Marijuana legalization could help offset opioid epidemic, studies find By Mark Lieber, CNN Updated 1:57 PM ET, Mon April 2, 2018 (CNN)Experts have proposed using medical marijuana to help Americans struggling with opioid addiction. Now, two studies suggest that there is merit to that strategy. The studies, published Monday in …
Study Shows That Alcohol, Not Marijuana Is The Major “Gateway Drug” A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Florida has shown that alcohol is far more of a “gateway drug” than marijuana is. Results from the Guttman scale indicated that alcohol represented the “gateway” drug, leading to …
N.Y. pol seeks to give veterinarians power to prescribe pot to pets with new bill BYGLENN BLAIN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Friday, March 16, 2018, 10:36 PM ALBANY — Medical marijuana would be going to the dogs, if a state lawmaker gets her way. Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) introduced …
New Jersey Governor Calls for Recreational Cannabis Legalization By Jason Sander Mar 16, 2018 Getty The state of New Jersey implemented its medical cannabis program back in December of 2012. Since then, both the program itself and the market for medical herb in the state have seen some significant growth and improvements. Governor Phil …
CNN Exclusive: The more opioids doctors prescribe, the more money they make Story by Aaron Kessler, Elizabeth Cohen and Katherine Grise, CNN Video by Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield, CNN Updated 8:45 AM ET, Mon March 12, 2018 (CNN)As tens of thousands of Americans die from prescription opioid overdoses each year, an exclusive analysis by CNN …
Big Pharma Will Lose $4 Billion Per Year Due to Medical Marijuana By Joseph Misulonas One of the not-so-secret aspects of the fight against marijuana legalization is that pharmaceutical companies are actively campaigning against it out of fear they’ll lose money. Well, according to a new report, Big Pharma actually does have a …
LaGuardia Committee Report on Marijuana Under the influence of marihuana changes in personality as shown by alterations in test performance are slight. They are not statistically significant and indicate only tendencies or trends. Moreover, the drug effect is not always in proportion to the amount taken, nor are the changes …
MARIAJUANA SMOKING IN PANAMA Taken from: The Military Surgeon Volume 73 – July-December 1933 IN JUNE, 1931, at the request of the Commanding General, Panama Canal Department, a committee was designated to reinvestigate the effect of the smoking of mariajuana on military personnel, with a view to securing additional …
Medical marijuana maker seeks Sioux City dispensary By Associated Press | Posted: Sat 11:36 PM, Mar 03, 2018 | Updated: Sat 11:37 PM, Mar 03, 2018 SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa’s only licensed medical marijuana manufacturer is looking to open a cannabidiol dispensary in Sioux City. The Sioux City Journal reports that MedPharm Iowa …
Tom Kacich | Politicians not shying from pot-legalization issue Sun, 03/04/2018 – 7:00am | Tom Kacich When the Gallup Poll first asked about legalizing marijuana in 1969, 84 percent of those asked were opposed. Now opposition is at 37 percent, according to the Pew Research Center. Illinois politicians of both parties have …
