Research

Preliminary results of a new study show that sleep disturbance is strongly related to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs among student athletes in college. Results show that student athletes with sleep difficulties were 151 percent more likely …

Credit: St. George’s University of London New research has confirmed that cannabinoids – the active chemicals in cannabis – are effective in killing leukaemia cells, particularly when used in combination with chemotherapy treatments. Researchers also found that sequential use of …

America is a nation plagued by sleeplessness. Did you know that an estimated 50-70 million adults suffer from sleep deprivation in the United States? Sleep is our bodies natural way of healing itself, so a lack of sleep goes hand-in-hand with a variety of chronic health issues such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and emotional disorders.
Reaching for a prescription is most Americans initial reaction when faced with insomnia.

Although New Zealand resides fairly close to Australia, which is becoming one of the world leaders in cannabis research, the Kiwis have long been a hold out for medical marijuana.

Marijuana plants.

The Weed Blog has done a fair amount of coverage of the cannabis policy and research that is happening over in Israel.  In fact, just a couple months ago, marijuana law reform activists even took to the streets to protest and demand marijuana legalization, but adult-use/recreational cannabis is still not legal as of yet.However, now, after approval by the Israeli government in March, Israel’s new cannabis decriminalization policy, has officially came into effect.

Becoming a parent doesn’t necessarily deter adults from smoking marijuana, a University of Washington study has found. Other factors influence continued use. Credit: University of Washington
Adults who smoke marijuana often cut back after becoming parents—but they don't necessarily quit.

The influence of a significant other and positive attitudes toward the drug overall, in addition to the onset of parenthood, also are factors in whether someone uses marijuana.
It's a changing landscape for marijuana use, as laws ease and cultural acceptance grows—in Washington state and elsewhere around the country.

They have what most would want - affluent upwardly mobile parents, living in comfortable homes in the suburbs, going to an elite high school and being groomed for the nation's best colleges.

A recent study by German researchers at the University of Bonn and Hebrew University concluded that “a chronic low dose of THC restores cognitive function in old mice” and could prevent human brains from “slowing down” later in life.
The researchers gave mice of varying ages daily doses of THC for one month straight.