Medical Cannabis Associated With Decreased Opioid Overdose?
A new study examined the effects of state laws establishing a medicinal cannabis program on reducing the mortality rate due to overdose on prescription opioids.
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Indica, Sativa, Ruderalis – Did We Get It All Wrong?
It seems Richard Evans Schultes, the man who created the original taxonomy for cannabis in the 1970s, misidentified a C. afghanica plant as a C. indica plant. That one mistake began 40 years of confusion which has only been dispelled by McPartland’s research this year.
Cannabis Study Finds No Negative Effects on Lung Health Over 20-Year Period
We've all heard the same old rhetoric about smoking and how bad it is for your lungs. Well according to researchers from Emory University, smoking weed has no negative health effect on lungs.
New Strain of Cannabis? Nope, Just a New Strain of Hoax
The report, which had faux quotes from "researchers" at the University of Sydney, where the single specimen supposedly resided, even went so far as to suggest there was a $10,000 reward to anyone who could bring them another sample of this new strain.
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Vitamin Weed? How Small, Daily Doses of Cannabis Could Unlock Optimum Health
So cannabinoid deficiency is real, meaning some people actually need to ingest cannabis to feel healthy. Although marijuana is not technically a vitamin, there could be enormous potential gained by even healthy people consuming small amounts of cannabis semi-regularly like a vitamin.
European Activism: The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour
The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour is a non-profit organization riding to change the way marijuana is perceived in Europe. In November, it handed over 100,000 Euros to fund a groundbreaking clinical study into the use of cannabinoids (THC and CBD) in the treatment of brain cancer (glioma) patients.
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Why Pot Affects Everyone Differently
A study from 2013, conducted by researchers from Melbourne to Barcelona, figured that different genes affect the influence of cannabis on the brain, and while performing all those cognitive tests on smokers vs. non-tokers ...
UK Doc Tries to Blame Cannabis for Poor Lung Health
The claims in the article appear, on the patina, to be fairly damning of cannabis. Among them, reporting that people in their 30's have the lungs of 80 year olds, are recieving long-term oxygen therapy, they are coming in with very advanced forms of emphysema, and even awaiting lung transplant.
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Terpene Profile: Terpinolene
In this issue of Terpene Profiles, the properties of terpinolene are broken down and the therapeutic benefits are explored. Get to know this terpene and discover what studies are currently being done to determine its wide variety of medicinal benefits.
Stoner Philosophy: The Great Pairing of Weed and Wisdom
Not all philosophy students evolve into weed smoking and Socrates-quoting free spirits. But, in my experience, many do.
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The Top Five Marijuana Data Points of 2014
The year 2014 may be looked back on as the watershed year that nationwide legalization of marijuana hit the tipping point. Aside from marijuana becoming legalized in two more states, here are five sets of data that seem to confirm that inevitability.
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What Does Drying Buds Do to Terpenes?
Over at the University of Mississippi, they’ve been doing research on cannabis since 1968. One such study they submitted in 1995, The Volatile Oil Composition of Fresh and Air-Dried Buds of Cannabis sativa, show that drying changes the relative concentration of terpenes in the oil.
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Teen Marijuana Use Falls as More States Legalize
Teen alcohol and drug use -- including marijuana use -- was down across the board in 2014. That's the big take-home from the 2014 Monitoring the Future study by the University of Michigan and the National Institutes on Drug Abuse, which was released Tuesday morning. The MTF is an annual survey of 40,000 8th-graders, 10th-graders and 12th-graders.
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A New Cure for Marijuana Addiction
Although there is no significant evidence to prove that marijuana addiction is any more real than Santa Claus or democracy, a group of scientific minds out of Vanderbilt University believe they have found the key ...
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Traffic Report: No Increase in Drugged Driving
Claims that more drivers are operating vehicles under the influence of marijuana and other controlled substances are unsupported by federal data, according to the conclusions of a November 2014 paper published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Office of Behavioral Safety Research.
Fired Arizona Cannabis Researcher Receives $2M Colorado Grant
The state of Colorado has announced that Dr. Sisley has been awarded a $2 million grant to conduct her research on veterans and PTSD. Earlier this year, the cannabis activism community was rocked by news ...
Colorado Health Officials Recommend Grants for 8 Cannabis Studies
Health officials in Colorado have recommended funding for eight studies on the safety and health effects of cannabis.
Cannabis: The Archenemy of Brain Tumors
Dr. Wai Liu, senior author of this study out of the University of London found through trials in mice that THC and CBD in tandem with radiation treatment have shown extremely promising results as brain tumor assassins.