A New York Times article this week, Few Problems With Cannabis for California, reports that a pending study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management by Mark Anderson and...
Quick, wine connoisseurs, panic! Morgan Stanley Research released a report on Monday showing global demand for wine exceeded supply by approximately 300 million cases. The report goes...
In a great article on Hemp.org, Steve Elliott reports on a study which found that CBD can help fight Alzheimer’s by reducing excesses of iron in the...
In what amounts to a collective “duh” moment for the non-cannabis enthusiasts out there, a recent study illustrated that marijuana is very expensive when it’s illegal. Not...
A study has found that examining breath for cannabinoids could be far more useful than the blood tests currently used to set the standard for impairment. The...
Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California, will chair a blue ribbon committee tasked with studying marijuana legalization in the state. This was announced at a joint press...
Studies have shown that marijuana not only helps fight the symptoms of treating cancer but also the disease itself. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, often gets the credit for...
The presence of various controlled substances in blood is associated with an increased risk of fatal crash involvement, according to data published online in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention....
Japanese scientists recently found that synthetic cannabinoids act as a powerful anti-inflammatory and reduce skin cancer by 90% in mice. Here come the cannabis cosmeceuticals, folks.
Law enforcement-based efforts criminalizing the possession of illicit substances have largely failed to reduce drug production, potency, or access, according to an assessment of global drug interdiction...
Are advocates ready for the side effects of cannabis? Perhaps the most promising development caused by increased leniency toward cannabis’ Schedule I status is the incipient field...
013 The Institute for Social and Economic Research, with the University of Essex, recently concluded a study into a cost benefit analysis of regulating and taxing marijuana in...
Women voters tend to vote unfavorably on cannabis initiatives. This may change. Earlier this year, Brookings Institute published a study concerning voting numbers for various cannabis issues....
Cannabis use is not a significant contributor to the global burden of disease, according to an epidemiological review published in The Lancet. An international team of researchers from Australia and...
Last week brought us two more prime examples of where our national drug policies are failing. 1. A recent UC San Francisco study found that cocaine can rewire...
The annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health released Wednesday by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
The consumption of cannabis is effective in treating symptoms associated with cancer and conventional anti-cancer therapies, such as nausea, weight loss, pain, and fatigue, according to observational...
In 1999, with alarming prescience and an alacrity usually reserved for Delphic oracles, the U.S Air Force added hemp seed and oil products to their “forbidden list.”...
The administration of THC modulates emotional processing in healthy volunteers, according to placebo-controlled crossover trial data published online by the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology. Investigators from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands performed...
As reported Wednesday by Rolling Stone, a recent study published in the peer-reviewed academic journal European Neuropsychopharmacology has shown that ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (otherwise known as THC) has significant effects on the...
