Health and Science

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study shows that cannabis users have lower rates of severe COVID-19 infections and experience fewer serious consequences such as death or lengthy hospital stays when they get the virus. “Cannabis users had better outcomes and mortality compared with non-users,” says the report, authored […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study examining medical marijuana patients in the U.S. who are under the age of 21 finds that minors and young adults typically qualify for state cannabis programs for many of the same reasons that older adults do, including anxiety, PTSD and chronic pain. […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Two new studies on psychedelics and alcoholism—including one with contributions from a top federal drug official—offer hope for new ways to treat alcohol use disorder (AUD). One says a single dose of psilocybin “was safe and effective in reducing alcohol consumption in AUD patients,” while […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” The National Institutes of Health will put $2.4 million toward funding studies on the use of psychedelics to treat methamphetamine use disorders, researchers announced this week. The money comes as federal health officials note sharp increases in deaths from methamphetamine and other psychostimulants in recent […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Authors of a new study on the neurological impacts of long-term THC administration say their findings “could be the basis for an effective antiaging and pro-cognitive medication,” noting increased energy and synaptic protein production in mice that received low doses of the chief psychoactive substance […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study finds that rates of delta-8 THC exposures reported to poison centers in the U.S. are significantly lower in states where marijuana is legal and regulated and in those that banned the specific cannabinoid. “This is likely attributable, in part, to less market […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” In California, a state-funded effort is underway to analyze the genetic information of various marijuana strains in order to preserve the state’s rich history of cannabis cultivation. It’s part of a project meant not only to acknowledge the past but also protect the future of […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” New research funded by the National Football League (NFL) highlights the growing acceptability of therapeutic cannabis in sports, but it also underscores the obstacles to marijuana research caused by ongoing federal prohibition that have hamstrung efforts to better understand the benefits and risks of cannabinoids […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study on the use of marijuana to treat endometriosis finds that women who consumed cannabis rated it as “the most effective self-management strategy to reduce symptom intensity” of the often painful inflammatory disease. “Results suggest that Cannabis has become a popular self-management method […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Regular marijuana users are less likely to be obese than people who don’t consume cannabis, according to a new study. In fact, the analysis showed a “dose-response relationship between marijuana use and [body mass index], with the lower the BMI classification, the higher marijuana use.” […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study on athletes’ attitudes toward psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) finds that more than 6 in 10 would be willing to try treatment with psilocybin or other entheogens to aid recovery after a concussion or to help manage post-concussion symptoms. Among sports staff, more than […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” The federal government is taking a new approach to testing for recent cannabis use, exploring a revised protocol for screening breath samples for THC. It’s the latest in an ongoing effort to find more reliable, accurate ways of field testing for marijuana impairment in drivers […]