Cannabidiol (CBD) in the Self-Treatment of Depression-Exploratory Study and a New Phenomenon of Concern for Psychiatrists Gniewko Wieckiewicz, Iga Stokłosa, Maciej Stokłosa, Piotr Gorczyca and Robert Pudlo Frontiers in Psychiatry, March 2022 | Volume 13 | Article 837946 doi : 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.837946 Cannabis sativa, whose flowers are also known as marijuana or marihuana, is a recreational plant that contains many chemicals that are constantly being studied by scientists around the world. One of these substances is cannabidiol (CBD), which has gained widespread popularity on the internet as a cure for mental health problems, leading many people to use CBD to self-treat depression and anxiety. This [...]
Lire la suite'Magic Mushrooms' Effective for Severe Depression Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW Medscape Medical News © 2017 October 20, 2017 Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms,” is a promising intervention for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and appears to offer a rapid, sustained effect, new research shows. Investigators led by David Nutt, MD, PhD, professor of neuropsychopharmacology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, collected pre- and posttreatment fMRI data on the use of psilocybin in 19 patients with severe major depression who had failed to respond to conventional treatments. The patients experience dramatic improvements in depressive symptoms 1 day following treatment; close to half met criteria for full response at 5 [...]
Lire la suiteSelf-Medication with Cannabis, Chapter 17 Arno Hazekamp and George Pappas April 2019, 17-Pertwee-Chap17.indd 319 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arno_Hazekamp/research 17.1 Introduction The medicinal use of cannabis is slowly gaining a more general acceptance worldwide. Canada (since 2001) and the Netherlands (since 2003) have government-run programs, in which quality-controlled herbal cannabis is supplied by specialized and licensed companies. Several other countries are now setting up their own programs (Israel, Czech Republic, Switzerland) or import products from the Dutch program (Italy, Finland, Germany, Switzerland). In the US, despite strong opposition by the federal government, so far 18 states including the District of Columbia have introduced laws to permit “medical marijuana use” [...]
Lire la suiteCannabis médical : l’expérimentation française prend du retard Nicolas Authier The Conversation, 8 septembre 2020 En octobre 2019, l’actuel ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé, Olivier Véran, alors député, présentait devant l’Assemblée nationale le texte qui allait devenir l’article 43 de la loi N°2019-1446 de financement de la Sécurité sociale pour 2020. Cet article donne notamment la possibilité à l’État d’autoriser, dans le cadre d’une expérimentation de politique publique, l’usage médical du cannabis sous la forme de produits répondant aux standards pharmaceutiques. Il s’agit de l’aboutissement de deux ans de réflexion menées en France sur la pertinence scientifique et les modalités d’accès à [...]
Lire la suiteCannabis « médical » contre cannabis « récréatif » : une vision trop simpliste Nicolas Authier, The Conversation, 22 janvier 2020 https://theconversation.com/cannabis-medical-contre-cannabis-recreatif-une-vision-trop-simpliste-129090 Ponctuel ou régulier, seul ou en groupe, pour soulager une souffrance ou chercher une convivialité… L’usage du cannabis diffère selon que sa finalité est médicale ou non médicale. En France, l’usage médical du cannabis, sous forme de médicament, est autorisé depuis 2013, sous forme de spécialités pharmaceutiques. Cet usage médical est généralement opposé à l’usage dit « récréatif ». Cependant, si cette description simplifiée facilite les questions de réglementation, elle ne permet pas, du point de vue de la santé publique, de proposer [...]
Lire la suiteConfinement et prise de psychotropes : ce que nous apprend la guerre du Vietnam Benjamin ROLLAND, Julia de TERNAY The Conversation, 22 avril 2020 https://theconversation.com/confinement-et-prise-de-psychotropes-ce-que-nous-apprend-la-guerre-du-vietnam-136364 Les situations de confinement tel que ce que nous vivons depuis plus d’un mois déséquilibrent, de manière souvent brutale, les rituels de vie et les relations sociales. Or, les consommations de substances addictives dépendent de l’équilibre dynamique permanent qui existe entre un sujet et son environnement. Beaucoup se demandent donc quel sera l’impact du confinement sur les consommations d’alcool, de tabac, ou d’autres drogues, dans la population française en générale, mais aussi chez les sujets les plus vulnérables, qui ont, [...]
Lire la suiteA cross-sectional examination of choice and behavior of veterans with access to free medicinal cannabis Mallory J E Loflin, Kimberly Babson, James Sottile, Sonya B Norman, Staci Gruber, and Marcel O Bonn-Miller The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2019, VOL. 45, NO. 5, 506–513. Doi : 10.1080/00952990.2019.1604722 ABSTRACT Background : With a rise in public pressure to increase veteran access to medicinal cannabis, free cannabis collectives for military veterans are proliferating across the US. Objectives : The aim of the current study was to document which cannabis formulations and routes of administration are chosen by veterans with increased access to cannabis, and to determine [...]
Lire la suiteMicrodosing psychedelics : Motivations, subjective effects and harm reduction, Toby Lea et al., 2020
Microdosing psychedelics : Motivations, subjective effects and harm reduction Toby Lea, Nicole Amada, Henrik Jungaberl, Henrike Schecke, Michael Klein International Journal of Drug Policy, 2020, 75, 102600, 9 p. Doi : 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.11.008 A B S T R A C T Background : In recent years there has been growing media attention on microdosing psychedelics (e.g., LSD, psilocybin). This refers to people routinely taking small doses of psychedelic substances to improve mental health and wellbeing, or to enhance cognitive performance. Research evidence is currently limited. This paper examines microdosing motivations, dosing practices, perceived short-term benefits, unwanted effects, and harm reduction practices. Methods : An international online survey [...]
Lire la suiteBibliographie : "Microdosing" thérapeutique de substances psychédéliques Docteur Christian SUEUR, GRECC, février 2020.
Lire la suiteA systematic study of microdosing psychedelics RESEARCH ARTICLE Vince Polito, Richard J. Stevenson PLoS ONE, 2019, 14, (2), e0211023. Doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0211023 Abstract The phenomenon of ‘microdosing’, that is, regular ingestion of very small quantities of psychedelic substances, has seen a rapid explosion of popularity in recent years. Individuals who microdose report minimal acute effects from these substances yet claim a range of long-term general health and wellbeing benefits. There have been no published empirical studies of microdosing and the current legal and bureaucratic climate makes direct empirical investigation of the effects of psychedelics difficult. In Study One we conducted a systematic, observational investigation of individuals [...]
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