Dodgy science, poor access and high prices: The parallel medical world of medicinal marijuana in America February 27, 2023 AggregatedNews Medical Marijuana 0 Comments Before Jayden Carter turned 9, police were called 126 times to his school, home and other locations to address his violent behavior. “I had ribs out of place, my forehead cut open, [a] black eye,” recalled Amie Carter, his mother.… Read More→
Coronavirus: The tide is coming for medicinal cannabis May 11, 2020 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments The search for a vaccine for the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, or indeed a medicinal drug to cure it, has taken researchers down both traditional and less traditional avenues. They have looked at existing drug candidates, such as remdesivir, which was original developed… Read More→
Marijuana Investor Gives $9 Million To Harvard And MIT For Cannabis Science April 30, 2019 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments In what is believed to be the largest private gift yet to support scientific research on cannabis, a donor is giving $9 million to support Harvard and MIT work on cannabis and its effects on the brain. The money comes… Read More→
Despite Popularity, Scientists Are Still Looking for Reliable Marijuana DUI Test July 31, 2017 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments This spring, 16 state patrol officers from Colorado and Wyoming took a couple days off their usual work schedule to do something special. They assembled in a hotel conference room in Denver. As instructed, they wore street clothes for their… Read More→
Marijuana Growers Look to Go Organic June 16, 2017 AggregatedNews Cultivation, Science and Technology 0 Comments By Austa Somvichian-Clausen In the U.S., one square foot of indoor marijuana cultivation uses four times more energy than the same space in a hospital, eight times more energy than a commercial building, and 20 times more energy than a… Read More→
How Strong Is Today’s Pot Compared to Back in the Day? February 23, 2017 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments If you've ever smoked up with someone who lived through the 1960s, you may have heard them remark that marijuana is much stronger than it used to be. But is that actually true, or just a hippie myth? Here's the straight dope. How we measure marijuana strength Because… Read More→