This article originally appeared at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/15/isle-of-man-grow-cannabis-business-diversify-economy The Isle of Man has for decades been dominated by offshore financial services, but now its government is planning a push for a new kind of economic growth: medicinal cannabis. The British crown dependency is hoping to license as many as 10 firms by the end of 2025 to…
This article originally appeared at https://volteface.me/drug-use-is-not-the-same-as-addiction/ Conflating drug use with addiction causes a wide variety of issues. Years of fear-mongering and moralizing regarding drug use, particularly in the US but also across the Atlantic in the UK and Europe, have given the general public a skewed view of many drugs. Medical benefits of substances are…
This article originally appeared at https://reason.com/2023/03/07/studies-link-marijuana-legalization-to-all-sorts-of-positive-public-health-outcomes/ Legalization linked to fewer suicides, traffic fatalities, and opioid deaths. A new paper on the public health effects of legalizing marijuana finds “little credible evidence to suggest that [medical marijuana] legalization promotes marijuana use among teenagers” and “convincing evidence that young adults consume less alcohol when medical marijuana is…
This article originally appeared at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39462-1 Abstract Federal barriers and logistical challenges have hindered measurement of the real time effects from the types of cannabis products used medically by millions of patients in vivo. Between 06/06/2016 and 03/05/2018, 3,341 people completed 19,910 self- administrated cannabis sessions using the mobile device software, ReleafApp to record: type…
This article originally appeared at https://merryjane.com/culture/patrick-stewart-uses-cannabis-daily A new Oxford University study will spend millions of pounds to examine the benefits of the cannabis plant. To sway public opinion about the controversial allocation of funds, England’s most prestigious school got a high profile cosign from a very important British Knight – Sir Patrick Stewart. “This is…
This article originally appeared at https://macleans.ca/society/health/why-i-traded-in-my-wine-for-weed/ I’ve never really liked smoking pot. More to the point, I’ve never really liked the way pot makes me feel: foggy and sleepy and clumsy. Once, while stoned, I attempted to make a peppermint tea and ended up pouring a kettle of boiling water onto my hand. I was…
This article originally appeared at https://bigthink.com/health/carl-sagan-on-smoking-marijuana/ By Scotty Hendricks Share Carl Sagan on why he liked smoking marijuana on LinkedIn The patron saint of nerds everywhere, Carl Sagan was an awesome human being. He wrote and hosted Cosmos, helped select the playlist of the Voyager Golden Records, had a distinguished academic career, and inspired both…
This article originally appeared at https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/how-do-cannabinoids-quell-anxiety Cannabis has powerful anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) properties, and when administered as-needed, can provide relief from several anxiety disorders. Anxiety, like marijuana, comes with a stigma, but with the increasing impact of anxiety disorders on family life and the economy, it’s no wonder everyone seems to be looking for a salve….
This article originally appeared at http://news.unm.edu/news/notorious-psychoactive-chemical-thc-more-important-for-therapeutic-effects-in-cannabis-than-previously-believed Researchers at The University of New Mexico recently solved a major gap in the scientific literature by using mobile software technology to measure the real-time effects of actual cannabis-based products used by millions of people every day. Contrary to popular media-reports and scientific dogma, the psychoactive chemical, tetrahydrocannabinol or…
This article originally appeared at https://qz.com/1457030/what-weve-learned-about-the-effects-of-weed-since-it-was-legalized?linkId=59421172 It’s been six years since Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, and scientists keep on unearthing more data on the effects of the drug. Just this week, research presented at the 2018 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience showed that marijuana use in teenagers affects the development of areas of the brain…
