Trends & Articles Global Health Experts Recommend Reclassifying Marijuana by Sophia Vida February 02, 2019 Marijuana enthusiasts will be excited to learn that experts at the United Nations are calling for marijuana and its key components to be rescheduled under international drug treaties. The World Health Organization (WHO) is reco...
Legal Related President Trump’s Nominee for Next Attorney General Made this Pledge About Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 29, 2019 President Trump's nominee to serve as the nation's next attorney general, William Barr, has pledged that he would not go after marijuana companies that comply with state laws. Barr has now put that pledge in written form on pap...
Science related (Medical) A New Yorker Article Has Angered Marijuana Researchers For This Reason by Sophia Vida January 19, 2019 A recent New Yorker article has connected marijuana use with schizophrenia and some marijuana researchers are not happy with it. The article not only talked about the connection of marijuana use with the disease, but also conne...
Trends & Articles Study Says Those Who Use Marijuana Are More Likely to Lose Their Job by Sophia Vida January 17, 2019 According to a new study, marijuana users who work may be at risk of losing their jobs. The research conducted by Cassandra A. Okechukwu, ScD, MSN, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and colleagues was published in th...
Science related (Medical) Many People Prefer Using Medicinal Marijuana Over Prescription Drugs Says Study by Sophia Vida January 17, 2019 A study from the University of Michigan has found that many people are likely to use marijuana to substitute for prescription drugs. The study was conducted by Daniel Kruger of the UM Institute for Social Research and found tha...
Science related (Medical) Just a Little Marijuana Can Change a Teenager’s Brain Says Study by Sophia Vida January 16, 2019 A new study has found that even a little bit of marijuana is enough to change a teenager's brain. Researchers in a new study that was published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, looked at the brains of 46 14-year-old gi...
Spotlight Stock Canopy Growth Shares Explode as Company is Granted License to Produce Hemp Farms by Sophia Vida January 15, 2019 Shares of Canadian marijuana producer Canopy Growth saw gains on Monday after the company announced that it has been granted a license by New York state to process and produce hemp farms. Dependent on board approval of a specif...
Trends & Articles Over Half of Michigan Medical Marijuana Users Drive High by Sophia Vida January 10, 2019 An alarming study has found that more than half of Michigan medical marijuana users have admitted to driving while high. The study from the University of Michigan published this week has found that of the nearly 800 of Michigan...
Marijuana Stocks Three of the Top Cannabis Stocks to Own on New Cowen Prediction by marijuanastox January 09, 2019 The cannabis market may be bigger than first thought. According to analysts at Cowen, U.S. cannabis sales alone could reach $80 billion by 2030 – an increase of $5 billion from earlier estimates, and a 4% compound annual grow...
Legal Related Senator Kamala Harris Calls to Legalize Marijuana in New Book by Sophia Vida January 08, 2019 California Senator Kamala Harris is one of the newest officials to call for the legalization of marijuana according to her new book, "The Truths We Hold: An American Journey." "Something else it's past time we get done is disma...