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Study: Using cannabis with prescription drugs could result in ‘a significant risk of harmful drug interactions’

Researchers from Washington State University report that cannabis consumers who also used other drugs to treat various conditions might be reducing the effectiveness of the latter.

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Investigators seeking to determine any possible drug-drug interactions found that the positive effects of the treatment drugs being taken might decrease or their negative effects might increase, explains a statement from the university.

Should too much of the drugs build up in the body, this could spur “unintended side effects such as toxicity or accidental overdose,” researchers explain.

To come to that view, investigators looked at cannabinoids — including THC, CBD and CBN — and their major metabolites

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