Regular cannabis consumers tend to have a lower resting heart rate than those who don’t use the drug, according to a new study.
Despite this retraction the original study’s main conclusion, that cannabis legalization doesn’t seem to encourage adolescent use of the drug, remains intact.
To learn more about the event and what attendees can expect, Analytical Cannabis caught up with one its speakers, Dr Callie Seaman, an honorary researcher at Sheffield Hallam University and executive director and scientific lead at Medcan Support.
A non-invasive brain stimulation technique may help to reduce problematic cannabis use in people with schizophrenia, a new study led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has found.
State regulators in Colorado have issued a health and safety notice after “potentially unsafe levels” of lead were found in a batch of pre-roll cannabis joints.
Cannabis testing labs in Washington will soon be required to test for pesticides.
After giving the drugs to participants and reviewing their experiences, the researchers concluded that both doses of LSD and the higher dose of psilocybin produced comparable psychedelic effects.
The researchers say that more work is needed to determine the direct efficacy of THC in reducing intraocular pressure.
In the study, both tobacco and cannabis smokers had higher static lung scores, indicative of overinflated lungs, but the cannabis smokers had, on average, higher lung volumes and lower rates of gas transfer.