A study released Wednesday in "Nature" has the potential to illuminate why using marijuana prompts some people to withdraw socially.

The first-of-its-kind study demonstrates how the cannabinoid can be used to treat intestinal permeability.

Forbes is reporting, “two Canadian researchers think that a special strain of cannabis might potentially be a valuable tool in the fight against COVID-19.”

On March 9, 2020, a German IT consultant named Ruben Weigand had a layover in Los Angeles as he traveled from Switzerland to Costa Rica. He never made it to his destination because US authorities arrested him as he was changing planes.

New research sheds light on the pharmacodynamic effects of cannabis-infused food. The findings, which appear in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, indicate that relatively small differences in doses can result in large differences in effects among infrequent cannabis users. “There have been very few controlled studies done in which cannabis edibles were administered, and most did not explore multiple doses,” said study author Ryan Vandrey, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University.

Our nation is in the midst of the greatest crisis in generations, with the Covid-19 pandemic impacting Americans’ physical and emotional well-being, while plummeting the nation’s economy into the worst economic downturn in our lifetimes. As the country begins what is likely to be a slow climb out of economic morass, federal, state, and local governments will be looking for new sources of revenue to replenish dwindling budgets and provide jobs to millions of Americans who find themselves out of work.

UC Davis researchers find that California cannabis safety tests cost growers about 10 percent of the average wholesale price of legal cannabis. The biggest share of this expense comes from failing the test.

New rules would govern companies and organizations seeking to produce cannabis for medical studies

After nearly 4 years of what some researchers saw as foot dragging, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced it will evaluate 37 applications to grow marijuana for medical research and proposed new rules for the prospective growers that outline how the cannabis-growing program would work.

Cannabis dispensaries and delivery services across California and other states have reported a huge boost in sales over the past week.

Cannabis appears to help induce sleep but it does not seem to promote sleep continuity, according to new preliminary research

In the 17th century, English travelers, merchants, and physicians were first introduced to cannabis, particularly in the form of bhang, an intoxicating edible which had been getting Indians high for millennia. Benjamin Breen charts the course of the drug from the streets of Machilipatnam to the scientific circles of London.

Los Angeles County prosecutors are joining other district attorneys to use technology to wipe out or reduce as many as 66,000 old marijuana convictions years after California voters broadly legalized the drug. The county is working with the Code for America nonprofit tech organization, which uses computer algorithms to find eligible cases that are otherwise hard to identify in decades-old court documents. The group has offered its Clear My Record technology free to all 58 state district attorneys.

Age of onset of regular cannabis use is predictive of lower adult sleep duration, according to a new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The findings suggest that trouble sleeping is one of the developmental consequences for early cannabis use.

For most of its history marijuana has been deemed not safe for work. But as attitudes and uses for marijuana change, some positive ripple effects are finding their way into the office.

As the cannabis industry in the Caribbean continues to move forward at a rapid pace, the Bahamas is set to become the latest country to join the trend. Hubert Minnis, the country’s Prime Minister, received a long-awaited report from the Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana, which recommends legalizing adult use cannabis for people over the age of 21. And, after a national public education campaign, legalizing cannabis products for medical use from the age of 18. This report, sent to Minnis on January 21, has not been released to the public.

Nearly half of Americans say they have tried marijuana at least once in their life. With more people lighting up than ever (and nine states voting on the legalization of marijuana on Election Day),

The Canadian singer-songwriter’s citizenship application had been delayed because of his marijuana use

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The plant Cannabis sativa produces more than 400 chemicals, but only one, THC, gets you high. Or so it seems. A group of Italian researchers announced on December 30th the discovery of two new cannabinoids, chemicals produced by weed like THC and CBD.