Industrial hemp plant products: tea, oil, rope, protein powder and hemp fabric. Credit: Shutterstock There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence that Cannabidiol (CBD) oil – a concentrated oily extract made from cannabis – can help treat a variety of ailments. It’s …
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Decriminalizing pot doesn’t lead to increased use by young people
As a handful of states have legalized marijuana for recreational use, some others have taken less dramatic steps toward decriminalizing pot by reducing the legal penalties associated with marijuana possession. In the latter, for example, possession of small amounts of …
Read More »The trouble with edibles
No one really knows for certain what the market potential is for cannabis, much less for edibles, but growth opportunities are palatable. Credit: Shutterstock On Oct. 17, smoking cannabis will become legal in Canada. As for cannabis edibles, they will …
Read More »The past and present of mental health care
Erika Dyck, a U of S history professor and medical historian. Credit: University of Saskatchewan Stories about the issues surrounding mental health care are seeing a greater prominence in the media as policy-makers, politicians and activists raise questions about the …
Read More »Jefferson University offers medical marijuana grad programs
Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia will be offering graduate-level certificate programs in medical marijuana. Courses start this fall for two graduate certificate programs in cannabis medicine and cannabinoid pharmacology at the school’s Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis …
Read More »New York to allow medical marijuana as substitute to opioids
New York state is now allowing anyone prescribed an opioid to request medical marijuana instead. The state’s Department of Health announced details of the new policy Thursday. State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker says medical marijuana has been shown to be …
Read More »LGBQ teens more likely than peers to use dangerous drugs
Lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning (LGBQ) teens are at substantially higher risk of substance use than their heterosexual peers, according to a new study led by San Diego State University researchers and published in the American Journal of Public Health. …
Read More »Products of omega-3 fatty acid metabolism may have anticancer effects, study shows
Comparative biosciences professor Aditi Das and veterinary clinical medicine professor Timothy Fan found that a class of molecules that form when the body metabolizes omega-3 fatty acids may prevent cancer from migrating. Credit: L. Brian Stauffer A class of molecules …
Read More »New ways to conquer sleep apnea compete for place in bedroom
A technician prepares equipment to monitor Martin Braun’s brain activity during a sleep study at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York on Wednesday June 27, 2018. Braun, 76, stopped using his noisy CPAP machine and awkward mask, …
Read More »Utah’s state-funded study of pot’s effects on pain delayed
In this June 21, 2018, photo, a laboratory manager holds a cannabis sample in Oakland, Calif. A state-funded study in Utah designed to gauge marijuana’s impact on pain has been delayed so many times due to federal regulations that it …
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