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(HealthDay)—A lung disease that normally strikes in the workplace has been linked to vaping in a new report. A 49-year-old California woman who vaped marijuana came down with a form of pneumonia normally associated with exposure to hard metals in …

This photo provided Nov. 7, 2019, by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety shows some of the 75,000 THC vaping cartridges seized in drug busts by Minnesota’s Northwest Metro Drug Task Force. (Minnesota Department of Public Safety via AP) As …

The illustration shows the two new crystal structures of the delta-opioid-(DOP)-receptor in complex with two activating molecules (blue and orange). Morphine, a potent analgesic, is shown in yellow. Credit: © Katya Kadyshevskaya/University of Southern California Together with colleagues from Shanghai, …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a four-year study of Mexican-born women who reside in an agricultural area of California, the worry of deportation appears to double their risk of developing high blood pressure, according to new research published today in …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Washington DC has joined the states of New York and California in suing Juul labs, the United States’ largest electronic cigarette manufacturer, for targeting youngsters with its marketing campaigns. The vaping industry faces intense scrutiny for …

(Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday confirmed 47 deaths and 2,290 confirmed and probable illnesses associated with vaping in the United States. As of Nov. 20, deaths have been reported from 25 states and …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation offers a more in-depth understanding of smoking among patients in an urban emergency department. Studying patients in urban emergency departments …

High-profile event for cannabis industry coming to California and Illinois in summer 2020. The second annual Cannabis Drinks Expo, set to take place on July 30, 2020 in San Francisco and on August 4 2020 in Chicago, will bring together …

(HealthDay)—CBD oil, CBD cookies, even CBD-infused massages: CBD (cannabidiol) seems to be everywhere nowadays, and a new study confirms it’s one the hottest health trends for Americans. The research found that each month, as many as 6.4 million Americans head …

Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a gentle medicine. Others puffed it for fun. What the vapors delivered instead was a jolt of synthetic marijuana, and with it an …