Michigan wants to study marijuana’s health benefits. It’s not easy. March 1, 2024 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research, Michigan 0 Comments When Michigan voters approved recreational marijuana six years ago, the measure included an innovative mandate: using cannabis tax revenue to pay for research into the health benefits of the drug for military veterans. State officials later committed $40 million. Not a… Read More→
Alabama’s botched rollout of medical marijuana hampers jobs, research January 26, 2024 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments As Alabama continues to delay the rollout of a medical marijuana program, jobs in the field remain limited, as does research for future medicine. “Alabama came a little bit late to the game,” said Desmond Mortley, the professor who leads… Read More→
Marijuana Has Special Risks for Older People March 27, 2023 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments As more seniors use cannabis, doctors are calling attention to risks that can hit older people more than younger ones. Use of marijuana and CBD products has grown more common among middle-aged and older adults as they become legal in more states… Read More→
Raphael Mechoulam, ‘Father of Cannabis Research,’ Dies at 92 March 22, 2023 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research, Industry People 0 Comments Raphael Mechoulam, a pioneering Israeli chemist who is credited with opening the field of cannabis science after identifying the structure and function of the key compounds of cannabis, died on March 9 at his home in Jerusalem. He was 92.… Read More→
Medical marijuana associated with reduced pain and opioid related outcomes in cancer patients December 2, 2022 AggregatedNews Medical Marijuana 0 Comments A new study finds a link between the legalization of medical marijuana and a reduction in the rate of opioid dispensing and pain-related hospital events in some cancer patients. In a paper published in the journal JAMA Oncology, researchers look at… Read More→
New Weed Bill Aims to Speed Research as DC Lobbying Grows November 21, 2022 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments The first bipartisan marijuana bill to pass Congress went ahead with unanimous consent last week. But it wasn’t the legislation that the cannabis industry has been hoping for. The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, passed on Nov. 16 by… Read More→
Biden’s directive on marijuana faces a Catch-22 October 10, 2022 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Marijuana research is restricted because it's Schedule 1 – making it hard to consider reclassifying it President Biden tasked the federal health department with undertaking a major scientific and medical review that has the potential to upend more than a… Read More→
Kentucky gov: New center won’t slow medical cannabis review April 29, 2022 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that a newly created cannabis research center won’t slow his review of whether he has the authority to singlehandedly legalize medical marijuana — a decision that's likely to come this summer. The governor said he sees… Read More→
Kansas Governor clears way for cannabis research center to open April 27, 2022 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments Gov. Andy Beshear cleared the way Tuesday for a cannabis research center to open as he reviews whether he has the executive authority to singlehandedly legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky. The governor revealed his action on a bill authorizing the… Read More→
Congress says it’s liberalizing pot research laws. What pot researchers really need is money April 6, 2022 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments Despite some recent baby steps, the untangling of the federal government’s enduring and preposterous opposition to cannabis as a medicine or recreational substance is going to take a long, long time. Nevertheless, I was delighted to read that the Senate… Read More→
VA rejects cannabis research as veterans plead for medical pot November 8, 2021 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Africa Warms Up To Marijuana Farming For Research And Export September 15, 2021 AggregatedNews Africa 0 Comments Traditionally treated as a taboo plant in most African countries, marijuana is slowly being embraced across the continent, as scientists and researchers explore new medical therapies for emerging diseases. The burgeoning, multibillion dollar marijuana market is driven by unprecedented global… Read More→
Study: For Some Symptoms, Medical Marijuana With THC Is Better Than CBD May 31, 2021 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments 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… Read More→
U.S. set to allow more facilities to produce marijuana for research May 18, 2021 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments 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… Read More→
House passes bill to broaden marijuana research December 10, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would expand scientists’ ability to study marijuana in states where the drug is already legal. The bill, which passed in a bipartisan voice vote, is the second time this month the House has… Read More→