Endangered Fishers are killed by rat poison on marijuana farms
Illegal marijuana farms often spray the vicinity of their crops with rodenticides to exterminate pests that lurk about and compromise ...
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How oxytocin and THC stimulate social interactions
A new study from the University of California looks at the link between the bonding hormone oxytocin and the effect ...
Twice as many Americans use pot than 10 years ago
Marijuana use has doubled among American adults from 2001 to 2013. About 10% of the population or 22 million are ...
Scientists engineer yeast that creates active marijuana compound, THC
Scientists have genetically modified yeast to produce the main psychoactive substance in marijuana, THC. Responsible for most of weed's effects ...
Cannabis traces found on Shakespeare’s pipe – was the bard into pot?
William Shakespeare - universally praised as one of the best writers in history, eminent dramatist and England's national poet, is ...
Medical Marijuana benefits are largely unproven and poorly documented, study finds
An extensive meta-analysis of 79 trials which studied the medical benefits of marijuana found that the various cannabinoid compounds did ...
Marijuana is much safer than tobacco and alcohol, study concludes
A new study has concluded that marijuana is much safer than alcohol and tobacco combined. Alcohol is actually the most ...
Twitter is a marijuana friendly place
After analyzing almost every marijuana related tweet sent during a one-month period in early 2014, researchers have discovered there are ...
Half of young victims of fatal crashes in nine US states used either alcohol or marijuana
Half of young drivers who were killed in car crashes in the United States had consumed alcohol, marijuana or both. ...
Chronic marijuana use could be avoided by inherent brain ‘high’
People who chronically abuse marijuana may be able to quit by replenishing the supply of a molecule that normally activates ...
Frequent pot smokers may light up to cope with negative emotions
Photo: Christopher Furlong / Getty Images file photo , National Post People who frequently smoke marijuana may use the drug ...
Regular marijuana use bad for teens’ brains
Marijuana has a lot of medical potential, but it can also have some negative effects, especially if taken regularly. A ...
Heavy marijuana users might damage their brain’s pleasure center
Photo: http://mmfit1.wordpress.com/ While marijuana use is becoming less of a tabu, in light of medical legalization in places like Colorado, ...
Legalizing marijuana doesn’t encourage consumption among teens
A common concern among the general public, parents especially, is that once a draft calling for legalizing marijuana goes through, ...
Scientists explain the munchies: it’s all about smell
Photo via Wikimedia Commons/Bokske. It's one of the most known effects of marijuana - you get a powerful surge in ...
Maternal exposure to cannabis has drastic consequences on the child, study finds
Fetal brain development has been found to be drastically endangered by maternal drug exposure, according to an ongoing study by ...
Heavy marijuana use causes poor memory and abnormal brain structure, study concludes
We've written a number of times about the advantages that cannabinoids can bring - how they can become effective pain ...
Marijuana addiction and abuse treatment shows promising results
While there's a lot of talk and debate around medicinal marijuana, dispensed for its curative properties against cancer and other ...
Only 6% of Marijuana research studies medical benefits, says Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is an established neurosurgeon, but you all might know him better as CNN's chief medical correspondent through the ...
Study shows marijuana smokers are thinner
"Marijuana use is associated with an acute increase in caloric intake" - marijuana preconception #234. The thing is, even though ...
Study finds smoking marijuana doesn’t harm lungs
It seems more and more evidence points towards marijuana not being such a bad thing; now, a team of researchers ...
Smart kids more likely to take drugs in adulthood
A new study which capitalized on an extensive ongoing survey, shows that children with high IQs, especially girls, are more ...
Of pain and marijuana
The sun begins to ooze off outside of Birmingham, England. It's tea time. A woman stands alone in her house, ...
Researchers find marijuana spreads and prolongs pain
We've all endured some kind of physical pain, more or less intense. When you hit your finger while hammering, for ...
US and Brazil scientists team up to show we’re all pot heads deep down
It seems you can blame everything on drugs, as researchers show that the human brain manufactures proteins that act on ...
