Given the rising popularity of microdosing, the researchers say that more scientific study into the practice is urgently needed.
Almost all participants reported feeling significantly less depressed when they met up with the researchers a week after treatment, and most continued to report lower depression scores 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after their psilocybin trip.
The study surveyed 905 people in Australia who used illicit cannabis to treat a medical condition. About a third met the criteria for cannabis use disorder.
According to the research, more than half of cannabis-related TikTok videos portray the drug in a positive light, with around one-fourth of these videos directly promoting the social acceptability of cannabis use.
While the DEA says that these drugs all “have a high potential for abuse,” advocates argue that the new rule could lead to more harm than good.
There’s still much researchers don’t know about how cannabis affects the brain, according to the American Heart Association.
Patients hospitalized for severe suicidal ideation could benefit from ketamine transfusions, according to new research led by scientists at the University of Montpellier.
Cannabis-related emergency department visits and subsequent hospitalizations for adolescents and young adults in Ontario have increased nearly five-fold from 2003 to 2017, according to a new study led by the CHEO Research Institute.
Examining the effect of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use on self-report driving under the influence of alcohol-only, cannabis-only, and both substances using a nationally representative sample could contribute to better understanding the impact in adolescents and adults.