Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana January 13, 2024 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments Marijuana is neither as risky nor as prone to abuse as other tightly controlled substances and has potential medical benefits, and therefore should be removed from the nation’s most restrictive category of drugs, federal scientists have concluded. The recommendations are… 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→
Nearly 43 percent of young adults used marijuana in 2021 September 6, 2022 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Is Marijuana Safe When Pregnant? Researchers Want Clearer Answers August 8, 2019 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments CHICAGO (AP) — Pregnancy started out rough for Leslie Siu. Morning sickness and migraines had her reeling and barely able to function at a demanding New York marketing job, so like rising numbers of U.S. mothers-to-be, she turned to marijuana.… Read More→
Famed Medical Marijuana Doctor Calls For Making Concentrates Illegal July 5, 2018 AggregatedNews Industry People, Policy & Legal 0 Comments As the author of Cannabis for Chronic Pain, Boulder-based Dr. Rav Ivker is among the country's best-known and most respected advocates on behalf of medical marijuana. But he's wary about weed consumption in a number of circumstances, warns that pot addiction… Read More→
Senate Committee Slams Marijuana’s Federal Classification, Saying Schedule I Blocks Research July 3, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A key U.S. Senate committee says that marijuana's current federal classification blocks scientific research on its effects —something that legalization advocates have long argued. "The Committee is concerned that restrictions associated with Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substance Act effectively limit… Read More→
Scientists Create “Am I Stoned” App to Test Sobriety of Cannabis Users April 26, 2018 Press Release Science and Technology 0 Comments Scientists have developed a prototype for an app that’s been designed for cannabis users so that they can determine whether or not they’re actually high. The app, called “Am I Stoned”, has been created by researchers from the University of… Read More→
Israel’s Global Cannabis Dominance Will Help the U.S. April 4, 2018 Hilary Bricken International, Israel 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken Researchers here in the U.S. are eager to run trials with high quality Israeli cannabis strains they cannot get anywhere else. The strongest, most influential medical cannabis economy in the world is not where most would think.… Read More→
Harvard Medical School Professor: Lack of Marijuana Addiction Data Draws Parallel to Rise of Opioid Epidemic November 7, 2017 David Hodes Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology 0 Comments Sometimes it’s hard to believe the chasm that exists between what is true and what is unsubstantiated supposition in this industry. Sure, this industry is still dealing with a stigma that began in the late ‘30s when it was a… Read More→
Drug Use Down for Teens in States With Legal Marijuana December 14, 2016 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments More than 63 million Americans now live in states where recreational marijuana use is legal — but that doesn’t mean more teens are smoking weed, according to new national data. The 42nd annual Monitoring the Future study, commissioned by the… Read More→