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Report: Over 27 Million Pounds Of U.S. Legal Marijuana Industry Will Be Cultivated By 2030

U.S. medical and adult-use cannabis markets have been growing in recent years as new states are increasingly regulating the sale of legal products for medical and recreational use. In such a scenario, cannabis cultivation plays an important key role in…

Nearly 43 percent of young adults used marijuana in 2021

Marijuana use among young adults reached an all-time high last year, with nearly 43 percent of 19- to 30-year-olds saying they had used marijuana in the past 12 months, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and conducted…

Marijuana use hits record high in new Gallup poll

Marijuana use reached a record high in new polling, as for the first time more Americans said they smoke marijuana than reported smoking cigarettes in the last week. Sixteen percent of Americans in a new Gallup poll reported smoking marijuana, up from…

Half of Americans have tried marijuana and most say their experiences were positive

A recent YouGov poll shows that a little over half of Americans (52%) have tried marijuana. Among those who have tried marijuana, 43% have used it in the past year, and among those, 72% have used it in the past month.…

Cannabis poisoning is no laughing matter for pets: study

Karen Keller, a Calgary resident who works in communications, said that her pug, Hamlet, is so important to her he’s practically her “guardian angel.” So when she woke up one morning and caught him at the exact moment he’d managed…

U.S. Senate votes to expand cannabis research

A unanimous U.S. Senate has voted to expand research into cannabis to see if there are any medical benefits to the drug and its compounds, including cannabidiol. The Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act also would require the U.S. Department…

NFL Awards $1 Million to Study Impact of Cannabis and CBD on Pain Management

The National Football League today announced the award of $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers at the University of California San Diego and University of Regina. The studies will investigate the effects of cannabinoids on…

Marijuana may make sleep worse, especially for regular users, study finds

It's a common assumption among marijuana users: Using weed will help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Scientists, however, aren't so sure that's true. "This is an understudied but important area, as many people are increasingly turning to cannabis products as sleep aids,"…

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VA rejects cannabis research as veterans plead for medical pot

Jason Dunlap found that cannabis eased his PTSD, chronic pain and insomnia, but he hid his pot use from VA doctors, believing it was taboo for veterans relying on government care. It took some research for the retired Army sergeant…

How Does Legal Cannabis Impact Crime?

How Does Legal Cannabis Impact Crime?

November 3, 2021
Katharine Baxter
California, Cannabis & Hemp Research, Colorado, Security, Washington
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Cannabis legalization is spreading through the United States rapidly, with states initiating medical marijuana programs or expanding to allow adult-use cannabis. This year alone, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut all voted to legalize recreational cannabis. Now, most states have…

Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds

(CNN) The proportion of schizophrenia cases linked with problematic use of marijuana has increased over the past 25 years, according to a new study from Denmark. In 1995, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses in the country were associated with cannabis use disorder.…

NFL and cannabis: League, union offer $1 million for pain management research

The NFL and NFLPA are jointly offering up to $1 million in grants to researchers who can help the league move forward with alternatives to opioid-based pain management. Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s Chief Medical Officer, on Tuesday listed cannabis…

Cbd Oil

5 Factors Driving the CBD Market

Consumer and distribution trends are having a significant impact on the CBD market according to data from Brightfield Group’s CBD: Industry or Ingredient? 2021 Mid-Year US CBD Report. In fact, the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are forcing brands…

Study: For Some Symptoms, Medical Marijuana With THC Is Better Than CBD

The cannabis plant has hundreds of “active ingredients,” but the two most prominent—and the only two most people have heard of—are THC and CBD. Despite “medical marijuana” laws specifically allowing people to access cannabis products containing THC, over the past…

U.S. set to allow more facilities to produce marijuana for research

Moving to end one university’s decadeslong monopoly on supplying marijuana for U.S. research, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said last Friday it will soon issue licenses to a number of growing facilities. Since 1968, only one operation, the University of…

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