Catégorie : Actualités

Marché du cannabis thérapeutique en France : les grands acteurs étrangers dans les starting-blocks, RESPADD, Actualités des Addictions n°102, septembre 2019

Marché du cannabis thérapeutique en France : les grands acteurs étrangers dans les starting-blocks RESPADD,  Actualités des Addictions n°102, septembre 2019 https://www.respadd.org/publications/veille-bibliographique/     L'expérimentation du cannabis thérapeutique en France, qui doit débuter d'ici la fin de l'année, attire de grands acteurs étrangers spécialisés qui tentent de se positionner au plus tôt sur ce marché pouvant concerner jusqu'à 2,3 millions de patients, selon le Syndicat professionnel du chanvre (SPC) français. Le lancement de cette expérimentation a été entériné en juillet par l'Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), sur la base d'un avis rendu par un comité scientifique spécialisé temporaire (CSST) [...]

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Priority Considerations for Medicinal Cannabis-Related Research, Marcel O. Bonn-Miller et al., 2019

Priority Considerations for Medicinal Cannabis-Related Research Marcel O. Bonn-Miller, Charles V. Pollack, Jr., David Casarett, Richard Dart, Mahmoud ElSohly, Larry Good, Manuel Guzman, Lumır Hanus, Kevin P. Hill, Marilyn A. Huestis, Eric Marsh, Susan Sisley, Nancy Skinner, Judith Spahr, Ryan Vandrey, Eugene Viscusi, Mark A. Ware, and Donald Abrams Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2019, Volume 4, Number 3, 1-19. DOI: 10.1089/can.2019.0045   Keywords : medicinal cannabis; medical marijuana   Introduction and Rationale The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s 2017 publication The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research provided a significant contribution by synthesizing the existing evidence base [...]

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Heavy cannabis use, dependence and the brain : a clinical perspective, Emese Kroon et al., 2019

Heavy cannabis use, dependence and the brain : a clinical perspective Emese Kroon, Lauren Kuhns, Eva Hoch & Janna Cousijn Addictions, 2019, 1-12. doi : 10.1111/add.14776   ABSTRACT Aims : To summarize and evaluate our knowledge of the relationship between heavy cannabis use, cannabis use disorder (CUD) and the brain. Methods : Narrative review of relevant literature identified through existing systematic reviews, meta-analyses and a PubMed search. Epidemiology, clinical representations, potential causal mechanisms, assessments, treatment and prognosis are discussed. Results : Although causality is unclear, heavy and dependent cannabis use is consistently associated with a high prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders and learning and memory impairments that seem [...]

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International Congress on Clinical Trials in Cannabis (CT-Cann2019), which will take place on 24-25 October 2019 in London, UK.

Program Highlights Introduction to Cannabis and the Endocannabinoid System Raphael Mechoulam, Hebrew University, IsraelThe Complex Pharmacology of Plant Cannabinoids and its Overlap with Endocannabinoid and Endocannabinoidome Signaling Vincenzo Di Marzo, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy Why are Clinical trials in Cannabis so Different? Nadya Lisovoder, Galilee ClinicalBioResearch, Israel From Pre-Clinical to Clinical, the Unique Situation of Cannabis? Dedi Meiri, Technion Institute of Technology, Israel How to Build a Clinical Trial? Rachel Jaros, Cann Pharmaceutical Australia Ltd, New Zealand Basic Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics Rosemary Mazanet, Columbia Care & Apelles Investment Management LP, USA Regulatory and Legal Trends in Cannabinoid Drug Development Michael Dor, Ministry of Health, Israel Cannabis for Chronic Pain Elon Eisenberg, Technion Institute of Technology & Rambam Medical Center, Israel Cannabis as an [...]

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Marijuana Users May Be More Likely to Survive Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization , Steve Stiles, Medscape Medical News, September 16, 2019

Marijuana Users May Be More Likely to Survive Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization Steve Stiles Medscape Medical News © 2019 , September 16, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — There's sunny news, potentially, for patients with heart failure who are keen on cannabis. Hospitalized patients with a primary diagnosis of acute heart failure (HF) who say they are marijuana users are more likely to survive to discharge than nonusers, and they stay fewer days at less cost to the hospital, an observational study suggests. It may be only patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who benefit, not those with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), [...]

