Health and Science

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 […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More “We know a lot of people are utilizing psilocybin for mental health issues from depression to PTSD, sometimes just for grief.” By Mike McInally, Oregon Capital Chronicle Advocates of psilocybin treatment say 2024 was the year when Oregon’s psychedelic program started to stand on its own. […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More A new scientific review says there’s “accumulating” evidence that the marijuana component CBD “has antidepressant properties in humans and animals with few side effects” and may also aid in the reduction of inflammation and formation of new brain cells. “In summary,” says the manuscript, newly accepted […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More Results of a new study indicate that a single, 800-milligram dose of CBD can help manage certain alcohol cravings among people with alcohol use disorder (AUD), supporting the use of the marijuana component as a potential treatment option for problem drinkers. Published this month in the […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More Researchers worldwide published more than 4,000 scientific papers related to marijuana in 2024, according to a new analysis by the advocacy group NORML. It’s the fourth consecutive year see that level of output. All told, since the beginning of 2014, there have been more than 35,000 […]

A newly published paper examining the effects of adult-use marijuana legalization on opioid overdose deaths says there’s a “consistent negative relationship” between legalization and fatal overdoses, with more significant effects in states that legalized cannabis earlier in the opioid crisis. Authors of the new analysis, published to the preprint repository Social Science Research Network (SSRN), […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Even as more states have legalized marijuana, rates of teen use are on the decline. There was also a significant drop in perceptions by youth that cannabis is easy to access in 2024 despite the widening adult-use marketplace, according to the latest federally funded national […]