What does marijuana actually do to our body and brain? This post from Lifehacker sheds light on the world’s most popular illegal drug, its health effects, and potential concerns about using it. Marijuana. Pot. Weed. Whatever you call it, it's the most popular illegal drug in the world, gaining support for legalization for both medicinal and recreational purposes. But what ... Continue Reading
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DEA Eases CBD Research Requirements
CBD researchers can breathe a little easier now that the DEA has streamlined the CBD research process for ongoing scientific studies. This post from Forbes highlights the impact of this decision on research companies. Christmas came early for cannabis research scientists. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) decided to ease some of the regulatory requirements that had been ... Continue Reading
Who’s Regulating the American Cannabis Industry?
With cannabis legalization, states are faced with brand new challenges and are in need of a regulatory framework for the legal cannabis industry. This post from Medical Jane reviews whether alcohol-like regulation will work for the cannabis industry too. For years, cannabis was allowed in only a few states and went largely unregulated. Twenty-three states and the District of ... Continue Reading
Surprising Discoveries About Medical Marijuana Health Benefits
In this post from Lera Blog, Stuart Clock reminds us of the long list of medical marijuana health benefits that have come to light and raises the hope that if more in-depth research is done on them, legalization will automatically follow. Recent reports suggest that there are states fighting over the issue of marijuana legalization. This comes in the wake of the weed having ... Continue Reading
Italy On Its Way to Making Cannabis a State Controlled Substance
In this post from The Daily Chronic, T J Baker reports that Italy has started on its journey toward legalizing cannabis. Under the proposal, cannabis would become a state controlled substance. Italy took the first step towards legalizing marijuana for recreational use on Wednesday when over 200 lawmakers agreed on provisional text of a proposal to legalize the consumption, ... Continue Reading