Therapeutic potential of cannabis, cannabidiol, and cannabinoid-based pharmaceuticals

CA Legare, WM Raup-Konsavage, KE Vrana - Pharmacology, 2022‏ - karger.com
Background: There is a growing interest in the use of cannabis (and its extracts), as well as
CBD oil (hemp extracts containing cannabidiol), for therapeutic purposes. While there is …

Deficits in behavioural inhibition in substance abuse and addiction: a meta-analysis

JL Smith, RP Mattick, SD Jamadar… - Drug and alcohol …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Aims Deficits in behavioural inhibitory control are attracting increasing attention as a factor
behind the development and maintenance of substance dependence. However, evidence …

Dopamine and glucose, obesity, and reward deficiency syndrome

K Blum, PK Thanos, MS Gold - Frontiers in psychology, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Obesity as a result of overeating as well as a number of well described eating disorders has
been accurately considered to be a world-wide epidemic. Recently a number of theories …

Decreased dopamine brain reactivity in marijuana abusers is associated with negative emotionality and addiction severity

ND Volkow, GJ Wang, F Telang, JS Fowler… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
Moves to legalize marijuana highlight the urgency to investigate effects of chronic marijuana
in the human brain. Here, we challenged 48 participants (24 controls and 24 marijuana …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the transition from frequent cannabis use to cannabis dependence: a three-year prospective study

P Van Der Pol, N Liebregts, R De Graaf, DJ Korf… - Drug and alcohol …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Background Frequent cannabis users are at high risk of dependence, still most (near) daily
users are not dependent. It is unknown why some frequent users develop dependence …

Age and impulsive behavior in drug addiction: A review of past research and future directions

E Argyriou, M Um, C Carron, MA Cyders - Pharmacology Biochemistry and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Impulsive behavior is implicated in the initiation, maintenance, and relapse of drug-seeking
behaviors involved in drug addiction. Research shows that changes in impulsive behavior …

High times for cannabis: Epigenetic imprint and its legacy on brain and behavior

H Szutorisz, YL Hurd - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Extensive debates continue regarding marijuana (Cannabis spp), the most commonly used
illicit substance in many countries worldwide. There has been an exponential increase of …

Trajectory of adolescent cannabis use on addiction vulnerability

YL Hurd, M Michaelides, ML Miller, D Jutras-Aswad - Neuropharmacology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The adolescent brain is a period of dynamic development making it vulnerable to
environmental factors such as drug exposure. Of the illicit drugs, cannabis is most used by …

Early intervention following trauma may mitigate genetic risk for PTSD in civilians: a pilot prospective emergency department study

BO Rothbaum, MC Kearns, E Reiser… - The Journal of clinical …, 2014‏ - psychiatrist.com
Background: Civilian posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat PTSD are major
public health concerns. Although a number of psychosocial risk factors have been identified …

Sha** vulnerability to addiction–the contribution of behavior, neural circuits and molecular mechanisms

G Egervari, R Ciccocioppo, JD Jentsch… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Substance use disorders continue to impose increasing medical, financial and emotional
burdens on society in the form of morbidity and overdose, family disintegration, loss of …