(Reuters Health) – Cigarette use decreased among young women – including pregnant women – during the past decade in the U.S., according to a new study. But, researchers found, use of marijuana blunts rose. A blunt is a cigar that’s …
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Mixing alcohol and drugs poses bigger unsafe sex risk for women
(Reuters Health) – Drinking alcohol and smoking pot at the same time is more likely to increase the odds of unsafe sex for young women than for men, a small U.S. study suggests. “This is important because women could be …
Read More »More U.S. teens saying ‘no’ to smoking and drinking
(Reuters Health) – High school students in the U.S. are a lot more sober than they used to be, a new study suggests. The proportion of high school students in their final year who have never tried alcohol or drugs …
Read More »Lebanon to consider legalizing cannabis growing: official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament is considering legalizing the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday, in an attempt to boost the struggling economy. “The Lebanese Parliament is preparing to study and adopt the …
Read More »Why Canadian insurers are wary of covering medical marijuana
TORONTO (Reuters) – Sun Life Financial, Canada’s No. 2 insurer, recently started covering medical marijuana in its Canadian health insurance plan – more than 17 years after the country first legalized it. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Sun Life Financial …
Read More »Zogenix’s seizure drug clears late-stage trial, shares soar
(Reuters) – Zogenix Inc (ZGNX.O) said on Thursday its drug to treat a rare form of childhood epilepsy reduced convulsive seizures in a second late-stage trial, sending the drug developer’s shares up as much as 26 percent. FILE PHOTO: A …
Read More »Zogenix’s drug for severe epilepsy succeeds in late-stage trial
(Reuters) – Zogenix Inc (ZGNX.O) said on Thursday its drug to treat a rare form of epilepsy reduced convulsive seizures associated with the disease in a late stage trial, sending its shares up 20 percent. FILE PHOTO: A person holds …
Read More »Israel’s Together to sell cosmetics based on cannabis, Dead Sea minerals
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Together Pharma said on Tuesday it will set up a new company with Premier Dead Sea to sell cosmetics based on cannabis and Dead Sea minerals. The firm said the products would be based on CBD, …
Read More »Switzerland weighs relaxing marijuana ban
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland, which permits low potency cannabis but bans most marijuana for recreational use, aims to allow pilot studies on ways to relax its laws, its government said on Wednesday. It also proposed making it easier for people …
Read More »Britain moves closer to legalizing medicinal use of cannabis
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain moved a step closer to legalizing the medicinal use of cannabis after a report concluded there are benefits for patients as the government reviews the rules to allow drugs derived from the banned plant. FILE PHOTO: …
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