While the total number of high schoolers using cannabis tinctures and isolates was low, these students were nearly six times more likely to continue using the concentrates.
As so little is known about the risks of combusted pesticides, the field of pesticide residue analysis could be vital to cannabis users’ safety.
While the new study saw cannabis promote better sleep in chronic pain patients, the researchers believe frequent use can build up of tolerance to its sleep-promoting effects.
The new study is the first to demonstrate that a single dose of CBD may partially boost activity in two parts of the brain in people with established psychosis.
Fred Barrett is an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In this interview, we discuss his work with the active component of magic mushrooms, psilocybin. Fred explains how this compound affects the brain, its potential to combat visceral pain, and its links to so-called mystical experiences.
Given the loss of bee habitats across the US, researchers believe the cannabis crop could become vital to the insect’s future survival.
The validity of medicinal marijuana’s most celebrated benefit, pain reduction, has been called into question by a new review.
The researchers are urging health professionals to inform any patients at a high-risk of cardiovascular events, and perhaps even wean them off marijuana.
No matter how potent a cannabis strain might claim to be, there is almost no THC present in the raw cannabis plant material. So where does it come from?