Monthly Archives: May 2024

We obtained written informed consent and assent from interested teens and their guardians, approved by the University of California San Diego Human Research Protections Program. Adolescents were administered a 90-min telephone screening interview to ascertain family history of substance use … Continue reading →

While this may appear counter intuitive at first, two insights help to explain this result. First, blueberry farmers have already adapted to hot temperatures: pickers generally finish picking around 3:00 p.m. and avoid the hottest parts of the day. This means … Continue reading →

Motives of marijuana use to promote positive experiences For motives of marijuana use to promote positive experiences, none of the motives were directly, significantly associated with any of our outcomes of interest. This finding is consistent with the hypothesis as … Continue reading →

The association between marijuana use and mental health also seems to vary by gender, although the evidence is inconsistent. We do however know that women move from initiation of cannabis use to problematic use much faster than men do. This … Continue reading →

Considering the monthly reapplication interval, this still may not be a cost-effective product for large-scale application. The new US EPA-approved long-lasting formulation, FourStar Microbial Briquets , is potentially effective for up to 6 months , and preliminary data suggest that … Continue reading →

The European Medicines Agency has established initiatives for the provision of accelerated development support and evaluation procedures for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. These initiatives generally follow the EMA Emergent Health Threats Plan published at the end of 2018 . Similar … Continue reading →

The item read: “Marijuana is also called pot, weed, and grass. Are you planning to stop using marijuana?” . Participants were categorized as marijuana users if they indicated recent use on the staging item. All others were categorized as non-marijuana … Continue reading →

A greater presence of marijuana co-marketing in neighborhoods with a higher proportion of school-age youth and lower median household income raises concerns about how industry marketing tactics may contribute to disparities in LCC use. The study results also suggest that … Continue reading →

Among Vancouver participants there was an apparent downward trend in the proportion of participants reporting recent homelessness across follow-up visits.The distribution of stabilized IPTWs was narrow at each follow-up visit in both settings, ranging from 0.65 to 1.40 in Tijuana … Continue reading →

Despite the success of antiretroviral therapy, approximately 20–50% of HIV-infected individuals have HIVassociated neurocognitive disorder. HIV infection and stimulation of monocytes and lymphocytes promotes trafficking into the central nervous system, triggering a neuroinflammatory response. Within the CNS, inflammation leads to … Continue reading →