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Opioid Prescriptions Drop In States That Legalize Marijuana, Federally Funded Study Shows, Suggesting Some Pain Patients Prefer Cannabis

By hdr_strategos / February 6, 2025 / 0 Comments

A new federally funded study shows that legalization of marijuana in U.S. states is associated with reduced prescriptions for opioid pain medications among commercially insured adults—indicating a possible substitution effect where patients are choosing to use cannabis instead of prescription drugs to treat pain. “These results suggest that substitution of cannabis for traditional pain medications
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Using Marijuana Helps Most People Reduce Their Alcohol Consumption, New Poll Shows

By hdr_strategos / January 27, 2025 / 0 Comments

More than half of marijuana consumers say they drink less alcohol, or none at all, after using cannabis, according to a new poll. The survey from the cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD that was shared exclusively with Marijuana Moment is one of the latest pieces of evidence supporting the idea of a substitution effect, with people […]

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More American Adults Use Cannabis As A Sleep Aid Than Choose Prescription Pills Or Alcohol To Fall Asleep, Poll Shows

By hdr_strategos / January 22, 2025 / 0 Comments

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More About 16 percent of Americans aged 21 and older say they use cannabis as a sleep aid, according to a new industry-backed survey. That makes marijuana more popular for sleep than prescription sleep aids (12 percent) or alcohol (11 percent), but still not quite as common […]

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People Are More Physically Active On Days They Use Marijuana, New Federally Funded Study Shows, Smashing ‘Lazy Stoner’ Stereotype

By hdr_strategos / January 15, 2025 / 0 Comments

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More A new federally funded study examining the associations between cannabis use and other health-related behaviors finds that adults are more physically active on days they used marijuana—evidence that contradicts the “lazy stoner” stereotype—although they also drank alcohol more heavily and smoked more cigarettes. The paper, by […]

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Legalizing Marijuana Leads To Decrease In Use Of Prescription Anxiety Medications, Study Shows

By andrew / January 13, 2025 / 0 Comments

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More “We find consistent evidence that increased marijuana access is associated with reductions in benzodiazepine prescription fills.” By Ashley Bradford, Georgia Institute of Technology In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is […]

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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Leads To ‘Significant Decrease’ In Opioid Companies’ Payments To Pain Doctors, Study Shows

By andrew / January 7, 2025 / 0 Comments

Legalizing medical cannabis appears to significantly lessen monetary payments from opioid manufacturers to doctors who specialize in pain, according to recently published research, with authors finding “evidence that this decrease is due to medical marijuana becoming available as a substitute” for prescription painkillers. “We find MML [medical marijuana legalization] leads opioid manufacturers to decrease direct […]

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Scientists Explore How Marijuana Affects Enjoyment Of Music Through New Study At Cannabis Lounge

By andrew / January 3, 2025 / 0 Comments

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More After publishing findings last year that marijuana enhances users’ enjoyment of music, researchers in Toronto are setting out to explore in more detail exactly how cannabis affects people’s musical perception and tastes. They’ve partnered with a downtown consumption lounge to survey consumers in a real-world setting […]

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Young Adults Are Three Times More Likely To Use Marijuana On A Near-Daily Basis Than Alcohol, Federally Funded Study Finds

By andrew / December 31, 2024 / 0 Comments

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More Younger adults are nearly three times more likely to use marijuana than alcohol on a daily or near-daily basis, according to a new government-backed study. People in the oldest of three surveyed age groups, meanwhile, are more likely to drink alcohol frequently, while those between 35 […]

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Cannabis Pollen Travels Far And Wide On The Wind

By andrew / December 30, 2024 / 0 Comments

A new study on the spread of cannabis pollen sheds light on the various seasonal and conditional dynamics that contribute to the risk of cross-pollination between crops, finding that “pollen dispersal rates escalate from summer to autumn” and that pollen tends to travel further from its source during daytime. The research, published in the journal […]

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Oregon’s Psilocybin Industry Aims To Fine-Tune State’s First-In-Nation Therapeutic Psychedelics System In 2025

By andrew / December 29, 2024 / 0 Comments

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More “We know a lot of people are utilizing psilocybin for mental health issues from depression to PTSD, sometimes just for grief.” By Mike McInally, Oregon Capital Chronicle Advocates of psilocybin treatment say 2024 was the year when Oregon’s psychedelic program started to stand on its own. […]

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CBD Is A ‘Promising Candidate’ For Treating Depression With ‘Few Side Effects,’ New Scientific Review Concludes

By andrew / December 27, 2024 / 0 Comments

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More A new scientific review says there’s “accumulating” evidence that the marijuana component CBD “has antidepressant properties in humans and animals with few side effects” and may also aid in the reduction of inflammation and formation of new brain cells. “In summary,” says the manuscript, newly accepted […]

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CBD Reduces Cravings For Alcohol Among People With Drinking Problems, New Study Shows

By andrew / December 26, 2024 / 0 Comments

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More Results of a new study indicate that a single, 800-milligram dose of CBD can help manage certain alcohol cravings among people with alcohol use disorder (AUD), supporting the use of the marijuana component as a potential treatment option for problem drinkers. Published this month in the […]

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