
Maximilian J. Chmielinski, Patricia O. Ehrlich, Martin Cohen, Tania M. Busch Isaksen, Christopher D. Simpson
Laws permitting the growth and possession of cannabis for medicinal and recreational use are currently changing rapidly in the United States and internationally (Carliner et al. 2017; Caulkins et al. 2018; Mahamad and Hammond 2019). While the cultivation and use of cannabis are still considered illegal by the U.S. federal government, multiple states have legalized the recreational or medical use of marijuana (Carliner et al. 2017). Canada has also recently legalized cannabis use (Mahamad and Hammond 2019). These changes have led to a dramatic expansion of the cannabis industry, which now employs approximately 420,000 workers in the United States, and job growth is among the fastest of any industry in the United States (Borchardt 2017; Barcott et al. 2022). However, in part due to the history of cannabis as an illicit substance, few peer-reviewed studies have investigated the occupational hazards faced by workers in this emerging industry.
Drying of cannabis—state of the practices and future needs
Published in Drying Technology, 2021
Sai Kiran Reddy Challa, N. N. Misra, Alex Martynenko
Cannabis contains phytocannabinoids (secondary metabolites), which are responsible for psychotic, and health beneficial characteristics in humans. Among the cannabinoids, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC/dronabinol) and cannabidiol (CBD) are the most potent. Medicinal cannabis is a regularly used psychoactive substance for treatment of several illnesses, such as to improve hunger/appetite in AIDS (acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome) patients, to decrease nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy,[2] for treating muscle spasms, chronic pain,[3,4] effective alleviation of seizures in children with epilepsy,[5] and treating spasticity and neuropathic pain associated with multiple sclerosis.[6] When used for non-medicinal/recreational purposes or at excessive doses, cannabis may cause certain short-term health effects in humans related to cognition and coordination (attention, decision-making, reaction time), anxiety, bronchial dilation and increase in heart rate.[7–9]
LooseLeaf, a Mobile-Based Application to Monitor Cannabis Use and Cannabis-Related Experiences for Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis: Development and User Acceptance Testing
Published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2021
Olga Santesteban Echarri, GaHyung Kim, Preston Haffey, Jacky Tang, Jean Addington
A final set of 11 questions were implemented covering (1) daily cannabis consumption (a) strain or name, cannabis subspecies (sativa, indica, or hybrid), cannabinoid content (CBD and THC), and quantity of cannabis; (b) type of cannabis product (flower, concentrate, edible, topical, or tincture) and method of consumption (joint, pipe, vaporization, oral, dabbing); (c) context of consumption; and (d) subjective perception of consumption; (2) cannabis-related experiences following administration (a) anxiety-paranoid experiences (i.e., feeling hyper-aware, suspicious, paranoid, afraid, threatened, or anxious); (b) enjoyable experiences (i.e., feeling hyper-aware, suspicious, paranoid, afraid, threatened, or anxious); and (c) psychotic-like experiences (i.e., hearing voices, having visions, fear of losing control, or fear of losing my mind); (3) other substance use; and (4) general perception of their day. All the app questions are presented in the Supplementary Table 1. To respond to the questions, users must first enter their cannabis products into their inventory. Once that is established, responding to the daily questions takes between one to three minutes, depending on the number of times they used cannabis.