Police recently found a hundred marijuana plants growing inside a house in the West Loop.

The raid led to a charge on Ryan Vrane of Chicago for felony cannabis possession.

From Myfoxchicago.com:

Chicago Police said that when they executed a search warrant at the house in the 300 block of South Jefferson on Tuesday night, they found the plants, grow lights, a ventilation system, and a lot of pot drying in several bedrooms.

The Narcotics Unit also found $1,100 in cash and several vials suspected of containing anabolic steroids. The street value of the pot was estimated at $260,000.

Vrane is charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors.

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The American sprinter Ivory Williams has been banned for a period of three months and is expected to miss the World Indoor Championships after testing positive for marijuana after his win in the trial race in Albuquerque.

The sprinter was one of the favorites to land the 60m title in Doha after running a world best 6.49 seconds at the New Mexico meet.

From Guardian.co.uk:

The American sprinter Ivory Williams has been banned for three months and will miss the World Indoor Championships after testing positive for marijuana following his victory in the trial race in Albuquerque last month.

Williams was one of the favourites to land the 60m title in Doha after running a world best 6.49 seconds at the New Mexico meet.

But the US Anti-Doping Agency has revealed there were metabolites found in a sample given by the former world junior 100m gold medalist. Because marijuana and similar cannabinoids are listed as specified substances, a reduced sanction from the standard two-year ban is possible.

Williams’s time has now been erased from the record books while his place in the US team will be taken by Trell Kimmons.

Trell Kimmons has been called up as replacement to the US team.

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Frank Ratcliff, a baseball player for University of Miami, was handed over suspension after he was arrested for trying to sell marijuana to undercover Coral Gables detectives.

In wake of this news, the University of Miami handed over an indefinite suspension to Ratcliff.

From Miamiherald.com:

Frank Ratcliff, 19, was arrested on campus after police said he negotiated the sale of 21 grams of marijuana for $220 with the undercover officers. Officers who searched his apartment found three more bags of pot weighing a total of 101 grams, as well as 19 vials of steroids.

Ratcliff was charged with marijuana sale within 1,000 feet of a school, marijuana possession over 20 grams and possession of steroids.

A native of Key West, Ratcliff joined the Canes last year as a freshman.

A statement by the university revealed that the athletic department has suspended Frank Ratcliff indefinitely from all athletic activities.

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Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, recently remarked that he is in the favor of expanding the regular season to 17 or 18 games over the next few years. If this proposal gets the go-ahead, every team will be getting an extra home game and they will also be facing an opponent at a neutral site.

With accusations of over-fatigued players and steroid use in baseball plaguing the game, this comes as no respite and it will not be long before more players jump into the steroid brigade to sustain their positions and keep off the competition at bay.

From Weblogs.baltimoresun.com:

The suggestion that these games would just be replacing preseason games already on the schedule is a joke. We all know that most of the people playing in those games won’t even be on the roster two weeks after the final whistle. The toll on the starters — especially positions that regularly require violent collisions — would be far, far greater than in preseason games.

If the NFLPA does go ahead with Goodell’s proposal, they ought to, at the very least, ask for this concession: If we want to take steroids or human growth hormone to stay healthy, or smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons to deal with the pain, let us.

You might laugh, but that’s the only way to make this proposal work. It’s ridiculous to pretend that drugs aren’t already a major part of life in the NFL. Teams could literally not field a full roster each week without painkillers, legal or otherwise. Marijuana isn’t just a recreational drug for a lot of NFL players, it’s the only way they can get out of bed on Monday mornings. And it’s much less addictive than a painkiller like Vicodin, which is legal.

Kevin Van Valkenburg of the Baltimore Sun reacted to the proposal by remarking that players should then be given the complete freedom to make use of steroids, HGH, or even marijuana to combat pressure.

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Eighty percent of poker players around the world reported using drugs and other products to enhance their performance in poker, as per a study by the Nova Southeastern University that was recently presented at a national conference.

