Health and Science

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Marijuana helps people with substance misuse disorders stay off opioids or reduce their use, maintain treatment and manage withdrawal symptoms, a new federally funded study finds. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) set out to investigate the relationship between cannabis consumption and injecting […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study suggests that access to medical marijuana may increase the amount of parenting that people engage in by improving patients’ health. Medical marijuana legalization (MML) “reduces inactive time and increases sleep, consistent with medical marijuana’s health benefits” the report, published this month in […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study on the possible therapeutic value of lesser-known compounds in cannabis says that a number of minor cannabinoids may have anticancer effects on blood cancer that warrant further study. The research, published in the journal BioFactors, looked at minor cannabinoids and multiple myeloma […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new poll finds that more Americans smoke marijuana on a daily basis than drink alcohol every day—and that alcohol drinkers are more likely to say they would benefit from limiting their use than cannabis consumers are. U.S. adults who drink alcohol are nearly three […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” More than 1 in 5 patients who go to orthopedic surgeons with chronic musculoskeletal pain are using or have used some form of cannabis to manage their pain, according to a new study published this month. Of those, almost two thirds said they felt cannabis […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study out of Ohio finds that a large majority of medical marijuana patients in the state say cannabis has reduced their use of prescription opioid painkillers as well as other, illicit drugs. The survey of approximately 3,500 people—which was sent to state medical […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study examining the influence of intoxicating substances on sexual encounters says that while alcohol might “facilitate” sex in the first place, marijuana is better at enhancing sexual sensitivity and satisfaction. Based on an online survey of 483 people who had previously used both […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new paper exploring the role of psilocybin mushrooms in the evolution of human consciousness says the psychedelic has the “potential to trigger significant neurological and psychological effects” that could have influenced the development of our species over time. The literature review, which authors said […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new scientific review of academic research on cannabis and human sexuality concludes that while the relationship between marijuana and sex is a complicated one, use of cannabis is generally associated with more frequent sexual activity as well as increased sexual desire and enjoyment. The […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new analysis of violence between intimate partners concludes that legalizing marijuana for adult use “results in a substantial decrease in rates of intimate partner violence.” The finding also indicate that recreational cannabis legalization “substantially impacts the relationship between heavy drinking” and intimate partner violence […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Researchers in a newly published journal article examined posts in a popular marijuana-focused Reddit community, finding that certain types of submissions seemed to correlate with how high users reported being. In particular, posts about in-person social settings were associated with “greater subjective highness” than those […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” As part of an ongoing effort to help testing laboratories more reliably determine the potency and purity of marijuana and hemp, a federal science agency has begun selling packages of what it’s calling “some of the most carefully quantified cannabis ever sold.” Picking up 4.5 […]