Category: Cannabis and Cannabinoids

Does cannabidiol make cannabis safer? A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial of cannabis with four different CBD:THC ratios

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Amir Englund, Dominic Oliver, Edward Chesney, Lucy Chester, Jack Wilson, Simina Sovi, Andrea De Micheli, John Hodsoll, Paolo Fusar-Poli, John Strang, Robin M. Murray, Tom P. Freeman & Philip McGuire

Neuropsychopharmacol; 48; 2023

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Simple Method for the Determination of THC and THC-COOH in Human Postmortem Blood Samples by Gas Chromatography—Mass Spectrometry

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Ivan Álvarez-Freire, Anxa Valeiras-Fernández, Pamela Cabarcos-Fernández, Ana María Bermejo-Barrera and María Jesús Tabernero-Duque

Molecules; 28(8); 2023

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Recent Research on Cannabis sativa L.: Phytochemistry, New Matrices, Cultivation Techniques, and Recent Updates on Its Brain-Related Effects (2018–2023)

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Laura Siracusa, Giuseppe Ruberto and Luigia Cristino

Molecules; 28(8); 2023

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Determination of synthetic cannabinoids in oral fluids by liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection after solid-phase extraction

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P. García-Atienza, H. Martínez-Pérez-Cejuela, E.F. Simó-Alfonso, J.M. Herrero-Martínez, S. Armenta

MethodsX; 10; 2023

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A Way of Estimating the Standard Errors of Bayes Factor and Weight of Evidence – A Case Study (Theoretical Framework)

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Jin Chu Wu, John M. Libert

NIST; 18pp; 2023

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NPS Benzodiazepines, NPS Opioids, NPS Stimulants & Hallucinogens, and Synthetic Cannabinoids in the United States – Q1 2023 Trend Report

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Alex J. Krotulski, PhD; Sara E. Walton, MS; Amanda L.A. Mohr, MSFS, D-ABFT-FT; and Barry K. Logan, PhD, F-ABFT

CFSRE; April 2023

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“Spice”-related deaths in and around Munich, Germany: A retrospective look at the role of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists in our post-mortem cases over a seven-year period (2014–2020)

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Olwen Groth, Gabriele Roider, Verena Angerer, Jan Schäper, Matthias Graw, Frank Musshoff & Volker Auwärter

Int J Legal Med; 2023

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Purification and Isolation of Cannabinoids: Current Challenges and Perspectives

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Simona Felletti, Greta Compagnin, Yannick Krauke, Svea Stephan, Giorgia Greco, Alessandro Buratti, Tatiana Chenet, Chiara De Luca, Martina Catani, Alberto Cavazzini

LCGC Europe; 36(4); April 2023

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Effects of cannabis regulation in Switzerland: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

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Lavinia Baltes-Flueckiger, Regine Steinauer, Maximilian Meyer, Marc Vogel and Marc Walter

Front Psych; 2023

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First results of the French OCTOPUS survey among festival attendees: a latent class analysis

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Marion Istvan, Vincent Bresdin, Marie Mainguy, Pauline Laigo, Marie Grall-Bronnec, Vincent Eudeline, Jean-Emmanuel Guillet, Manon Guillo, Laurent Babonnaud, Pascale Jolliet, Benoit Schreck & Caroline Victorri-Vigneau

Harm Reduct J; 20:43; 2023

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High-‘n’-dry? A comparison of cannabis and alcohol use in drivers presenting to hospital after a vehicular collision

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J R Brubacher, H Chan, S Erdelyi, Y Yuan, R Daoust, C Vaillancourt, B Rowe, J Lee, E Mercier, P Atkinson, P Davis, D Clarke, J Taylor, A Macpherson, M Emond, D Al-Hakim, C Horwood, I Wishart, K Magee, J Rao, J Eppler

Addiction; 2023

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The Blast Effect – This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart

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N. Kirkpatrick, Atthar Mirza and Manuel Canales

Wash Post; March 27, 2023

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The South Australian Emergency Department Admission Blood Psychoactive Testing (EDABPT) program: first results

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Sam Alfred, Peter Stockham, Emma Partridge, Alastair Ward, Hannah Green, Jake Mallon, Chris Kostakis, Andrew Camilleri, Daniel Haustead

MJA; 2023

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Hierarchical Bayesian non-response models for error rates in forensic black-box studies

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Kori Khan and Alicia Carriquiry

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A

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How long does a single oral dose of cannabidiol persist in plasma? Findings from three clinical trials

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Danielle McCartney, Richard C. Kevin, Anastasia S. Suraev, Ayshe Sahinovic, Peter T. Doohan, Miguel A. Bedoya-Pérez, Ronald R. Grunstein, Camilla M. Hoyos, Iain S. McGregor

Drug Test Anal; 15(3); 2023

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‘Flying high?’—Jump from a height in a ‘Spice’ high?: A case report on the synthetic cannabinoid 5F-MDMB-P7AICA

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Nadja Walle, Adrian A. Doerr, Peter H. Schmidt, Nadine Schaefer

Drug Test Anal; 15(3); 2023

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Wrongful convictions and claims of false or misleading forensic evidence

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John Morgan PhD

J Forensic Sci; 2023

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Unintentional ingestion of putative delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol by two youth requiring critical care: a case report

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Erin K. Bradley, Brooke E. Hoots, Evan S. Bradley & Douglas R. Roehler

J Cannabis Res; 5:9; 2023

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Cannabidiol exposures in the United States, National Poison Data System, July 2014–June 2021

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Silvia Perez-Vilar, Sara Karami, Karen Long, and Kira Leishear

Clin Toxicol; 61(2); 2023

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