Study Finds Military Veterans Often Substitute Medical Marijuana for Alcohol and Prescription Drugs
FDA Responds to Public Testimony Regarding Marketing of CBD Products
Retired NFL Player Chris Long Admits to Using Marijuana As a Player, Notes Flaws in NFL Testing
University of Washington to Study Marijuana Use During Pregnancy
Rastafarians Fear Being Left Out of Booming Marijuana Industry
According to a new study published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse and epublished by the U.S. National Institute of Health, military veterans who use medical marijuana frequently substitute cannabis for alcohol and other controlled substances. For the study, titled A cross-sectional examination of choice and behavior of[…]
From the 1st of January, 2018, it became legal to buy, carry, use, and grow cannabis sativa without a valid physician’s recommendation. Medicinal cannabis has been available in the State of California for many years, but now recreational use is beginning to thrive as well. A physician’s recommendation enables[…]
Texas Governor Greg Abbot (R) signed a bill on Monday that will allow farmers in the state to legally grow hemp. The measure, House Bill 1325 (HB1325), also removes hemp from the state’s list of controlled substances and legalizes cannabidiol, or CBD, and products made with the cannabinoid, reports High Times. HB[…]
An FDA (Food and Drug Administration) representative has responded to day-long public testimony regarding the establishment of regulations governing the retail sale of CBD-infused products. On Friday, the agency held its first-ever public hearing dedicated to issues surrounding the “manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale” of hemp-derived CBD-infused retail products. NORML provided written[…]
The Illinois House of Representatives, by a vote of 66 to 47 vote, has approved a measure to legalize marijuana which has already passed the Senate, reports Reuters. Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker said he will sign the bill, which allows for previous convictions dealing with amounts of marijuana under 30[…]
The infamous plant cannabis has been with us for more than 3000 years. Many administrations want to deny its effectiveness as a natural pain reliever and want to still deem it as unsafe and dangerous. More recently some governments have decided to legalize the recreational and or medicinal use of[…]
Heart attack patients with a past history of marijuana use possess greater in-hospital survival rates, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS One, and first reported on by NORML. For the study researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology compared the hospital records of[…]
Medical Marijuana is one of the most debated topics in the United States recently. With more and more states legalizing marijuana, there is a surge in the number of users of weed. As per a report, every 1 in 7 US adults is a consumer of marijuana. There is a[…]
Chris Long, who spent 11 seasons with the Rams, Patriots and Eagles as a defensive end, admits now that he regularly consumed marijuana s an active player. “I certainly enjoyed my fair share on a regular basis throughout my career”, said Long Wednesday on The Dan Patrick Show. “I was[…]
Researchers at the University of Washington plan to study the impact of pregnant women consuming cannabis. As reported by High Times, researchers at the University of Washington want to know how moms who consume cannabis during pregnancy impact infants’ brain development. Although pregnant woman are told not to consume marijuana[…]