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It’s well established that secondhand smoke from cigarettes is a risk to anyone who suffers from asthma. New research being presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting shows it’s possible for both children …

If you thought that cannabis was the only source of cannabinoids, your whole world is about to be blown apart. There are many other plants that contain cannabinoid-like substances, if not cannabinoids themselves. Some of these plants are regular household …

Smoking cannabis, eating it, vaping it and applying it topically are all pretty conventional ways to use marijuana. But did you know that it’s now possible to take cannabis rectally? Yes, that’s right – weed in your anus. Your initial …

(Reuters Health) – Even as alcohol and tobacco use continue to decline among pregnant women in the U.S., a new study offers fresh evidence that more American mothers are using cannabis during pregnancy. Other recent studies have also documented a …

By Jessica Brown, Daily Hive Mark Scott spent 22 years as a child education ambassador for TVO, the public broadcaster for Ontario, personifying the beloved character Polkaroo from the “Polka Dot Door” children’s TV series at various meet-and-greets. The gig …

This has been a long time coming, 4 years in the making to be exact. They have been holding my nephew over my parents heads for the past 4 years, effectively holding my parents hostage in their own house. Every …

For millions of women around the world, endometriosis is a battle that is hardly ever won. This debilitating condition leaves women in chronic pain, with heavy periods and even with the threat of infertility. In a world where the treatments …

NORML | November 3, 2018 RIBEIRAO, BRAZIL — The administration of cannabidiol reduces anxiety in healthy subjects, according to placebo-controlled clinical trial data published in The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry. Investigators from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil and Hebrew University …

NORML | November 3, 2018 SALEM, MA — Hepatitis C patients who use cannabis are less likely to contract liver cirrhosis as compared to matched controls, according to clinical data published in the Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. A team of researchers …

NORML | November 3, 2018 LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Regular users of cannabis demonstrate limited, or in some cases, no impairment on measurements of either cognitive or psychomotor performance, according to data published in the journal Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. British researchers conducted a …