Kevin Clauson, Pharm.D., an associate professor at NSU’s College of Pharmacy, who was the principle investigator in the study, said these drugs help poker players to stay awake longer and concentrate better to stay close to a competitive advantage.

From Newswise.com:

Poker players are using drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, Valium, and other prescription medications, as well as substances including caffeine, energy drinks and guarana to get an edge over their opponents.

“The use these substances could allow poker players to stay awake longer, as well as focus and concentrate better, which would be a competitive advantage,” said Kevin Clauson, Pharm.D., an associate professor at NSU’s College of Pharmacy, who was the principle investigator in the study. “Stamina is important for any poker player because tournament poker and cash games can go on for many hours.”

Using these substances can be harmful for poker players, Clauson said. Depending on the type of substance, he pointed out; there will likely be short-term and long-term side effects.

The NSU researchers initially interviewed players in Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker and then surveyed online players from across the globe.

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Since the advent of steroids in baseball and the rampant steroids use even among high school and student athletes, steroid testing is now mandatory in nearly every level of competition.

University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) athletes are also subject to testing by the university and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

According to Roy Rudewick, UTA’s athletic trainer, their policy involves up to three offenses only. Steroids may be a problem in baseball but recreational drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and the likes are more rampant.

A 2008 study conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse showed that about 1.5 percent of high school seniors have used steroids but more than 30 percent of the respondents have used marijuana.

Out of the 16,000 respondents, 192 admitted to steroids use and 4,800 admitted to marijuana use.

Rudewick said athletes are selected once a month for random steroid testing. That means an individual will get to be tested six times in one school year. Although their drug testing focuses more on recreational drugs, performance-enhancing drugs are also included.

NCAA on the other hand, tests for more drugs and substances that are not included in UTA’s drug testing.

From The Shorthorn:

Steroid use in baseball has shaken the foundation of professional sports. Testing is now mandatory in nearly every level of competition, and UTA is no exception.

UTA athletes are subject to testing from the university and the NCAA.

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According to results of a national survey published in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, the use of steroids among teenage girls is not just limited to those being a part of professional athletics and is also concerned with a variety of other health-endangering behaviors.

From News-Medical.Net:

“Adolescent girls reporting anabolic steroid use had significantly more other health-harming behaviors,” they continue. “They were much more likely to use other unhealthy substances, including past 30-day use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and cocaine.” Young female steroid users were also more likely to:

* have had sexual intercourse before age 13
* have been pregnant
* drink and drive or have ridden with a drinking driver
* carry a weapon
* have been in a fight on school property in the past year
* have feelings of sadness or hopelessness almost every day for at least two weeks
* have attempted suicide

More than two-thirds of the teen girls surveyed reported trying to change their weight. However, those who used steroids were more likely to turn to extreme weight-loss techniques, including vomiting and laxative use. “Anabolic steroids are body-shaping agents and cause a loss in body fat and an increase in lean tissue; therefore, their association with unhealthy weight loss practices was not surprising,” the authors write.

These findings have pinpointed critical associations among girls making use of steroids as per the authors. It is believed that high-risk girls tend to receive less of attention than adolescent boys, perhaps reflecting that their actions are less socially.

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According to a surprising finding that was made by a University of Michigan Health System team, there is a noteworthy relationship between sleep problems in a child’s toddler years and the probability of him using alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs (marijuana, inhalants, cocaine, steroids, and other illicit drugs) early in their teen years. This was remarked by the involved team as part of a family health study that followed 257 boys and their parents for 10 years.

It was remarked that teens whose preschool sleep patterns were poor were more likely to use drugs, tobacco, or alcohol than their counterparts who enjoyed good sleeping behavior.

From News-medical.net:

“What’s so interesting about this finding is that the effect exists regardless of a number of other factors that previously had been identified as relating to risk for substance use and abuse,” says senior author and UMARC director Robert Zucker, Ph.D. “It appears to indicate some shared neurobiological dysfunction whose details we don’t yet know. Further studies will be crucial to our understanding.”

