More than 7,000 children under 6 were exposed to cannabis after eating an edible between 2017 and 2021, nearly a quarter of whom were hospitalized, a small but fast-growing subset of poisonings among young kids.
Deaths directly linked to alcohol use jumped 26% in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new CDC report, with rates rising sharply among younger men and women.
Health minister Karl Lauterbach said Germany’s government-regulated model could serve as an example for the whole of Europe, where only a few countries have decriminalized cannabis and only one, Malta, has legalized it.
Combative and agitated behavior in people with dementia is not rare. Managing this behavior is difficult. Research is limited but cannabis may be of help. We need more research to inform us. Anti-psychotics now used have negative effects.