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May 30 Cannabis News Update
Cannabis Industry Fights Back Against Decades of ‘Reefer Madness’ Misinformation The cannabis industry is still battling a century of prohibitionist disinformation according to business executives advocating three key approaches to change public perception. The first campaign against weed was motivated by cash, a plan of Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger and press mogul…
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May 23 Cannabis News Update
Federal Study Reveals Gender-Based Cannabis Consumption Trends Detailed national data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health provides fascinating information on Americans’ preference for cannabis, with pronounced gender disparities that speak to the sophistication of today’s cannabis market. Men prefer smoking cannabis (19.8% compared to 14.3% of women), while women prefer edibles, drinks,…
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May 16 Cannabis News Update
Swiss Legal Cannabis Program Helps Reduce Misuse Among Multi-Drug Users A six-month pilot project in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, experimented with whether allowing adults to buy regulated cannabis from pharmacies would decrease problematic use compared to continuing to rely on illegal sources. The approximately 370 participants were divided into two groups: one of them legally purchased cannabis…
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May 9 Cannabis News Update
The Glaring Omission of the Endocannabinoid System From Medicine While it is a major regulator of human physiology, the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is still excluded from the traditional medical school curriculum. Dr. Stefan Broselid, a medical pharmacologist, attributes the blame for misunderstandings and suboptimal utilization of medical cannabis on a lack of knowledge among doctors.…
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May 2 Cannabis News Update
Cannabis Relief in Tough Epilepsy Cases A six-month observational study of UK-resident adults in the UK Medical Cannabis Registry assessed the impact of medical cannabis products in 134 adults with a background of drug-resistant epilepsy. Subjects received detailed questionnaires when beginning treatment and after one month, three months, and six months and the frequency of…