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
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nine of every 10 illegal marijuana farms raided in California this year contained traces of powerful and potentially lethal pesticides that are poisoning wildlife and could endanger water supplies, researchers and federal authorities said Tuesday. That’s a jump from chemicals found at about 75 percent... 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
First tests are in, and one in five marijuana samples in CA isn’t making grade
Uncategorized July 26, 2018
One in five batches of marijuana has failed laboratory testing since new state safety requirements kicked in July 1, according to data from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control. Failures have been triggered by inaccurate labeling or contamination from pesticides, bacteria or processing chemicals. Dr. Raquel Keledjian, lab director,... 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
