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(HealthDay)—For patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer (HNC), quality of life may improve with marijuana use, according to a study published online Aug. 2 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Han Zhang, M.D., from McMaster University in Hamilton, …

(HealthDay)—Teenagers’ use of any tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), is associated with subsequent marijuana use, according to a study published in the August issue of Pediatrics. Janet Audrain-McGovern, Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined …

(Photo courtesy Sonya Yruel/Drug Policy Alliance) Patients suffering from common forms of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) might find relief through cannabis treatment, according to a new study on mice. A study published on Monday in the Journal of Clinical Investigation …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Reports from cannabis users that the drug reduces the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may finally be explained by new research from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the University of Bath showing that …

BOSTON (AP) — State marijuana regulators could approve independent testing laboratories by the end of August 2018, clearing what’s been a key roadblock to opening up the first retail pot shops in Massachusetts. The executive director of the Cannabis Control …

Here is the latest on cannabis law reform in Ohio and Michigan. Continue reading at theweedblog.com

(Smell the Truth file photo) Some cannabis consumers are still buying their products on a criminal level, despite California’s newly regulated legal market. A report published by the Bay Area-based cannabis delivery company Eaze found that 18 percent of California’s …

A new California study has determined that the presence of MMJ dispensaries does not affect cannabis use in teens. Continue reading at theweedblog.com

A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology review examines the potential of medicinal cannabis—or medical marijuana—for helping patients with intractable epilepsy, in which seizures fail to come under control with standard anticonvulsant treatment. The authors note that cannabidiol—the most researched …

About Resource Innovation Institute:As an objective nonprofit organization, Resource Innovation Institute (RII) quantifies the natural resource impacts of regulated cannabis and points the way to an efficient industry future through proprietary tools such as the Cannabis PowerScore. The Cannabis PowerScore …