Abstract Background Given the recent legalization of recreational and medical marijuana in different states, there is an increasing exposure children teenagers to products which has led increase health care visits hospitalizations. Our drug testing algorithm uses immunoassay test for initial urinary screening (UDS) followed by automatic confirmatory only when a positive UDS result obtained. The...

Marijuana use has been considered a contraindication or relative contraindication for solid organ transplant listing at many centers, but practice patterns vary. Some centers approach frequent marijuana use differently than casual use and recreational marijuana differently than medical use. The issue of listing active marijuana users for solid organ transplant is often debated at transplant com...

With legal cannabis sales at $5.4 billion in 2015 and expected to rise by another billion this year in the United States, legalization and marijuana's impact on health is a hot topic of national debate. Casarett, a physician at the University of Pennsylvania, immerses himself in the culture, science, and smoke of medical marijuana in order to sort out the truth behind the buzz. Our reviewer, wh...

BACKGROUND There have been sporadic reports of hypersensitivity reactions to plants of the Cannabinaceae family (hemp and hops), but it has remained unclear whether these reactions are immunologic or nonimmunologic in nature. OBJECTIVE We examined the IgE-binding and histamine-releasing properties of hashish and marijuana extracts by CAP-FEIA and a basophil histamine release test. METHODS T...

BACKGROUND Testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) incidence increased steadily in recent decades, but causes remain elusive. Germ cell function may be influenced by cannabinoids, and 2 prior epidemiologic studies reported that the use of marijuana may be associated with nonseminomatous TGCT. Here, the authors evaluate the relation between TGCTs and exposure to marijuana and other recreational drugs ...

This paper studies the welfare impacts of license quotas in markets for “sin goods.” License quotas not only affect market structure and reduce total sales, their implementation also creates allocative costs. Retail licenses are often restricted by geography, meaning licenses are not necessarily allotted to areas where they are most valuable. Furthermore, licenses may be distributed to firms ra...