Does Legalizing Cannabis Increase Crime Rates? It Hasn’t In Colorado Or Washington, A Study Has Shown October 8, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A study analyzing crime rates in Colorado and Washington suggests legalizing recreational marijuana has a minimal effect on crime rates, if any. One argument for legalizing marijuana is the assumption that it would lead to lower crime rates—decriminalizing the drug,… Read More→
Virginia AG Herring supports legalizing recreational marijuana October 3, 2019 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Attorney General Mark Herring has tweeted his support for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Virginia. “Virginians know we can do better. It’s time to move toward legal, regulated adult use,” Herring said in his Oct. 1 retweet of a… Read More→
Commission studying legalization of marijuana in New Hampshire releases final report November 2, 2018 AggregatedNews New Hampshire 0 Comments A new report out Thursday suggests how New Hampshire should move forward if lawmakers were to make recreational marijuana legal in the state. A commission made up of 17 people worked for the last year on the report. Commission members… Read More→
Analysis shows no change in US crime from medical marijuana legalization August 23, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Victoria University of Wellington research shows there has been almost no change to the level of crime in the United States since the legalisation of medical marijuana. The research, led by Dr. Luke Chu from the School of Economics and… Read More→
Marijuana Use For Older Americans See High Increase Since 1980s April 26, 2018 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments U.S. marijuana consumption is more prevalent today than during the conservative 1980s. Surges in drug use are often attributed to “kids these days,” but new research shows that the change has been driven not by stereotypical longhair youngsters but by… Read More→
Virginia State Officials Meet to Discuss Marijuana Decriminalization October 31, 2017 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments In the 10-year period ending last year, there were 133,256 arrests in Virginia for possession of marijuana, 84 percent of them first-time offenses. Nevertheless, relatively few people go to jail in the state solely for possession of marijuana, according to… Read More→
NFL Offers to Work with NFLPA to Study Potential Uses of Marijuana for Pain Management August 1, 2017 AggregatedNews Industry People 0 Comments IRVINE, Calif. — The NFL has written to the NFL Players Association offering to work in tandem to study the potential use of marijuana as a pain management tool for players, according to people familiar with the situation. It is… Read More→
Study Shows Cannabis May Roll Back Aging Process in the Brain May 30, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing 0 Comments Since the legalization movement began hitting full stride, new research discoveries about marijuana’s potential health benefits have been surfacing with regularity. Among the most recent, a study shows that the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), restores cognitive function in the… Read More→
Study Proves Marijuana Can Reduce Epileptic Seizures May 25, 2017 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 1 Comment Medical researchers have confirmed what some desperate parents have been claiming for years—that a nonpsychoactive component of marijuana known as cannabidiol (CBD) can reduce epileptic seizures in some children. Published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the findings stem… Read More→
Researchers Find Marijuana Improves Memory and Learning in Old Mice May 8, 2017 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments Marijuana appears to improve the memory and learning abilities of old mice. Scientists discovered low doses of its main psychoactive ingredient—cannabinoid THC—can reverse the age-related decline in cognitive abilities, a finding that could lead to scientists figuring out a way… Read More→
New Studies Show Shopping Trends for Marijuana Consumers April 27, 2017 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments America’s legal marijuana market topped $6.5 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow to $24 billion by 2025, yet data-driven insights into consumers have remained elusive. Two new studies are shining a light on the cannabis consumer, providing insight… Read More→
Study Shows Marijuana and Chili Peppers Calm Your Stomach and May Treat Certain Conditions April 26, 2017 AggregatedNews Lab Testing 0 Comments A common link between marijuana and chili peppers could have implications for how we treat diabetes and colitis, as well as other conditions in the digestive tract, according to a new study from the University of Connecticut. The study was published… Read More→
As Perceptions Shift, Marijuana Use Among Adults At An All-Time High September 1, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments More people in the United States are using Marijuana than ever before, a new study finds as the perception of smoking pot is changing among Americans. Over 13 percent of adults of 500,000 surveyed in 2014 said they had used cannabis in the previous year,… Read More→