Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and genotyping among healthy adult populations in the United States and Europe: results from the PROGRESS (PRevalence of Oral hpv infecti... by Laia Alemany, Marisa Felsher, Anna R. Giuliano, Tim Waterboer, Haitham Mirghani, Hisham Mehanna, Craig Roberts, Ya-Ting Chen, Núria Lara, Mark Lynam, Mayara Torres, Montse Pedrós, Emilio Sanchez, Jacque Spitzer, Bradley Sirak, Beatriz Quirós, Gema Carretero, Sonia Paytubi, Edith Morais, Miquel Angel Pavón

“…HR infection among women was associated with lifetime marijuana use (AOR 2.33; 95% CI: 1.18–4.60) and by country, residing in France compared to Spain (AOR 4.46; 95% CI: 1.26–15.77). …”
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The Use of Cannabis as a Predictor of Early Onset of Bipolar Disorder and Suicide Attempts by Rafaela Torres Portugal Leite, Sarah de Oliveira Nogueira, João Paulo Rodrigues do Nascimento, Laisa Soares de Lima, Taís Bastos da Nóbrega, Mariana da Silva Virgínio, Lucas Monte da Costa Moreno, Bruno Henrique Barbosa Sampaio, Fábio Gomes de Matos e Souza

“…PubMed database was searched for articles using key words “bipolar disorder,” “suicide attempts,” “cannabis,” “marijuana,” “early age at onset,” and “early onset.” …”
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Predictors of Alcohol Use, Alcohol-Related Problems, and Substance Use Following Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by Gretchen E. White, PhD, Richard E. Boles, PhD, Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH, Thomas H. Inge, MD, Susan Z. Yanovski, MD, Todd M. Jenkins, PhD, Meg H. Zeller, PhD

“…Moreover, persistent or heavy marijuana use following MBS during adolescence is higher than national data. …”
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Population genomics of a natural Cannabis sativa L. collection from Iran identifies novel genetic loci for flowering time, morphology, sex and chemotyping by Mahboubeh Mostafaei Dehnavi, Annabelle Damerum, Sadegh Taheri, Ali Ebadi, Shadab Panahi, George Hodgin, Brian Brandley, Seyed Alireza Salami, Gail Taylor

“…Additionally, a comparison with global data suggested that the Iranian populations is distinctive and generally closer to marijuana than to hemp, with some populations showing a closer affinity to hemp. …”
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Evaluating maternal drug use disparities, risk factors and outcomes in Northeast Arkansas: a pre, during, and post-COVID-19 pandemic analysis by Enrique Gomez Pomar, Johnna Berryhill, Sudeepa Bhattacharyya

“…This surge also impacted pregnant women especially with the use of marijuana (THC) and opioids. Methods Retrospective study analyzing mother-infant dyads with reported Meconium Drug Screen (MDS) results, from January 2018 through April 2023 at a reference hospital serving an urban and rural area of Arkansas. …”
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Optimization and Evaluation of <i>Cannabis</i>-Based Magistral Formulations: A Path to Personalized Therapy by Bożena Grimling, Magdalena Fast, Magdalena Okoniewska, Artur Owczarek, Bożena Karolewicz

“…Conclusions: We suggest that pharmacists making prescription drugs in a pharmacy setting in the form of medical marijuana suppositories will receive a better release profile of the drug by choosing Witepsol® H15 as a substrate.…”
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The effect of cannabis-derived terpenes on alveolar macrophage function by Patrick M. Greiss, Patrick M. Greiss, Patrick M. Greiss, Jacquelyn D. Rich, Jacquelyn D. Rich, Jacquelyn D. Rich, Geoffrey A. McKay, Dao Nguyen, Dao Nguyen, Dao Nguyen, Dao Nguyen, Mark G. Lefsrud, David H. Eidelman, David H. Eidelman, David H. Eidelman, Carolyn J. Baglole, Carolyn J. Baglole, Carolyn J. Baglole, Carolyn J. Baglole, Carolyn J. Baglole

“…Cannabis sativa (marijuana) is used by millions of people around the world. …”
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Phenome-wide association studies between SERINC2 and neuropsychiatric disorders by Ping Liu, Xinqun Luo, Liping Cao, Yong Zhang, Jiawu Ji, Xiaoping Wang, Kesheng Wang, Xinghua Pan, Ruilan Yang, Zewen Tan, Yunlong Tan, Chiang-shan Li, Xiaoyun Guo, Zhiren Wang, Xingguang Luo, Xingguang Luo

“…Finally, functional studies on the differential SERINC2 mRNA expression in brains and the potential regulatory effects of disease-risk alleles on SERINC2 mRNA expression, gray matter volumes (GMVs) of subcortical structures, cortical surface area (SA) and average thickness (TH) were conducted.ResultsIn European descent, alcoholism was most significantly associated with SERINC2 variants (245 SNPs with 5.5×10-8≤p ≤ 0.049 and 4.9×10-5≤q ≤ 0.034) that were largely shared across cocaine dependence, marijuana dependence, nicotine dependence, polysubstance dependence, schizophrenia, OCD, and autism (8.2×10-8≤p ≤ 0.050 and 1.9×10-5≤q ≤ 0.049); in Chinese population, bipolar disorder was also significantly associated with SERINC2 variants (10 SNPs: 1.3×10-4≤p ≤ 4.7×10-4 and 0.025≤q ≤ 0.031). …”
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