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
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
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
Statewide survey shows fewer California teens are using marijuana since legalization laws kicked in
Uncategorized August 22, 2018
Marijuana use among California students dropped over the past couple years, even as laws legalizing the drug for adults 21 and older started to kick in, according to the latest state-commissioned California Healthy Kids Survey. One possible reason is that students told surveyors marijuana is harder to get now... Read more
First FDA-approved drug based on natural cannabis stops seizures that put Yorba Linda girl with epilepsy in a coma
Uncategorized August 21, 2018
Two years ago, Natalie Pembleton was having so many epileptic seizures each day that doctors put her in a drug-induced coma while they scrambled to figure out how to help her. She was hospitalized for months, forcing her parents to pull her out of sixth grade. Her UCLA medical... Read more
Landscape on marijuana research shifting despite federal roadblocks
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized August 1, 2018
After decades of disconnect between federal officials who consider cannabis a harmful drug and public opinion that increasingly views cannabis as something that should be legal and is potentially good medicine, the landscape on marijuana research might be shifting. This week, UC Irvine announced it received a $9 million... Read more
Public faith in marijuana outpaces medical research, study finds
Medical MarijuanaUncategorized July 26, 2018
Despite limited evidence, Americans have an increasingly positive view of the health benefits of marijuana. Nearly two-thirds believe pot can reduce pain, while close to half say it improves symptoms of anxiety, depression, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis, according to a new online survey of 9,003 adults. Pennsylvania and New... Read more
Israeli medical marijuana researchers to open first U.S. clinic in Laguna Woods
Medical MarijuanaUncategorized July 13, 2018
Israel has been, for decades, the global leader in medical marijuana research and treatment, with the government funding human clinical trials even as the United States and other countries discouraged or criminalized such studies. Alon Blatt with NiaMedic, the Israeli company behind a medical clinic in Laguna Woods that... Read more
