Teenage Marijuana Use Puts Babies At An Increased Risk For Later Drug Abuse [Study]
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Mothers who previously used marijuana as teenagers may be putting their children at an increased risk for future drug abuse, finds a 2012 study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
Conducted by researchers in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the study hypothesized that early exposure to cannabinoids would induce transgenerational effects, meaning that past drug use by a parent would have some sort of effect on that parent’s children.
To investigate the transgenerational effects of cannabinoid use, the researchers exposed adolescent female rats to a drug that has similar effects in the brain as THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana. After being exposed to the drug for three consecutive days during adolescent development at 30 days of age, the rats were left alone until being mated at 60 days of age.
The adolescent and adult male offspring of the female rats that had been exposed to the drug were then tested for their response to morphine. The offspring of the treated rats had a greater sensitivity to morphine than the offspring of their untreated counterparts, indicating that the children of mothers who were exposed to cannabinoids during adolescence had an increased preference for opiate drugs.
As the lead author of the study Research Assistant Professor John J. Byrnes declares on Medical News Today:
“Our main interest lies in determining whether substances commonly used during adolescence can induce behavioral and neurochemical changes that may then influence the development of future generations. We acknowledge that we are using rodent models, which may not fully translate to the human condition. Nevertheless, the results suggest that maternal drug use, even prior to pregnancy, can impact future offspring.”
In other words, teenage marijuana use can put the children of previous drug users at an increased risk for future drug abuse.
The current study builds on past research published in Behavioural Brain Research that discovered that prior opiate exposure during early adolescence in females produces alterations of morphine sensitivity in their progeny.
Do you think that the recent research that links teenage marijuana use with an increased risk for later drug abuse in future children have a positive effect on drug use by teenagers?
Tags : drug abuse, Drug Study, drug use, drugs, marijuana, study, teenage marijuana use, transgenerational effects
Posted: June 10, 2012
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Jun 11, 2012
And what is the risk of using pot? Considering its far safer and less addictive than alcohol and tobacco …..
Jul 23, 2012
Will you please do yourself and the world a favor….. Write an article that actually gives us the truth…Research The Endocannabinoid system… Learn about CB1 and CB2 Receptors… Humans were wired for cannabis (Marijuana)..
Jul 23, 2012
http://medicalmarijuana411.com/mmj411_v3/?p=11131#.T9-K3So2Zzs.
Jul 23, 2012
This article was reported from a peer reviewed journal. IQ makes no claims about the validity of the research, we just report what peer reviews show as accepted research. You will notice throughout the site however that we also cover many "pro-marijuana" movements in a positive light. It is in our best interest to provide our readers with all possible information so they can make their own informed decisions.
Jul 23, 2012
Reporting this kind of drivel without backing it up is just fuels the fire to more ignorance..
Jul 23, 2012
I stumbled upon your site by accident.. I get my information through better and more reliable sources..
Jul 23, 2012
Someone who is uneducated reads this kind of crap and then they pass it to other ignorant people.. Before to long, a mass of ignorance has been born…
Jul 23, 2012
Again, it is a study reported in a respected journal and backed up by a secondary journal. It is far more ignorant to simply accept the "pro" side. I for one support the legalization of marijuana, after all when is the last time someone on pot had a head on collision with another vehicle like a drunk driver. We are not responsible as to whether someone who actually wants to be informed only reads this article and decides marijuana is bad but we still have a duty to report on all aspects.
Jul 23, 2012
This is unacceptable and must stop…
Jul 23, 2012
Again, I get my information by better resources… IQ is about the lowest place to get any info..
Jul 23, 2012
If you just stumbled upon our site how would you know that its the lowest place on earth to get information. By the way we are an aggregator so many of our sources come from the top newspapers on the planet (WSJ, NYT, CNN, MSNBC, International Herald Tribune). I'm assuming what you meant was you get your information only from sources that agree with your opinion.
Jul 23, 2012
I asked around.. I have also noticed others question this site. Maybe it's the crappy writers. These articles are poorly written.. Tony Stevenson commented, "And what is the risk of using pot? Considering its far safer and less addictive than alcohol and tobacco".. This writer didn't even give enough to back what the title of the article was about in the first place.. The writer left us with more questions than answers.. All I know is, I will not read another article from this site.
