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What Does Marijuana Do to Your Lungs?
ByOSadminIt’s sometimes said that the most dangerous thing about marijuana is getting caught with it. And as an ever-increasing number of Americans comes around to the benefits of (at least) decriminalizing the drug, that sentiment rings truer and truer. Decriminalization would likely have robust effects on the criminal justice system, state economies, and business owners,…
Why Congress Did Not Stop Marijuana Legalization in Its Backyard
ByOSadminDespite a prohibitionist tantrum, pot is legal in the nation’s capital. Last Tuesday, the chairman of the House committee that oversees the District of Columbia warned D.C. officials that they could go to prison if they insisted on implementing Initiative 71, the marijuana legalization measure that voters approved by an overwhelming margin last November. “There…
Decriminalization of marijuana opens doors for some scientists
ByOSadminA growing interest in cannabis has led to new career opportunities This originally appeared at https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-01761-5/index.html Here’s an odd job in science: on a regular basis, Natasha Mason, a psychopharmacology postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, offers cannabis to her study participants. They get the drug for free — but there’s a catch….
The pharmacokinetics, efficacy, safety, and ease of use of a novel portable metered-dose cannabis inhaler in patients with chronic neuropathic pain: a phase 1a study
ByOSadminABSTRACT Chronic neuropathic pain is often refractory to standard pharmacological treatments. Although growing evidence supports the use of inhaled cannabis for neuropathic pain, the lack of standard inhaled dosing plays a major obstacle in cannabis becoming a “main stream” pharmacological treatment for neuropathic pain. The objective of this study was to explore the pharmacokinetics, safety,…
After California decriminalized marijuana, teen arrest, overdose and dropout rates fell
ByOSadminA new report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice adds to the growing body of evidence that legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana does not lead to any number of doomsday scenarios envisioned by legalization opponents. Looking specifically at California, where full marijuana decriminalization went into effect on Jan. 1, 2011, the report finds that…
Cannabis Is Exactly 114 Times Less Toxic Than Alcohol
ByOSadminThis article originally appeared at https://www.leafly.com/news/science-tech/the-medical-minute-cannabis-is-exactly-114-times-less-toxic-than Research published in Scientific Reports rated recreational drugs according to their toxicity, and none of us blinked an eye when we saw cannabis sitting at the very bottom of the list. But maybe a few eyebrows were raised when the report awarded alcohol 1st place in the contest of…