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Renseignements destinés aux professionnels de la santé : Le cannabis (marijuana, marihuana) et les cannabinoïdes, Santé Canada, dernière version octobre 2018

Renseignements destinés aux professionnels de la santé : Le cannabis (marijuana, marihuana) et les cannabinoïdes (Version PDF - 2,690 Ko) https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/drogues-medicaments/cannabis/renseignements-medecins/renseignements-destines-professionnels-sante-cannabis-cannabinoides.html Santé Canada Auteur : Hanan Abramovici Ph.D. Co-auteurs : Sophie-Anne Lamour, Ph.D. et George Mammen, Ph.D. Nous republions cet excellent document de Santé Canada, et surtout, le résumé des indications reconnues, et envisagées, du cannabis thérapeutique.   Aperçu des énoncés récapitulatifs Les énoncés récapitulatifs suivants visent à résumer le contenu des sections 4.0 (Usages thérapeutiques possibles) et 7.0 (Effets indésirables) et leurs sous-sections respectives. Les énoncés récapitulatifs peuvent être également trouvés dans leurs sections et sous-sections respectives dans le corps même du document. Remarque: la plupart des études [...]

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The Past and Future of Psychedelic Science : An Introduction to This Issue, Richard E. Doblin et al., 2019

The Past and Future of Psychedelic Science : An Introduction to This Issue Richard E. Doblin, Merete Christiansen, Lisa Jerome, Brad Burge JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS, 2019, VOL. 51, NO. 2, 93–97 https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2019.1606472   ABSTRACT Psychedelic plants and fungi have been used in indigenous medicinal traditions for millennia. Modern psychedelic research began when Albert Hofmann first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) in 1938. Five years later, became the first person to ingest LSD. Hofmann was unaware of the significance of his actions, and the effects they would set in motion. After a burgeoning period of scientific and cultural exploration in the1950s and ‘60s, psychedelic research was [...]

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Can Psychedelic Drugs Attenuate Age-Related Changes in Cognition and Affect ?, Jacob S. Aday et al., 2019

Can Psychedelic Drugs Attenuate Age-Related Changes in Cognition and Affect ? Jacob S. Aday, Emily K. Bloesch, & Christopher C. Davoli Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, August 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s41465-019-00151-6   Abstract Older adulthood can be characterized by various cognitive and affective changes. In general, older adults show declines in creativity and executive functioning. They also score lower in openness to experience, empathy, and many suffer from a paucity of meaningful experiences. Further, depression, pessimism, and suicide can be major concerns for this population. Although currently there are few interventions that can effectively address these changes, recent findings from psychedelic science suggest myriad parallels between the effects [...]

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Clinicians’ Guide to Cannabidiol and Hemp Oils, Harrison J. VanDolah et al., 2019

Clinicians’ Guide to Cannabidiol and Hemp Oils Harrison J. VanDolah, Brent A. Bauer, and Karen F. Mauck  Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2019, 94, (9), 1840-1851 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.01.003   Abstract Cannabidiol (CBD) oils are low tetrahydrocannabinol products derived from Cannabis sativa that have become very popular over the past few years. Patients report relief for a variety of conditions, particularly pain, without the intoxicating adverse effects of medical marijuana. In June 2018, the first CBD-based drug, Epidiolex, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of rare, severe epilepsy, further putting the spotlight on CBD and hemp oils. There is a growing body of preclinical and [...]

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2018 : A Watershed Year for Psychedelic Science ?, Jacob S. Aday et al., 2019

2018 : A Watershed Year for Psychedelic Science ? Jacob S. Aday, Christopher C. Davoli, & Emily K. Bloesch Article, ·August 2019 DOI: 10.1177/2050324519872284 Abstract While interest in the study of psychedelic drugs has increased over much of the last decade, in this article we argue that 2018 marked the true turning point for the field. Substantive advances in the scientific, public, and regulatory communities in 2018 significantly elevated the status and long-term outlook of psychedelic science, particularly in the United States. Advances in the scientific community can be attributed to impactful research applications of psychedelics as well as acknowledgement in preeminent journals. In the [...]

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