Health and Science

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” As the marijuana legalization movement has expanded—and psychedelics policy has increasingly entered the mainstream conversation—a new survey shows that Americans don’t view cannabis and LSD as harmful as they once did. A new analysis of the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” For the first time ever, researchers are administering LSD to patients in a Phase 3 clinical trial. The new study focuses on whether the psychedelic can be used to effectively treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Drugmaker MindMed says that the trial, dubbed Voyage, is eventually […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” New government-funded research on terpenes produced by the cannabis plant finds that some of the aromatic compounds could be promising therapeutics to help manage pain from fibromyalgia or during recovery from an operation. The study, published this month in the journal Pharmacological Reports, involved administering […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new scientific review finds that high-CBD, low-THC cannabis products have potential to “significantly improve the quality of life” for children with autism and epilepsy, additionally showing “promising results in reducing key symptoms” of other conditions experienced by young people, such as cancer—all with mostly […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Cannabis-infused vaginal suppositories seem to reduce sexual pain in women after treatment for gynecological cancer, according to a new study. Online exercises in so-called “mindful compassion,” meanwhile, helped to improve sexual function—including arousal, lubrication and orgasms. Combining the two, however, seemed to offer the patients […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Six years after Canada legalized marijuana sales nationwide, a new government report shows that daily or near-daily use rates by both adults and youth have held steady. Meanwhile, the vast majority of consumers now say they obtain cannabis legally, with only 3 percent of respondents […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Newly published research on the psychiatric effects of psilocybin suggests a complicated, potentially bidirectional relationship between the psychedelic’s therapeutic effects and sleep. Taking psilocybin not only appears to reduce sleep disturbances in patients for up to four weeks, the study says, but sleep itself may […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A newly published report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that psilocybin-assisted therapy in a group of frontline clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic “resulted in a significant, sustained reduction of symptoms of depression.” “In this randomized clinical trial, we aimed to […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” Giving dogs a dose of CBD could help counteract the ill effects of accidental THC consumption, according to a new study that authors are calling “the first report of treatment of canine THC toxicosis by administration of CBD.” The paper, which is set to be […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” New research on how people cope with challenging psychedelic experiences suggests that some ways to manage a bad trip may be more helpful than others, though the authors said their findings also indicate that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Thus, they advise therapists and other psychedelics […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new study on prescription opioid use in Utah following the state’s legalization of medical marijuana suggests the availability of legal cannabis has both reduced opioid use by patients with chronic pain and also helped drive down prescription overdose deaths statewide. “Since the legalization of medical […]

Science & Health Archives – Marijuana Moment Read More  [[{“value”:” A new report examining the effects of adding medical marijuana to state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) finds that the additional tracking had mixed effects, both reducing the prescription of medications that could cause complications with cannabis and also exposing a possible bias against medical […]