Jul 23, 2012
Where do you get this bull from Medical Marijuana is better than prescribing Which always have side effects.
powerful anti depressants and mood elevators That always have side effects.
Jul 23, 2012
Where do you get this bull from Medical Marijuana is better than prescribing Which always have side effects.
powerful anti depressants and mood elevators That always have side effects.
Jul 23, 2012
well I have to say from expierence that this is crap and you are full of shit! I have raised a daughter who is now 22. I smoked through pregnancy, and most people around her smoked while she grew up. She is now 22 most of her friends smoke it, but she still chooses not to! your theory may work for you, but you can not categorize all in your theory cuz its bull shit!
Jul 23, 2012
well I have to say from expierence that this is crap and you are full of shit! I have raised a daughter who is now 22. I smoked through pregnancy, and most people around her smoked while she grew up. She is now 22 most of her friends smoke it, but she still chooses not to! your theory may work for you, but you can not categorize all in your theory cuz its bull shit!
Jul 23, 2012
I asked around and your writers stink…
Jul 23, 2012
I asked around and your writers stink…
Jul 23, 2012
Roy. We are not claiming anything. This article was reported from a peer reviewed journal. Actually IQ for the most part is covered mostly with pro-marijuana articles. We simply report findings from peer reviewed journals and other studies so people can make their own informed decisions. I personally am a pro-marijuana supporter even though I don't personally smoke.
Jul 23, 2012
It's ignorant to write half ass articles such as these…
Jul 23, 2012
The writers need to be more educated before allowing them to be published.. I have a 15 yr old daughter.I would never let her read this kind of half ass journalism..
Jul 23, 2012
Study of Cannabis for PTSD Has One Last Hurdle Before Approval.
Soldiers, if you carried a rifle in the sand, you deserve a joint in your hand.
Marijuana can be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder very effectively, at least that is what the anecdotal evidence suggests. Some of the science of that treatment was explained in research involving rats working to remember where a platform was in a cloudy tank of water. But, US researchers have not been able to do any clinical research due to the bureaucratic hurdles of studying cannabis for any medical condition.
For years, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies have been working at the University of Arizona College of Medicine to try and get approval for the first clinical examinations of the benefits of cannabis for veterans suffering from the debilitating effects of PTSD. They are hoping to do a three-month-long study of combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who are experiencing difficulties due to PTSD. The researchers are now just one bureaucratic hoop away from gaining final approval of the study. They are waiting for the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Public health Service to agree to sell the researchers the marijuana they need for the study, or agree to let them import it legally through the agency.
The University study calls for a triple-blind study that would include a placebo to treat 50 veterans whose PTSD symptoms have not been alleviated from any of the current medical treatments. The research method would be tightly controlled, with participants smoking or vaporizing 1.8 grams a day – the equivalent of two joints. The research may be petitioned from the neighboring state of New Mexico, where the qualifying conditions to obtain a medical marijuana card include PTSD. It happens to be the number one diagnosis for a medical marijuana card there, and 27 percent of the total patients in the New Mexico program have PTSD listed as their only qualification.
But so far, the health benefits of cannabis for PTSD are only anecdotal and they are looking for a way to provide evidence that cannabis might be another tool to help returning soldiers from war. Drugs like Zoloft and Paxil have proven inadequate to help with PTSD for soldiers in particular. Colorado tried to add PTSD as a qualifying condition for Colorado’s large veteran populations, but that effort failed.
The federal government seems divided on the issue, with Government Agencies like the Veterans Administration that have expressed interest in learning more about medical marijuana for vets, but with other governmental agencies like the DEA and NIDA blocking any research. There are current studies of cannabis on PTSD sufferers in Israel, and in Germany, Switzerland and Spain they are currently researching the benefits of MDMA, or ecstacy on PTSD sufferers.
External Links:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/the-case-for-treating-ptsd-in-veterans-with-medical-marijuana/251466/
Jul 23, 2012
Marijuana Proven Effective.
in Treating Cancer.
California Federal Government Marijuana ID Cards Medical Research.
