When the information floodgates open, researchers from all fields – health, criminology, policy, economy and more – will be able to collect information about cannabis use that they weren’t able to get before. This post from WIRED UK delves into why data is going to be the most exciting thing about legal weed in Canada. Cannabis users around the world are eagerly awaiting ... Continue Reading
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Canada Gets Ready for Legal Cannabis, World Watches
All eyes are on Canada as the first G7 nation prepares for legal cannabis. This post from The Guardian highlights how from crime to health to business, Canada’s decision to legalize marijuana is a grand progressive experiment that promises to answer a host of questions. When Canopy Growth opened its first cannabis factory in an old chocolate plant near Ottawa four years ago, ... Continue Reading
Cannabis Legalization Has Reduced Teen Pot Use
Jeff Sessions' crusade against pot hits a road block with teen cannabis use in Colorado actually dropping after legalization. Read more in this post from Think Progress! Far fewer teenagers are using cannabis in Colorado since the state’s tightly regulated legal market for recreational pot got off the ground at the start of 2014, new data shows. Somebody should tell ... Continue Reading
STUDY: Pharmacotherapeutic targeting of the endocannabinoid signaling system: Drugs for obesity and the metabolic syndrome
ABSTRACT: Endogenous signaling lipids (“endocannabinoids”) functionally related to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana (Cannabis), are important biomediators and metabolic regulators critical to mammalian (patho)physiology. The growing family of endocannabinoids, along with endocannabinoid biosynthetic and inactivating enzymes, transporters, and ... Continue Reading
Cannabis Use for Chronic Pain Has a Reasonable Safety Profile
Medical cannabis, when used by cannabis-experienced chronic pain patients for over a year, was found to have a reasonable safety profile. This post from Futurity reviews the finding of the study conducted at McGill University on 215 adult chronic pain patients along with a control group of 216 patients. Patients with chronic pain who used cannabis daily for one year did not ... Continue Reading