Health and Science

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  People in states where marijuana is illegal are significantly more likely to have used products containing lesser-known cannabinoids like delta-8 THC, signaling that prohibition may “unintentionally promote” usage of the loosely regulated products, according to a new federally funded study published the American Medical Association (AMA). […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  LSD and psilocybin could offer promising therapeutic potential for the treatment of chronic pain “on a mechanistic and experiential level,” according to a newly published literature review that highlights scientific findings happening as part of the “psychedelic renaissance”—a recent thawing of stigma and opposition into psychedelics […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  Results of a new clinical trial published by the American Medical Association “suggest efficacy and safety” of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for treatment of bipolar II disorder, a mental health condition often associated with debilitating and difficult-to-treat depressive episodes. “The 15 participants in this trial had well-documented treatment-resistant […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  Findings of a study examining marijuana’s neurocognitive effects “suggest that prescribed medical cannabis may have minimal acute impact on cognitive function among patients with chronic health conditions”—which may come as a relief to long-term cannabis patients who are concerned about potential neurological drawbacks of the drug. […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  Despite fears by critics that marijuana legalization would lead to sharp increases in problematic use, newly published data from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows that states where cannabis sales remained illegal typically had the highest rates of treatment admissions for […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  A top federal health agency says it recognizes that there are ample concerns among scientists about how they’ve “encountered barriers that have hampered their research” into marijuana under federal prohibition, including “complex” federal regulations and inadequate supplies of cannabis. That’s why the National Institutes of Health […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  Another federally funded study is suggesting that marijuana legalization may be linked to a “substitution effect,” with young adults in California “significantly” reducing their use of alcohol and cigarettes after the cannabis reform was enacted. What’s more, the research appeared to contradict prohibitionist arguments about the […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  People with anxiety experience better quality sleep on days when they use marijuana compared to days when they use alcohol or nothing at all, a new federally funded study has found. For the study, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review, researchers at the University […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  New York City’s first drug overdose prevention centers (OPCs) where people can use currently illicit substances in a medically supervised environment have not led to increased crime, despite a significant decrease in arrests as police reprioritize enforcement, according to a new study published by the American […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  A study of high school students in Massachusetts found that youth were no more likely to use marijuana after legalization, though more students perceived their parents as cannabis consumers after the policy change. “No statistically significant differences were found in the prevalence of past-30 day cannabis […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  Medical marijuana and opioids are “equally efficacious” at mitigating pain intensity in patients with chronic pain, according to a new study in the Journal of Cannabis Research—but cannabis also provided more “holistic” relief, such as by improving sleep, focus and emotional wellbeing. Researchers said their findings […]