Cannabis May Enhance Empathy And Brain Connectivity
Summary: A study examining the effects of cannabis on empathy reveals intriguing findings.
Regular cannabis users showed greater emotional comprehension and heightened functional connectivity. In the...
Cannabis Rolling Papers may Contain Unhealthy Levels of Heavy Metals
A team of chemists at Lake Superior State University, working with colleagues from Wayne State University, both in Michigan, and two representatives from JEOL...
Science Of The Cannabis Plant
The science behind THC
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Some plants have bark, spines, or thorns for protection from herbivores. Some plants release odors, repellant tastes...
The High-Efficiency Hacks Cannabis Cells Use To Make Cannabinoids
Researchers ID the high-efficiency hacks cannabis cells use to make cannabinoidsSummaryPlant biologists have defined the high-efficiency hacks that cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids...
Research On Toxicity Of Cannabis Vaping Products
In a recent Toxicological Sciences study, scientists assess the challenges presented by cannabinoid vaping products during the analysis of their effect on consumers’ respiratory...
Cannabis With 20% More THC Engineered By Hebrew University
For the first time ever, Rehovot engineers enhanced medical cannabis strains with 20% more THC, an accomplishment that will help develop new strains for...
Cannabis & Chronic Pain Study
Despite the popularity of cannabis-based products in treating chronic pain, scientific evidence surrounding their long-term use is sorely lacking.
Cannabis products may help treat chronic...
Cannabis: The Reverse “Gateway” Drug
Marijuana legalization linked to fall in alcohol, tobacco, and pain medication consumption
Marijuana used to be legal for most of human history until the early...
What’s In Your Pot? Huge US Study
Changes in legislation over the use and distribution of cannabis in certain US states have seen the drug turn from an illicit black market...
How Cannabis Impacts Different Demographics
New studies from Prof. Harriet de Wit’s lab measure how THC affects adolescents and womenMost drugs come with their fair share of tall tales....
The Science Of Cannabis: A Work In Progress
Cannabis touches everything from public policy to molecular biology to psychiatry, and there are risks and benefits to its use. However, whether you are...
The Science Of Cannabis
Cannabis has been the target of research for a long time and only recently we have started to understand its potential. As a plant...
Cannabis & The Ecosystem
An interview with an ecologist studying the West’s emerging, and rarely researched, industry.Phoebe Parker-Shames is, as far as she knows, the first Ph.D. ecology...
The Science Of Edibles
Foods and beverages containing cannabis are popular, but probing their effects is difficult. Scientists are scouring existing studies and knowledge from nutrition research to...
What Is THC-O Acetate?
Since former U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Farm Bill in 2018 legalizing hemp at the federal level, the cannabis industry has released loads...
Study: Cannabis & Heavy Metals
A new meta-analysis examines the ability of cannabis plants to absorb heavy metals and discusses the resulting health impacts on consumers.Cannabis plants -- which...