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United Patients Group Takes Center Stage at This Week’s “Best Answer for Cancer Summit” In San Diego: Workshop and Centerpiece Presentation Offer Medical Cannabis ‘State of the Union’Medical marijuana education leader United Patients Group is proud to take center stage at the Answers for Cancer Summit in San Diego this week, hosted by the Best Answer for Cancer Foundation.San Francisco Bay Area-based United Patients Group (UPG) is known globally for helping patients and families navigate a rapidly evolving and complex cannabis marketplace.
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Survey of Cannabis Users about Trump Administration
New survey results show that 40% of cannabis users feel the Trump Administration will have a negative effect on future of marijuana in the U.S.70% feel that marijuana should be regulated the same as alcohol and tobacco in the U.S.We think this speaks mounds about where the American public is at with the state of our current leadership and the space that the cannabis movement is in right now, so we wanted to share more from this study.VMR Products, a global leader in the vapor technology industry, today announced the results of a commissioned study examining cannabis users’ opinion
Do medical marijuana laws promote illicit cannabis use and disorder?
Cannabis indica. Credit: Wikipedia
Illicit cannabis use and cannabis use disorders increased at a greater rate in states that passed medical marijuana laws than in other states, according to new research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center. The findings will be published online in JAMA Psychiatry.
Laws and attitudes regarding cannabis have changed over the last 20 years.
Study shows collisions five times more likely for street racers
Evelyn Vingilis of Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has co-authored a study that shows people who admit to street racing are also five times more likely have crashed their vehicle in the previous year.
Jeffrey Miron and Harvard Students Advocate for Marijuana Legalization
Although the 4/20 weekend is over for this year, TWB is still getting some great submissions for content about this stoner holiday. When this one, done by a group of Harvard students called On Harvard Time (OHT), included Harvard Economist Jeffrey Miron, we knew we wanted to share it.
Active ingredients in both hot peppers and cannabis calm the gut’s immune system
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You wouldn't think chili peppers and marijuana have much in common. But when eaten, both interact with the same receptor in our stomachs, according to a paper by UConn researchers published in the April 24 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research could lead to new therapies for diabetes and colitis, and opens up intriguing questions about the relationship between the immune system, the gut and the brain.
Touch a chili pepper to your mouth and you feel heat. And biochemically, you aren't wrong.
Israel’s Hebrew University Launches Cannabinoid Research Program
Israel aims to cement its legacy as a medical marijuana research hub with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s launch of the Multidisciplinary Center on Cannabinoid Research.
The newfound center plans to be a worldwide hub for cannabis research in the study of cannabinoids, endocannabinoids, and medical marijuana.
ICBC Berlin with Alan Dronkers
For the first time ever, the International Cannabis Business Conference was held a couple weeks ago in Berlin. Politicians, legal advisers, scientists, and entrepreneurs came together in order to discuss the future of the cannabis industry. Cannabis News Network was present, and gives you an overview of what went down during this unique cannabis fair. Check out their video to see among other experts, Alan Dronkers, Sensi Seeds’ genetics expert, discussing the importance of the genetic variety of cannabis seeds. Stay tuned to Cannabis News Network for more cannabis related news.
Read More »Drunk Versus High Sex Horny After Alcohol Smoking Weed
Some studies suggest that, when the THC in cannabis binds to your cannabinoid receptors, this affects emotional processing by reducing negative bias, so you're more likely to see things in a positive way. Using cannabis shortly before sex can increase your empathy and emotional connection with your partner, Dr. Tishler says. "Even lusty, one-night stand sex is about making some sort of a connection," he says. "The connection [cannabis fosters] happens between people’s minds, not so much their genitals."This intimate feeling extends into post-sex cuddling, since an orgasm leads to the release of both dopamine and oxytocin.
Read More »First-time marijuana use in college at highest level in three decades
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Levels of first-time marijuana use in college have increased sharply in the past three years to the highest levels recorded in the past three decades. In 2015, about one in five college students became a first-time marijuana user.
These results come from the annual Monitoring the Future study, which has been tracking substance use among young adults for the past 36 years. It is conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
