Marijuana fights diabetes, another study confirms
A study in the February issue of the journal Obesity found that regular cannabis users had a lower body mass index, lower fat percentages, and lower fasting insulin — adding to the growing body of...
View ArticleResearchers: marijuana works on epilepsy
The ongoing prohibition of marijuana in America is needlessly killing epileptic children every day. That’s the only conclusion to draw the incoming news about cannabis science regarding epilepsy....
View ArticleScientists use yeast to brew marijuana ingredient THC
Why grow marijuana when you can brew it? That might soon be a logical question as scientists refine a newly created strain of yeast that makes the active ingredient in cannabis, THC. The New York Times...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina: pot worse than beer, legalization is ‘bad idea’
Aspiring presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is catching flak this week for false statements about the relative safety of marijuana, as well as conflating cannabis legalization with the death of her...
View ArticleStudy: college students’ marijuana use, sex correlated
College students were more likely to have sex on days they used marijuana, a report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs finds. The study recruited 284 Oregon State University undergrads and...
View ArticleNice Dreams: New tech scans brain to choose best marijuana strains
Medical cannabis dispensaries can’t read your brain to find out what pot strains you prefer, but one tech company might soon change that. Emerging cannabis tech company PotBotics has found a way to use...
View ArticleColorado school plans to launch cannabis research institute
A Colorado university hopes to become one of the few schools to conduct marijuana research. Colorado State University-Pueblo was approved by county officials on Monday to receive $270,000 in funding...
View ArticleAlcohol versus marijuana: which really causes aggression?
Using marijuana is associated with decreases in measures of aggression, while drinking the more legal drug alcohol causes aggression to spike, a new study confirms. As at least seven states prepare to...
View ArticleCasual sex on pot versus alcohol – which is better?
Alcohol is associated with more “atypical” sex partner choices and more post-sex regret, compared to marijuana, a small new study finds. New York researchers report in the journal Archives of Sexual...
View ArticleStudy: Marijuana abuse falls as legalization rises
Alcohol prohibition led to problem drinking patterns like taking hard liquor shots of bathtub gin in secret speakeasies. Similarly, could cannabis prohibition be a cause of problem pot use? Countries...
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