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Despite restrictions, recreational cannabis companies use marketing that appeals to adolescents: Study

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Despite restrictions, recreational cannabis companies use marketing that appeals to adolescents: Study Credit: Rutgers Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies Despite restrictions, recreational cannabis companies use marketing that appeals to adolescents: Study By Kimberly Flynn PISCATAWAY, NJ — Many recreational cannabis companies market their (..)

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First legal recreational marijuana shop opens in New York City

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New York's first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened on Thursday in the heart of Manhattan.

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Availability of recreational cannabis reduced demand for prescription codeine

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States that permit recreational use of cannabis see a reduction in demand for prescription codeine, an opioid with a high potential for misuse, according to a new multi-institutional study led by University of Pittsburgh and Cornell University scientists.

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New evidence on how individuals transition from recreational to compulsive drug use

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and worldwide, the phenomenon of how individuals transition from recreational to compulsive drug use is yet to be fully understood. While substance use disorder (SUD) remains a clinically and socially devastating condition in the U.S.

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Major risk of injury for recreational runners

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Almost half of all recreational runners incur injuries, mostly relating to knees, calves or Achilles tendons, and the level of risk is equally high whatever your age, gender or running experience. Doctoral student Jonatan Jungmalm recruited a little over 200 recreational runners from the list […].

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MHRA bans OTC sale of codeine after recreational abuse reports

Pharmaceutical Technology

Codeine linctus has been reclassified from a pharmacy-only medicine to a prescription-only medicine in the UK.

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Residents of US states that legalize recreational cannabis are more likely to start using the drug

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A new study of more than 20,000 Americans published in the scientific journal Addiction has found that once a state legalizes recreational cannabis, state residents are more likely to start using the drug. This study […].

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