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Welcome to the November 2018 No Brainer Head Up!

Where did 2018 go?
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A simple way to break a bad habit! (A perspective)
Police launch operation to help curb impact of ice on kids
CHILDREN as young as 14 are becoming addicted to ice, some at the hands of their own parents, and police south of Brisbane are desperate to break the cycle.
 “They’re frying their brains basically,” he said. Children are suffering at the hands of their drug addicted parents. “We’re seeing pure neglect where families are going without so the parents can get more ice,” act det sen sgt Cotter said.
“In one case police attended a welfare check on a family with very young children that on a number of occasions have been so drug affected they haven’t even been able to be woken.”
Ms Farmer said almost one in three children who come into the care of the Department of Child Safety had a parent who had used methamphetamine. Courier Mail 7th October 2018
Methamphetamine – the impacts and an emerging treatment
Understanding this distinction is important because ice is the stronger and more addictive form of methamphetamine, and so has the potential to cause greater harm for people who use it.
There are currently no medications available that are approved for treating withdrawal or dependence on methamphetamines, and so people who are trying to stop are solely relying on psychotherapy to get through the difficulties associated with what is in fact a change to their brain. Rewiring the Brain 
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Cannabis Conundrum


Steer clear of cannabis, says Netherlands PM
 
Even though his own country is seen as a bastion of cannabis use in Europe, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is categorical: don't try it.  "The best policy on drugs for yourself is no first use. It sounds conservative, but I would urge you: don't try at all," 

 
One Month of Cannabis Abstinence in Adolescents and Young Adults Is Associated With Improved Memory
 
J Clin Psychiatry 2018;79(6):17m11977m 10.4088/JCP.17m11977 © Copyright 2018 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
Objective: Associations between adolescent cannabis use and poor neurocognitive functioning have been reported from cross-sectional studies that cannot determine causality. Prospective designs can assess whether extended cannabis abstinence has a beneficial effect on cognition.
Conclusions: This study suggests that cannabis abstinence is associated with improvements in verbal learning that appear to occur largely in the first week following last use. Future studies are needed to determine whether the improvement in cognition with abstinence is associated with improvement in academic and other functional outcomes.
For more go to https://www.psychiatrist.com/JCP/article/Pages/2018/v79/17m11977.aspx

 
Marijuana in babies? Colo. researchers find new evidence
 
After a nursing woman smokes marijuana once, her baby through her breast milk will consume traces of the drug's chief psychoactive element for at least six weeks and possibly longer, according to a soon-to-be-released study out of Colorado. 
For physicians who see cannabis-associated birth complications and long-term brain development concerns with children, the research is another step to try to square growing public nonchalance about marijuana with medical guidelines about use. For complete Article https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181019/NEWS/181019875
 
 
What You Should Know About Marijuana Concentrates/ Honey Butane Oil
What are Marijuana Concentrates or THC Concentrates? 

 
A marijuana concentrate is a highly potent THC concentrated mass that is most similar in appearance to either honey or butter, which is why it is referred to or known on the street as “honey oil” or “budder.”
What Does it Look Like?
Marijuana concentrates are similar in appearance to honey or butter and are either brown or gold in color. The different forms includehash or honey oil (a goey substance)wax or butter (soft, lip balm-like substance), and shatter (a hard, solid substance)(See photo gallery at the bottom of the article)
What are the Street Names?
710 (the word “OIL” flipped and spelled backwards), wax, ear wax, honey oil, budder, butane hash oil, butane honey oil (BHO), shatter, dabs (dabbing), black glass, and errl.. 
How is it Used?
It's used a few ways:
  • Infusing marijuana concentrates in various food or drink products
  • Smoking remains the most popular form of ingestion by use of water or oil pipes or heated in a glass bong.
  • Electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes) or vaporizers. Many users of marijuana concentrates prefer the e-cigarette/vaporizer because it’s smokeless, odorless, and easy to hide or conceal. The user takes a small amount of marijuana concentrate, referred to as a “dab,” then heats the substance using the e-cigarette/vaporizer producing vapors that ensures an instant “high” effect upon the user. Using an e-cigarette/vaporizer to ingest marijuana concentrates is commonly referred to as “dabbing” or “vaping.”

Colorado Schools using marijuana test kit to show results instantly: Rossen Reports Spot the Pot

Marijuana can be incredibly easy for kids to sneak into school, but now some school districts across the country are using a new gadget to spot it in just seconds. TODAY national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen heads to Colorado, where marijuana is legal, to show viewers how the new “test kit” works. For complete story https://www.today.com/video/rossen-reports-spot-the-pot-schools-using-marijuana-test-kit-to-show-results-instantly-1350870595741?v=raila&

 
Marijuana use linked to increase risk of strokes: study
stroke brain image

A new study linked recreational marijuana use to an increased risk of stroke.
Researchers looked at 2.3 million hospitalizations between 2010 and 2014 among marijuana users. They found that while rate of strokes overall stayed the same, the rate for marijuana users increased.
The study was recently presented at the World Stroke Congress. Read more.
 
 
 
Vancouver, Canada’s Marijuana Capital, Struggles to Tame the Black Market
New York Times: VANCOUVER — In the pot-friendly city of Vancouver, illegal marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks outlets…“We’ll keep selling what we are selling,” said Mr. Briere, who in 2001 was sentenced to four years in prison for being one of British Columbia’s most prolific pot producers.
Yet hundreds of black market pot outlets remain defiantly open, abetted by provincial governments slow to implement the new law. “The government taking over the cannabis trade is like asking a farmer to build airplanes,” Mr. Briere added. For complete article And Now There Are 3 Markets!

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