USA — Marijuana opponents in the federal government are up against the wall and the wall is crumbling. The feds have fought marijuana use for decades, disregarding its medicinal applications, in a senseless war against the herb.The demonized killer weed is turning out to be anything but that. As myths about this ancient herb are dispelled, scientists are using it to treat everything from chemotherapy-induced nausea to different cancers.In August, The British Journal of Cancer published the results of a study that found THC (the main active component in marijuana) is effective in fighting prostate cancer. Reportedly, pot attacks prostate cancer cell types that do not respond to the usual hormone treatments.A recent study by a team of Spanish researchers discovered THC kills various brain cancer cells by a process known as autophagy. Michigan’s new law regarding marijuana use went into effect in April. Patients, with doctor’s prescriptions, get a state-issued ID Card (a lot like California’s) which allows them to grow and use marijuana to treat pain and other symptoms of cancer and multiple sclerosis.In October 2003, the University of California, San Francisco, released the results of a study that said pot was effective when used in combination with opiate pain medications. Dr. Donald Abrams, MD, UCSF professor of Clinical Medicine and chief of the Hematology-Oncology Division at SF General Hospital Medical Center, told the press, “Marijuana uses a different mechanism than opiates and could augment the pain relief of opiate analgesics.”The Marijuana Policy Project recently reported on a study that suggests moderate amounts of marijuana use reduces risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
This study suggests cannabinoids have potential anti-tumor properties.A study released in July, “White matter in adolescents with history of marijuana use and binge drinking,” says marijuana use actually protects brain cells. The study involved adolescents with alcohol use disorders.One group had just alcohol-drinking teens. The other group drank alcohol and used marijuana. The report said that binge drinkers who used marijuana retained more white matter than the other group. In other words, alcohol destroyed more brain cells when a person didn’t use marijuana.How many times have you heard someone say, “Pot destroys your brain cells”? If that’s true, what about this study? Why do doctors use marijuana to fight brain cancer if it destroys brain cells? Remember the Spanish study? In April of 2007, Harvard University researchers released the results of a study that concluded THC cuts tumor growth in common lung cancers and reduces the ability of the cancer to spread.A study conducted by UCLA’s medical school in June 2005 concluded smoking marijuana did not cause lung cancer. That impressive piece of news, along with the Harvard study, seems to have been ignored by most mass media outlets.Fred Gardner, editor of the medical marijuana research journal, O’Shaughnessy’s, recently wrote an article, “Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Cancer,” about this groundbreaking UCLA study that barely made headlines.Gardner reported that an investigative team was contracted with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in 2002 “to conduct a large, population-based, case-controlled study that would prove definitively that heavy, long-term marijuana use increases the risk of lung and upper-airway cancers.”Guess what? This study backfired!
It turned out that increased marijuana use did not result in higher rates of lung and pharyngeal cancer. The study also concluded that tobacco smokers who also puffed on pot were at a slightly lower risk of getting lung cancer than those who didn’t! Perhaps the icing on the cake is the fact that UCLA Medical professor Donald Tashkin led the investigation. Tashkin has led government studies on marijuana since the 1970s and is well known for his belief that heavy marijuana use causes lung and upper-airway cancers. To his credit as a professional, he ended up disproving his own original hypothesis.Despite the government’s efforts to keep it illegal, it’s apparent that marijuana does offer help in the battle to treat cancer. The facts about marijuana’s medical potentials are finally causing cracks in the government’s wall of lies built up over the years.As It Stands, it’s time to bring down that wall.Dave Stancliff is a columnist for The Times-Standard. He is a former newspaper editor and publisher.Source: Times-Standard (Eureka, CA).
Author: Dave Stancliff, For The Times-Standard.
Contact: editor@times-standard.com
Website: http://www.times-standard.com/Other Posts of Interest: 1.The Marijuana Cancer Cure Cult.
2.Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer.
3.Active Ingredient in Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer.
4.Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows.
Jul 23, 2012
That was the biggest load of crap I've read in a while. How can you put up bullshit and call it the truth? If you truly believe this enough to put your name on it and say that these are the facts then you are just as stupid as the people keeping it illegal.
Jul 23, 2012
That was the biggest load of crap I've read in a while. How can you put up bullshit and call it the truth? If you truly believe this enough to put your name on it and say that these are the facts then you are just as stupid as the people keeping it illegal.