Cannabis is the most widely available and most used illegal substance in the world, and Canadian youth are among the top users. Parents and their kids need to prepare for the day it becomes legal in Canada in 2018. Credit: …
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THC Has Rejuvenating Effects on the Brain
It may come as a surprise to some that science views the link between cannabis use and memory in a positive light. Did you know that THC improves learning and reverses age-related memory loss? A new study, conducted on mice, …
Read More »Researchers reverse the negative effects of adolescent marijuana use
Steven Laviolette and Justine Renard in their lab at Western University. Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University Researchers at Western University have found a way to use pharmaceuticals to reverse the negative psychiatric effects of THC, the psychoactive chemical …
Read More »How to make cannabutter and cannabis oil, and weed recipes for homemade marijuana edibles
Published: Sep 11, 2017, 3:35 pm • Updated: Sep 11, 2017, 3:35 pm By The Cannabist Staff We’ve noticed our readers have an insatiable appetite for anything we post about cooking with cannabutter. So we’ve put together this collection of …
Read More »CBD patch turns ex-NFL-er Reggie Williams into cannabidiol disciple
Published: Sep 8, 2017, 4:05 pm • Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 4:07 pm By Elliott Almond, Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO — The flesh-colored bandage is sealed to the southeastern region of Reggie Williams’ knee. The former Cincinnati Bengals star linebacker …
Read More »NFL players, researchers push for answers about CBD to treat pain, CTE
Published: Sep 8, 2017, 2:56 pm • Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 3:50 pm By Elliott Almond, Mercury News Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most common chemical compounds found in the marijuana plant. While CBD can help with mental and …
Read More »The University of Vermont Tops the Latest List of Stoner-Friendly Colleges – News
With summer now officially over, college kids across the country are already arguing over shared mini fridges, skimming over readings they were supposed to be annotating, and trying to sort out which of this semester’s classes are acceptable to skip …
Read More »America’s Best (and Worst) Colleges for Getting a “Higher” Education
Gone are the days when college students only selected their schools based on campus size, graduation rate, and accreditation. Though still important benchmarks, today’s students contemplating a higher education have a slightly more nuanced set of criteria. While some students …
Read More »Kids and high-intensity drinking
About 2 percent of kids 14 to 16 years old report high-intensity drinking—drinking 10 or more drinks in a row—in the last two weeks, according to a University of Michigan study. The study is the first to report the prevalence …
Read More »Botanical beauty of the cannabis plant on display in rare exhibit
Published: Sep 5, 2017, 9:07 am • Updated: Sep 5, 2017, 9:36 am By Christy Fantz, Daily Camera By studying and sketching what nature is brewing, botanical artists have been helping scientists identify various plant species over centuries — for …
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