WASHINGTON — As a new-product junkie, it was foregone that I’d swap a C-note for something called CBD, a cannabis extract promising relief from pain and anxiety, the twin banes of baby boomers recently awakened to the realization that, though their spirits be forever young, their joints definitively are... Read more
North Coast cannabis marketplace sees surge among health and wellness users
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized October 15, 2018
The legalization of cannabis for recreational use this year has brought new consumers into the fold of the multibillion-dollar retail marketplace in California — but not all are looking to get high. In fact, the easing of the stigma over cannabis has caused a surge this year of people... Read more
San Diego company testing marijuana-derived multiple sclerosis therapy
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized October 11, 2018
Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals of San Diego has begun using a marijuana-derived therapy to experimentally treat small numbers of people who suffer from multiple sclerosis and scleroderma, a pair of autoimmune diseases. The small, phase 1 safety trial involves CBD, a compound found in marijuana. CBD has caught the attention... Read more
As cannabis market heats up, scientists race to build ‘weed biofactories’
Uncategorized October 11, 2018
dSAN DIEGO — Scientists are hustling on behalf of the weed industry to find new ways to produce the most valuable compounds in marijuana, ditching greenhouses in favor of big steel vats of yeast that can ‘brew’ cannabis like Budweiser brews beer. The science, once brought to market, would... Read more
New research: Marijuana use leads to more sex
Uncategorized October 11, 2018
Long before molly (MDMA) came on the scene, pot was considered the drug of choice to get in the mood for love. Now science is confirming what children of the ’60s have long known. Marijuana can make you more amorous more often. A research study in the Journal of... Read more
Q&A: Feds slowly take steps to affirm the medicinal value of marijuana
Medical MarijuanaUncategorized October 3, 2018
Scientists and patients who’ve long held that marijuana can be used to treat illness and disease are finally getting some backing from the federal government. The Drug Enforcement Agency currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning that it has no known medical use and a high potential... Read more
Brown’s veto of medical marijuana donation bill prompts outcry
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized October 3, 2018
SANTA CRUZ — A bill that had been hailed as a much-needed fix to California’s cannabis regulations was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday, prompting outcry from advocates and promise from the bill’s author to continue pushing for the change. When recreational pot became legal in California in... Read more
There is no doubt that some high school students will try to get high. However, the ways they’re doing it might be changing. A survey of more than 3,000 10th-graders from 10 high schools in Los Angeles showed that while traditional combustible marijuana is still the most popular method,... Read more
Judge: California child can take cannabis drug to school
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized September 24, 2018
SANTA ROSA (AP) — A California kindergartner can keep bringing a cannabis-based drug used for emergency treatment of a rare form of epilepsy to her public school, a judge ruled Friday. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reported that a judge sided with the family of 5-year-old Brooke Adams. In this... Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Marijuana’s main mind-altering ingredient was detected in nursing mothers’ breast milk in a small study that comes amid evidence that more U.S. women are using pot during pregnancy and afterward. Experts say the ingredient, THC, has chemical properties that could allow it to disrupt brain development... Read more
