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RFK Jr. Does Champion Cannabis
He has some unique and unusual thoughts on healthcare, but RKJ Jr does champion cannabis.
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Cannabis Can Get Rid Of The Doomsday Clock Blues
Trying to have a positive January but the news is rough? Cannabis can get rid of the Doomsday Clock blues.
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More than half of marijuana consumers say they drink less alcohol, or none at all, after using cannabis, according to a new poll. The survey from the cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD that was shared exclusively with Marijuana Moment is one of the latest pieces of evidence supporting the idea of a substitution effect, with people […]
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 […]
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 […]