“Taken together with other studies in this area, our findings help make up a chain of evidence linking sleep disturbances to alcohol problems across a large segment of the life span,” says lead author and research assistant professor Maria Wong, Ph.D.

The finding does not mean there’s a cause-and-effect relationship, notes co-author and psychiatry professor Kirk Brower, M.D., who has studied the interplay of alcohol and sleep in adults, and is Executive Director of the Chelsea Arbor Treatment Center, which treats teen and adult substance abusers. (Chelsea Arbor is a joint program of U-M and Chelsea Community Hospital.)

“Our finding sees early childhood sleep disturbances as a marker, or predictor, for early use of drugs and alcohol in adolescence, not a predetermined trajectory,” he says. “But for parents, this is one more reason to take your child’s sleep problems seriously, not to dismiss them, and to talk with your child’s pediatrician or family doctor.”

According to Wong, parents must give due care and attention to complaints raised by their children about overtiredness and insomnia. The need for a regular sleep schedule and discussions with a health care provider must be on the priority list of parents.

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According to results of a national survey published in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, the use of steroids among teen girls is just not limited to those actively involved in competitive athletics. It was also revealed that the usage of steroids is often associated with cluster of other health-harming behaviors, including diet pills and smoking.

Diane L. Elliot, M.D., of the Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, and colleagues made assessments for use of anabolic steroid among teen girls and raised questions about use of ecstasy, steroids, and other behaviors.

From News-Medical.Net:

“Adolescent girls reporting anabolic steroid use had significantly more other health-harming behaviors,” they continue. “They were much more likely to use other unhealthy substances, including past 30-day use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and cocaine.” Young female steroid users were also more likely to:

• have had sexual intercourse before age 13
• have been pregnant
• drink and drive or have ridden with a drinking driver
• carry a weapon
• have been in a fight on school property in the past year
• have feelings of sadness or hopelessness almost every
• day for at least two weeks
• have attempted suicide

More than two-thirds of the teen girls surveyed reported trying to change their weight. However, those who used steroids were more likely to turn to extreme weight-loss techniques, including vomiting and laxative use. “Anabolic steroids are body-shaping agents and cause a loss in body fat and an increase in lean tissue; therefore, their association with unhealthy weight loss practices was not surprising,” the authors write.

It was also found that high-risk adolescent girls received less attention than adolescent boys, which somehow suggest that their actions were found to be less socially and more personally destructive.

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A report says, Marijuana, one of the most commonly abused drugs among high school and college students, is tied with a severe form of vomiting syndrome and compulsive bathing behavior. The syndrome is increasingly recognized with extensive marijuana abuse.

Though, this clinical manifestation of severe vomiting sickness linked with chronic abuse of marijuana is doubtful, but was acknowledged by Dr. Sontineni and his colleagues at the Creighton University of Omaha, NE.

Recent findings done to the neurobiology of cannabis led to the recognition of different types of receptors, including forms that mediate neuropsychiatric and immunologic effects.

According to Dr. Sontineni, identification of the syndrome leads to delayed diagnosis and expensive diagnostic investigations. Increased use of marijuana, on a continous basis for several years, by the population of USA, especially among youths, would see a sharp rise in the number of diagnosed cases every year.

The syndrome was first recognized in Australia around the Adelaide hills and from there onwards, scientists and doctors at several institutions across the world are engaged in identifying more cases with this new vomiting syndrome due to chronic marijuana abuse.

From Science Daily:

Marijuana, a commonly abused drug among high school and college students, is linked to a severe form of vomiting syndrome and compulsive bathing behavior. This form of severe vomiting sickness is increasingly recognized with widespread abuse of marijuana. The syndrome usually subsides with strict abstinence from marijuana abuse.

This obscure clinical manifestation of severe vomiting sickness due to chronic abuse of marijuana was recognized by Dr. Sontineni and his colleagues at the Creighton University of Omaha, NE.

Recent research into the neurobiology of cannabis has led to the identification of different receptor types including two specific types that mediate neuropsychiatric and immunologic effects.

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