Trends & Articles Study Finds Prescription Marijuana Products with More THC May Ease Chronic Pain by Sophia Vida June 10, 2022 According to a new study, people who suffer from chronic pain may find small-to-moderate pain relief for the short-term when using certain prescription cannabis products with higher THC to CBD levels. Unfortunately, there also ...
Cannabis Hebrew University Researchers Engineer Cannabis Strain with 20% More THC by Sophia Vida June 01, 2022 In a first, Rehovot engineers out of Israel have enhanced medical cannabis strains with 20% more THC. The accomplishment will help develop new strains for users and increase crop yields. Researchers at the lab of Prof. Alexand...
Science related (Medical) Study Finds that for Some Symptoms THC is Better than CBD in Medicinal Cannabis by Sophia Vida May 31, 2021 According to a new study, described as “the largest study of its kind,” cannabis users using the drug to soothe symptoms of nausea found relief in as quickly as five minutes—but they also found that users smoking joints of c...
Legal Related Tennessee Approves Low-THC Oil in Medicinal Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 06, 2021 In a compromise this week, Tennessee's legislature has approved low-THC oil in medicinal cannabis. The move come after failing to pass a wider-raging medical cannabis decriminalization bill in the state, but the Tennessee legis...
Science related (Medical) According to a Study Marijuana THC Stays in Breast Milk for This Long by Sophia Vida March 09, 2021 According to new research that was published in JAMA Pediatrics recently, marijuana THC stays in breast milk for six weeks. The concentration study conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado, supports abstinence f...
Science related (Medical) Women May Need Less THC Than Men To Get Same Effects According to Study by Sophia Vida June 24, 2020 According to a study entitled "Sex differences in the acute effects of smoked cannabis: evidence from a human laboratory study of young adults," which was published in Psychopharmacology, women may need less THC than men in order ...
Science related (Medical) A Weed Compound Has Been Found That May Be 30 Times Stronger Than THC by Sophia Vida February 05, 2020 Scientists have discovered a marijuana compound that could be 30 times more powerful than THC, which is the most studied psychoactive compound in the plant. The new cannabinoid is named tetrahydrocannabiphorol, or THCP, and i...
Trends & Articles Former FDA Commissioner Calls for Ban on THC-based Vaping Products by Sophia Vida October 16, 2019 In light of many people dying and several hundred becoming sick over a mysterious lung disease related to vaping, Scott Gottlieb, the former Food & Drug Administration Commissioner, has called for a ban on THC-based vaping pro...
Science related (Medical) Higher Levels of THC Offer Patients Relief While CBD Amount is Irrelevant Says New Study by Sophia Vida March 09, 2019 A new study from two University of New Mexico researchers, Jacob Miguel Vigil, an associate professor in the psychology department, and Sarah See Stith, an assistant professor in the economics department, has found that more relie...
Legal Related Lawmakers in Iowa Push to Increase THC Amounts in Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida February 01, 2019 Iowa lawmakers are trying to raise the amount of THC levels that are found in medical marijuana. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is a crystalline compound that is the main active ingredient of cannabis. It is what causes the psyc...