Study: Cannabis Farms Use Less Water Than Previously Thought
Fri / Jul 9th
California’s legal outdoor cannabis farms use about the same amount of water as other crops and may not use as much water as previously thought, a new study suggests.
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Fri / Jul 9th
California’s legal outdoor cannabis farms use about the same amount of water as other crops and may not use as much water as previously thought, a new study suggests.
Wed / Jul 7th
Yale University researchers found that a single dose of psilocybin increases the growth of neural connections which are reduced by chronic stress and depression.
Mon / Jun 28th
A new study published last week in Gynecologic Oncology Reports found 71% of gynecologic cancer patients reported self-improvement while using medical cannabis.
Mon / Jun 28th
Hemp projects were awarded $194,000 of the $460,000 that comprise Pennsylvania’s Specialty Crop Block Grants.
Tue / Jun 22nd
A new study shows an increase in the number of U.S. military veterans using cannabis, although Veteran Affairs doctors still cannot recommend it to patients at agency-run hospitals.
Tue / Jun 22nd
Accompanying the increase in women purchasers, 6% of 2020 cannabis consumers were new users and a substantial 22% were Gen Zers.
Mon / Jun 14th
Researchers found about a 20% reduction in the probability that a person reports having any income from workers’ compensation following statewide cannabis legalization.
Thu / Jun 10th
Goodness Growth Inc. said it will research the effect of “naturally derived” psychedelics on a variety of psychological disorders.
Wed / Jun 9th
The NFL and NFLPA will award $1M in up to five grants as the league seeks to know more about the efficacy of cannabis and CBD for pain management.
Thu / Jun 3rd
The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics found no evidence of increased teenage cannabis use in states where it was legalized.
Thu / Jun 3rd
Washington State University’s proposal for a Center for Cannabis Policy, Research and Outreach received formal approval this week.
Mon / May 31st
A recent report found positive drug tests in the U.S. reached a 16-year high at the close of 2019. However, while the rate of positive drug tests increased overall, there was a decline in positive tests for certain substances including opioids.
Tue / May 25th
Researchers at UC San Diego have launched a first-of-its-kind study into the effectiveness of cannabis as a treatment for acute migraines.
Tue / May 18th
A recent study found that cannabis legalization leads to lower prices in a state’s unlicensed cannabis market and an increase in the prices of illicit drugs and illegally obtained pharmaceuticals.
Mon / May 17th
The DEA informed some companies on Friday it was prepared to approve their cannabis research cultivation applications. The move will ultimately end the University of Mississippi’s decades-long monopoly on research-grade cannabis.
Mon / May 10th
The National Institute on Drug Abuse announced last week it had set the standardized THC dose for cannabis research at five milligrams.
Mon / Apr 26th
A 20-year study investigating sets of identical twins with different cannabis habits found no evidence of significant long-term impact on cognitive abilities due to cannabis use.
Mon / Apr 19th
Two new studies show that cannabis use is associated with greater levels of exercise, further debunking the false “lazy stoner” stereotype.
Tue / Apr 13th
Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics found via a meta-analysis of 80 separate studies that cannabis impairment lasts on average somewhere between 3 and 10 hours.
Mon / Apr 12th
A federally-funded study has found that biofluid and traditional sobriety tests are unreliable at measuring cannabis impairment in drivers.
Mon / Mar 22nd
Oregon State University has received nearly $300,000 in federal grants to investigate the safe use of using spent hemp biomass to feed cattle.
Thu / Mar 11th
A recent study found that an eighth of legal cannabis can carry up to a 41-pound carbon footprint.
Tue / Mar 9th
A recent study investigating treatments for ulcerative colitis found that 90% of medical cannabis patient-participants reported decreased stomach pain after conventional medicines had failed them.
Fri / Mar 5th
A recent study from the University of Michigan found that teens who use cannabis vape pens have a higher risk of lung injury than those who vape nicotine or even smoke cigarettes or cannabis.
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