cannabis
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Chocolate Interferes With THC Testing, Making It Hard To Measure The Potency Of Edibles
The next chocolatey pot edible could be more or less potent than labelled, new preliminary research suggests. It found that chocolate-based products can sometimes provide inconsistent lab readings on the amount of THC found in them.
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Legal Cannabis May Not Lower Opioid Overdose Deaths After All
A new study seems to deal a serious blow to one of the pro-cannabis movement’s talking points: the idea that the more medical cannabis is legalised, the fewer people will die from opioid overdoses. The findings suggest that there’s no real connection between the rate of opioid overdose deaths and a state’s medical cannabis laws,…
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Scientists Had Volunteers Get High To See How CBD And THC Affect The Brain Differently
Cannabidiol — the ingredient of cannabis that doesn’t make you high, commonly called CBD — might be the angel to THC’s devil, a new study of people’s brains suggests. The research found that 17 people who smoked cannabis with mostly THC had worse brain function in certain regions than those who smoked cannabis with roughly…
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Why Increased Pot Use In Colorado Is Sending More People To The Hospital
Reefer madness isn’t a thing. But a new study out Tuesday is the latest to show that pot use, especially with edibles, can sometimes cause health problems serious enough to prompt a trip to the hospital. It found that people in Colorado have increasingly sought emergency care for cannabis-related symptoms like anxiety, rapid heartbeat, and…