Health and Science

A new study is offering more evidence that marijuana can serve as an effective substitute for opioids in pain management treatment. Researchers in Australia at Murdoch University and the Perth Pain Management Centre set out to investigate how the integration of cannabinoids into treatment for people with chronic non-cancer pain would impact opioid use. The
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MDMA could be a safe and effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), according to a new study, with participants showing “significantly reduced” depression symptoms eight weeks after receiving two doses of the drug a month apart. No serious adverse effects were reported among the 12 subjects in the study, says the report, published last
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A new study looking into patterns of drug use in Japan casts further doubt on the notion that marijuana is a gateway drug, concluding that cannabis use in the country usually comes after people first use alcohol and tobacco, and that they rarely go on to use other substances. Published this month in the journal
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A majority of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) said they felt marijuana and CBD were “beneficial” and provided “significant symptom relief” from their disorder, according to a new federally funded survey-based study. With support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers at Case Western Reserve University conducted a survey of IBD patients, inquiring
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Roadside tests for marijuana impairment that are widely used by police departments across the U.S. are “inadequate,” according to a newly published commentary by a Rutgers University law professor who is urging policymakers to take a more scientifically robust approach to transportation safety while relying less on law enforcement’s ostensible expertise. The paper, by William J.
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Consider the immediate sales drop at alcohol-only stores—this could suggest some consumers switched from alcohol to cannabis right after legalization. By Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University via The Conversation Before Canada legalized recreational cannabis in October 2018, it was unclear how the change might affect beverage alcohol consumption. Would consumers drink less or more after
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Marijuana use is associated with increased sexual desire and arousal, as well as lower levels of sexual distress, new research shows. The report, a doctoral thesis out of Queens University in Canada, includes two separate studies: an online survey of 1,547 cannabis users as well as a 28-day diary analysis of 115 individuals—87 of whom
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A science experiment intended to study how cannabis seeds fare in space—in hopes of one day planting the crop on the moon or even Mars—failed earlier this week when a capsule carrying the payload crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Aboard the capsule were about 150 cannabis seeds, which the organizers of the project hoped to
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Taking a high dose of LSD, coupled with assisted therapy, led to “greater reductions in depression” among patients compared to those who received a low dose of the psychedelic, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland investigated the therapeutic potential of LSD for people with moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder,
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New research on cannabis genetics suggests that incentives in the legal marijuana market—such as the desire for plants to mature faster and produce more cannabinoids for extraction—may be leading to a decline in biodiversity of the plant worldwide. A graduate thesis published this month combines observations about genetic trends in cannabis with interviews with dozens
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A new study exploring the impacts of adult-use marijuana legalization on the hospitality industry finds that “hotel revenue increases by 25.2% (or $63,671 monthly) due to dispensary legalization, with the effect continuing to grow even six years after legalization.” The research article, published in the journal Production Operations and Management (POMS), draws its inferences from
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Most people take for granted that there’s a link between using marijuana and playing video games, but a new review of available research suggests the connection isn’t so simple. While it is true that most published studies have found a positive correlation between video games and cannabis consumption, but others have found a negative association
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