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New Study Reveals One Cannabis Terpene Significantly Reduces THC-Caused Anxiety
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 11:51am | 786Cannabis effects differ from person to person. While some use it to treat anxiety, others say it makes them anxious. A new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists offers insights into cannabis’s effects on anxiety. According to the research published in the Journal of Drug and Alcohol...
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Study Suggests CBD-Dominant Cannabis Is Better Than THC For Anxiety Disorder That Affects 301M People
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 10:45am | 746Did you know that in 2019 at least 301 million people around the globe were affected by some type of anxiety? This makes anxiety the world's most common mental disorder, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As the pace of modern life takes its toll, what can be done to alleviate this...
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Canadian Study Shows Cannabis Can Help Addicts Reduce Their Meth Consumption
Friday, February 16, 2024 - 12:02pm | 618Scientists from the University of British Columbia recently discovered that marijuana has the potential to help addicts control their craving for illegal drugs such as crystal methamphetamine. A study, published in Addictive Behaviors, analyzed 297 drug users from Vancouver, and revealed that...
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Marijuana Extract Can Kill Melanoma Cells, New Study Reveals Possible Treatment For Skin Cancer
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 12:25pm | 751A new study indicates cannabis has the potential to treat melanoma, a skin cancer beginning in the melanocyte cells, which make the pigment that gives skin its color. Melanoma typically results from over-exposure to the sun. While skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States,...
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Yup, You Just Smoked Weed! New Testing Method Confirms Recent Cannabis Use With 96% Accuracy, Federally-Funded Study
Friday, February 2, 2024 - 12:22pm | 1050As marijuana becomes mainstream, it is important to find a way to determine a person's recent consumption. This is something that scientists have been trying to figure out for a while now, but just recently may have come up with an appropriate and accurate methodology. The new techniques have been...
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Medical Marijuana Can Help Manage Neuropathic Pain, Irish Study Suggests
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 10:44am | 666A new study undertaken by Ireland's Health Research Board (HRB) showed evidence that medical marijuana can be used as a treatment for various conditions. The research was conducted to provide data to a Department of Health, which reviews the existing Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme (MCap) that...
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Long COVID And Cannabis: Research Provides Hope For Millions Dealing With Debilitating Symptoms
Monday, January 22, 2024 - 10:47am | 811A study assessing the potential of marijuana to help with various Long COVID symptoms recently published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology ‘laid the foundations' for further research. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Long COVID is a term used for...
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Medical Marijuana Improves Chronic Depression Symptoms, New Clinical Study By German Psychiatric Hospital Shows
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 12:15pm | 664Approximately 21 million adults, or 8.3%, in the U.S. experienced at least one major depressive episode in 2021, with the highest prevalence being among people between 18 and 25, according to data from the National Institute of Mental Health. A new clinical study offers hope for many people...
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Why Does Weed Make Us Hungry? New Fed-Funded Study Says It Activates Specific Hunger Neurons In Hypothalamus
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 12:09pm | 493It is common knowledge that marijuana consumption causes food cravings or so-called munchies, but up until now it's not been precisely determined why that happens. A new study, detailed in the journal Scientific Reports and conducted by researchers at Washington State University, sheds light on a...
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Study Confirms Medical Marijuana For Chronic Conditions Does Not Harm Cognitive Abilities
Monday, November 27, 2023 - 9:32am | 562Medical marijuana prescribed for chronic conditions does not negatively impact cognitive function, according to a new Australian study, recently published in the journal CNS Drugs. Results from the research, conducted by scientists at Swinburne University of Technology's Centre for Human...