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Doctors highly support medical cannabis for children with cancer

Doctors highly support medical cannabis for children with cancer

Sara Tiradossi December 13, 2017

A new study found health care professionals who care for children with cancer would be willing to help them get medical cannabis. In the survey, which was published in Pediatrics, 85 percent of providers...

Teen cannabis use has dropped significantly in legal cannabis states

Teen cannabis use has dropped significantly in legal cannabis states

Sara Tiradossi December 13, 2017

Statistics are increasingly proving cannabis use among teenagers dropped in states where cannabis is legal, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Colorado reported the most...

Alcohol sales dropped significantly in states with legal medical cannabis

Alcohol sales dropped significantly in states with legal medical cannabis

Sara Tiradossi December 6, 2017

Alcohol sales have dropped as much as 15 percent in states with legal medical cannabis, according to a new working study from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University. The study added...

New research: cannabis could help heart failure patients

New research: cannabis could help heart failure patients

Sara Tiradossi November 26, 2017

Previous studies had suggested links between cannabis use and heart problems, but new research is now finding cannabis may be beneficial for people at risk for heart failure. At a recent meeting of...

New study: nearly 70 percent of CBD extracts labeled incorrectly

New study: nearly 70 percent of CBD extracts labeled incorrectly

Sara Tiradossi November 10, 2017

Medical cannabis is legal in more than half of U.S. states, but it still remains illegal under federal law. The Food and Drug Administration does not in fact regulate derivatives of the plant, such as...

American Legion survey indicates 92 percent of veterans support medical cannabis research

American Legion survey indicates 92 percent of veterans support medical cannabis research

Sara Tiradossi November 4, 2017

The American Legion, the nation’s largest wartime veterans’ service organization, is unanimous in its support for research on medical cannabis, according to a new survey released by the organization. Thursday’s...

New study: regular cannabis users have more sex

New study: regular cannabis users have more sex

Sara Tiradossi October 28, 2017

While tobacco companies are putting effort into giving cigarettes a sex appeal, cannabis may actually be the one to increase sexual appetite, according to a new study published Friday in the Journal of...

Jerusalem experts research treatment of asthma through cannabis

Jerusalem experts research treatment of asthma through cannabis

Sara Tiradossi October 25, 2017

CIITECH, a cannabis biotech company that focuses on developing and commercializing medical cannabis products, is planning on funding a research project with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the treatment...

Researchers defend dispensary distribution model

Researchers defend dispensary distribution model

October 13, 2017

A recent study out of the University of British Columbia (UBC) called for policy makers to take caution while considering to alter the cannabis distribution system through dispensaries. UBC associate...

The American Psychological Association advocates to advance research on cannabis

The American Psychological Association advocates to advance research on cannabis

Sara Tiradossi October 7, 2017

The American Psychological Association, the nation's largest organization of psychology professionals, is urging the federal government to remove impediments to cannabis research. In a recent advocacy...

New study: 86% of California's cannabis clones contaminated by pesticide

New study: 86% of California’s cannabis clones contaminated by pesticide

Sara Tiradossi September 28, 2017

California’s cannabis supply chain is at risk in 2018, with improper pesticide use and uncertain testing procedures, according to a new research project funded by Steep Hill, a leading global cannabis...

New study: nearly half of Canadians would try edible cannabis products

New study: nearly half of Canadians would try edible cannabis products

Sara Tiradossi September 26, 2017

Half of Canadians said they are interested in trying edible cannabis products when social cannabis is legalized, according to a new study led at Dalhousie University. Sylvain Charlebois, Faculty of...

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