Genome of Marijuana Sequenced and Published
Cannibis Sativa PsychonautA Netherlands-based company called Medicinal Genomics has just announced the successful genetic sequencing of Cannabis sativa, the highly regulated annual plant that has been...
View ArticleOlympics FYI: Why Is Cannabis Considered a Performance-Enhancing Drug?
Nick Delpopolo American judoka Nicholas Delpopolo, expelled from the 2012 Olympics for doping. Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images On Monday, American judo competitor Nick Delpopolo was expelled from the...
View ArticleThe Chemistry of Nitrous-Powered, Pot-Infused Liquor
Green Dragon Paul Adams Behind the bars of some of the nation's finest cocktail joints, there are secrets: secret recipes, secret bottles for friends only. One of these is the Green Dragon, a liquor...
View ArticleHow Will Police Regulate Stoned Driving?
Marijuana Madness Dreamstime When Colorado and Washington state each passed ballot measures legalizing marijuana for recreational use late last year, one legal challenge was resolved, but another was...
View ArticleScare Tactics Don't Stop People From Using Drugs
Marijuana Madness Dreamstime For years, anti-drug and anti-smoking ads have relied on scaring people about the potential health risks of substance abuse. These are smoker's lungs! This is your brain...
View ArticleScientists Have Found A Way To Make Marijuana Un-Fun
Cannabis Bud Wikimedia Commons Researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found a way to block the dopamine rush associated with THC,...
View ArticleGenome of Marijuana Sequenced and Published
A Netherlands-based company called Medicinal Genomics has just announced the successful genetic sequencing of Cannabis sativa, the highly regulated annual plant that has been…
View ArticleOlympics FYI: Why Is Cannabis Considered a Performance-Enhancing Drug?
On Monday, American judo competitor Nick Delpopolo was expelled from the Olympics for doping with cannabis. (He says he accidentally ate a pot brownie.) The key word here is…
View ArticleThe Chemistry of Nitrous-Powered, Pot-Infused Liquor
Behind the bars of some of the nation's finest cocktail joints, there are secrets: secret recipes, secret bottles for friends only. One of these is the Green Dragon, a…
View ArticleHow Will Police Regulate Stoned Driving?
When Colorado and Washington state each passed ballot measures legalizing marijuana for recreational use late last year, one legal challenge was resolved, but another was just beginning Before,...
View ArticleScare Tactics Don't Stop People From Using Drugs
For years, anti-drug and anti-smoking ads have relied on scaring people about the potential health risks of substance abuse. These are smoker's lungs! This is your brain on drugs! Unfortunately,...
View ArticleScientists Have Found A Way To Make Marijuana Un-Fun
Researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have found a way to block the dopamine rush associated with THC, the main psychoactive chemical...
View ArticleCholesterol Drug Might Work Better Than Medical Marijuana
Since the 1970s, doctors have been prescribing the drug fenofibrate (name brand Tricor) to help patients reduce their cholesterol. Now it’s one of the most popular drugs of…
View ArticleWill Smoking Pot Get Rid Of Your Intestinal Worms?
The 400 members of the Aka tribe, indigenous to the Congo River basin in Africa, are some of the last remaining hunter-gatherers in the world. Collectively, they’re also…
View ArticleChemical In Marijuana Could Build Strong Bones
MarijuanaDank Depot/ Flickr CC By 2.0 (with modification)Step aside milk. Weed could be could be the next big thing in bone health.Marijuana affects our bodies in a lot of different ways, for example...
View ArticleDank Indica? Your Drug Dealer Might Be Ripping You Off
Marijuana.Credit: Mark via Flickr, CC by 2.0Cannabis is one of the oldest domesticated plants, but we know surprisingly little about it. That’s because, given marijuana’s status as an illicit substance...
View ArticleThis Startup Wants To Put The 'Medical' Back In Marijuana
Courtesy PotBoticsA patient hooked up to an EEG as part of BrainBot, one of PotBotics' servicesEven if you’ve never tried marijuana, you might have heard of a strain called white widow. It’s among the...
View ArticleA Single Breathalyzer For Both Weed And Booze
Screenshot, Sanket Mahapatra via YouTubeStill from Cheech and Chong, Up In SmokeBreathalyzer or not, this is probably not the best idea.Whether it’s for medicinal or recreational purposes, marijuana...
View ArticleLifelong Marijuana Use Correlated With Troubled Middle Age
Health The cause and effect might not be so straightforward Frequent and heavy marijuana use over the course of several years has been correlated to a drop in socioeconomic class and greater personal...
View ArticleMarijuana Compound Removes Alzheimer’s Plaque From Brain Cells, Study Finds
Health Lab data suggests THC and cannabis compounds deserve further testing Alzheimer’s disease may now be added to a list of diseases with promising treatment from cannabis compounds, a new study...
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