Cannabis In Science & Health

Researchers at Cornell University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Georgia, and George Mason University found in a new study that prescription codeine use goes down in states where adults can legally use cannabis. The results of the study came out Thursday in the journal Health Economics. A 26% drop in the amount of […]

A new poll shows that Americans think marijuana should be regulated less than it is currently. On the other hand, they want more regulations regarding cryptocurrencies, social media, electric vehicles, and coal, according to a report by Marijuana Moment. The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll asked voters about a wide range of national issues, such as how

A new study shows that a lot of Americans are trying cannabis to help with long-term pain. In 2019, 20.4% of adults in the US had long-term pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the last three months, 7.4% of people had chronic pain that often made it hard to live

The most commonly used substance classified as an illicit drug in the United States is cannabis, with 52.5 million people, or one in five, reporting use in the past year, according to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by the federal Substance Abuse Unlock the doors to a world of

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) said in a report that more than 4,300 scholarly articles about cannabis were published in 2022. According to the report, the number of peer-reviewed cannabis studies has increased this year to over 30,000, up from less than 3,000 in the 1990s and less than 2,000

A federal health ministry is promoting a new website that lists active grants for cannabis research, gives an overview of projects that have already gotten government help, and shows a wide range of research topics that are being funded, according to a report by Marijuana Moment. Cannabinoid research, cannabidiol research, and medicinal cannabinoid research are

When Minnesota’s medical cannabis program started, there were only nine conditions that qualified patients. There are now 19 conditions that qualify patients for the program, and next August, OCD and IBS will be added, bringing the total to 21.  Regulators decided against adding opioid use disorder and gastroparesis, a stomach and digestion-related condition, to the