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This journal issue includes 201 s of papers presented at the conference. Topics discussed include: association between cannabis use and COVID-19 and distress among adolescent patients;COVID-19 exposure and care-seeking behaviors among vulnerable urban adolescents and young adults;assessment of a poverty simulation in medical education;prevalence of chronic pelvic pain by sexual orientation in a large cohort of young women in the USA;confidentiality and patient satisfaction in adolescent telehealth visits;predictors of adolescent telemedicine visit no-shows during the COVID-19 pandemic;simulation of contraceptive access for adolescents using a pharmacist-staffed e-platform;foster caregivers and their role in contraception decision-making for adolescents in care.
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This special issue contains 8 articles that discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health symptoms and wellness among Canadians, focusing on alcohol and cannabis use, suicide, child maltreatment, PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
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This issue contains 17 papers providing information on the newly discovered biological activities of phytochemicals and plant extracts that can be potentially developed as treatments for various disorders (COVID-19, cancer, skin disorders, allergies and inflammation, among others) and the underlying mechanisms by which they affect biological systems.
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Plants have been used for medicinal purposes long before prehistoric period. Among these ancient medicinal herbs, Cannabis, a flowering plant of the family Cannabaceae, originating from Central and South Asia, was used due to its broad-spectrum applications over the centuries. Its uses ranged from ropes, clothing, paper to its psychoactive properties, making it a very appealing plant. From the 1900's onwards cannabis consumption was deemed illegal in several countries around the world due to its overuse consequences [1]. The lack of scientific information regarding the mechanism of action of its constituents was a direct consequence from the illegal status given in the 1900's. Recently, this has changed, cannabis pre-clinical studies have shown several medicinal properties which helped cannabis gained traction and legal status for its medicinal use in most of North and South America, and in some European countries, lifting some of the old prejudice. In Europe, medicinal cannabis usage is still growing. Several cannabinoid-containing medicinal products are already available in the market [2,3]. EXMceuticals Portugal is one of the European Pharmaceutical companies working with medicinal cannabis that is specialized in extraction and purification of cannabinoids and terpenes for pharmaceutical grade ingredients. Most recently, due to the COVID-pandemic our research efforts have been put to "BioBlock COVID", a project that focus on antiviral properties of terpenes from cannabis and other medicinal plants for inactivation o the virus SARS-CoV-2, and its applications in tissues, hand and surface disinfectants.