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...
Science related (Medical) Could Marijuana Help Produce Electricity? by Sophia Vida January 30, 2019 According to a new study published this month in the journal Bioresource Technology Reports, marijuana may have even more benefits than we thought. Turkish scientists have used a marijuana consumer's urine to product electricit...
Science related (Medical) Liverwort Chemical Holds Similar Characteristics to THC in Marijuana by Sophia Vida October 27, 2018 Scientists have found that chemicals in the liverwort plan have similarities to marijuana's primary ingredient THC. Using over 100 mice in experiments, the scientists were able to find that the plan had produced four of the sam...
Science related (Medical) High-Potency Marijuana is Causing These Issues for People by Sophia Vida October 20, 2017 In a new report, it has been revealed that there are some major issues that come with using high-potency pot. High-potency marijuana is causing addiction and memory issues as well as psychiatric issues. The report, published...
Science related (Medical) Study Finds that Seizures Could be Triggered by High Potency Marijuana by Sophia Vida September 25, 2017 According to a study by a team led by Olga Malyshevskaya, which was published in the journal Scientific Reports, marijuana with high amounts of THC could trigger seizures. While many studies have been researching a particular c...
