(HealthDay)—Hip-hop music may be influencing black Americans to try the street drug molly, a new study suggests. Molly—the powder or crystal form of ecstasy—is a stimulant and hallucinogenic. University of South Florida researchers surveyed young black adults who said they’d …
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The Need for Universal Cannabis Testing Lab Standardization
A recent feature in MG Retailer explains the current state of testing lab variability and the need for standardization. Continue reading at theweedblog.com
Read More »New Study Shows Cannabis Enhances Effectiveness of Opioid Pain Treatment
Often, the argument for medical marijuana over opioid painkillers is presented as “this or that,” but a new study shows cannabis could be used to supplement prescription painkillers to make treatment more effective and avoid issuing higher doses of addictive …
Read More »Cannabis Branding Consumer Study Provides Insights for the Industry
But, in a recent cannabis branding consumer study from Canna Ventures, analysts from the paper cited data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Colorado Department of Public Health, the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, Cannabis Consumer Coalition, Marijuana Business Daily, …
Read More »Study: Minnesota Patients Say Medical Pot Helps Reduce Pain
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota health officials say many medical marijuana users report significant reductions in pain. More than 60 percent of the more than 2,200 patients surveyed by the state report benefits from using marijuana in inhaled or …
Read More »No link between current or previous marijuana use and kidney disease, say researchers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, with an increasing trend of use among middle-aged and older individuals. However, potential health effects of marijuana use in the general population have not …
Read More »Have smartphones, pot become deadly for pedestrians?
(HealthDay)—For the second year in a row, U.S. pedestrian deaths hit highs not seen in decades, new data shows. Greater use of marijuana and smartphones may be the reason why, the research suggests. The annual pedestrian death tolls in 2016 …
Read More »Hemp Design Factory soon in Oude Pekela
It is no secret that HempFlax, Sensi Seeds’ beloved sister company, has been noticeably active as of recent years. Hemp is finally rising to the status it rightfully deserves, and it is of the utmost importance to us that the …
Read More »Where Pedestrian Deaths Are Up, Is Marijuana to Blame?
Pedestrian deaths in traffic accidents have reached levels not seen in years, and a safety group has sought to explain why. It has identified several possible causes, like digital distractions and an increase in driving. Now it has added another: …
Read More »How your brain is wired to just say ‘yes’ to opioids
Overview of reward structures in the human brain. Credit: Oscar Arias-Carrión, Maria Stamelou, Eric Murillo-Rodríguez, Manuel Menéndez-González and Ernst Pöppel./Wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA The mid-1980s was the era of cocaine and marijuana, when “Just Say No” was the centerpiece of the …
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