Health and Science

Results of a secret shopper study in New York City indicate that state-licensed marijuana retailers were far more consistent about discouraging youth access to cannabis compared to illicit stores, with regulated outlets consistently verifying the age of would-be buyers as well as avoiding cartoon signage and products that appeal to young people. The study, published
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New government-funded research out of New Zealand finds that mothers who were able to access medical marijuana reported that cannabis improved their quality of parenting by allowing them to more effectively manage health conditions and tolerate the stress of caring for children. At the same time, study participants reported persistent obstacles, such as the high
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New research published in the journal Pharmaceuticals suggests that CBD could be a useful addition to certain skin products given its anti-aging and antioxidant properties as well as evidence that it may speed the healing of wounds. “Overall, we suggest that CBD exhibits many potential characteristics that can be used to develop topical cosmeceutical products,
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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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]