The 2016 World Drug Report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) released yesterday, shortly after April's UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS)on the world drug problem, provides a global overview of the supply and demand of opiates, co… Read article here: High Times
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First Clinical Trial With Cannabis for Huntington’s Disease Shows Promising Results
Researchers from the Ramon y Cajal University Hospital’s Foundation for Biomedical Investigation in Madrid have recently completed the first ever clinical trial to investigate a cannabis extract as a treatment for Huntington’s Disease. Read article here: High Times
Mexico Drug Use Survey Shows Steep Rise
Mexico opened a formal debate on marijuana policy on Tuesday after the country's latest drug use survey showed 17.2 percent of middle- and high-school students report having used drugs. Marijuana was the drug most frequently reported. Read article here: High Times
Massachusetts Senator Shows He Is Clueless About Marijuana During Colorado Visit
When one considers the issue of marijuana reform being put into the hands of state lawmakers, some of which apparently do not understand the first thing about weed, it makes complete sense why after nearly two decades of legalization here in the Land of the Free, not a si… Read article here: High Times
Research Shows Industrial Hemp Is More Versatile Than We Thought
The latest research from Denmark shows how industrial hemp can efficiently make chemicals normally produced from petroleum. New developments could push hemp to the forefront of a new wave of biorefinery technology that aims to use plants to produce fuel and chemicals that… Read article here: High Times
Study Shows Medical Marijuana Appears To Be Safe
A Canadian research team has completed a benchmark study that looks at the effects of cannabis when used in pain management. The team led by Dr. Mark Ware from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montréal has completed a national multicentre study looking at the safety of medical cannabis use […]
Study Shows That Teen Cannabis Use Has Not Increased With Legalization
Teen marijuana use held steady in 2014, the first year that marijuana was legally available for purchase in the US states of Washington and Colorado, according to just-released numbers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Many opponents of legalisation have warned that legal weed would lead to a spike in the […]
Science Shows Cannabis Doesn’t Shrink Brains, Feds Think Otherwise
Two recently published studies might have put the last couple of nails in the coffin on the idea that smoking cannabis shrinks the brain, but the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) quickly jumped in to say it’s still too early to declare the … Read article here: High Times
Study Shows Cannabis Alleviates Neuropathic Pain In Those With Diabetes
A small trial shows a dose-dependent reduction in peripheral neuropathic pain in patients with diabetes, according to a study published in the July issue of The Journal of Pain. Mark S. Wallace, M.D., from the University of California in San Diego, and colleagues conducted a randomized trial in 16 patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. […]
Research Shows Cannabis May Help Overactive Bladder
The latest research on cannabis shows how cannabigerol, or CBG, may help relieve symptoms of overactive bladder and similar disorders. Read article here: High Times