- For Rastafarians, Marijuana Is Sacred. Should the Law Account for That?
Members of the religious group would like to see New York’s cannabis legalization law revised to include accommodations for those who use the drug in worship.
- What Will Trump Do for ‘Vice Voters’?
Moderation on pot and other vices appears to have been part of a calculated effort to turn out young men for the G.O.P. — but it may come with consequences.
- Perceptions of parent cannabis use shape teen attitudes
Teens who think their parents use cannabis are more likely to hold favorable attitudes toward the drug and to consider trying it themselves, according to a new study. The research also reveals that parental monitoring and the closeness of parent-child relationships play crucial roles in adolescents' views about cannabis, often with distinct effects based on the parent's gender.
- Pot advocates spar with Gov. Hochul over leadership and ‘knee-jerk changes’ with state cannabis office: ‘Failed commitments to equity’
A coalition of 18 cannabis industry advocates are calling on Gov. Hochul to appoint new leadership at the Office of Cannabis Management.
- Australia’s ‘booming’ medicinal cannabis trade on track this year to quadruple 2022 sales
As market nudges $1bn, industry report calls for government to replace current criminalised model with a regulated adult-use approach - Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The medicinal cannabis business is “booming”, with Australian sales likely to have quadrupled in the past two years, according to a new report. The annual Cannabis in Australia report released by the Penington […]...
- France has the highest cannabis consumption in Europe. It’s high time to tax it | Alexander Hurst
With the nation’s finances in a parlous state, decriminalisation could raise millions of euros – as well as cut crime France might not be *broke*, but the state of its public finances is, well, definitely not good. Total debt stands at €3.2tn – 112% of GDP. Interest payments on that debt are the second largest public expenditure after education (which includes everything from *crêche*, or preschool, to […]...
- NJ Uber Eats driver finds large bag of marijuana in what she thought was burrito delivery
"There was no meat, or lettuce or beans or rice. It was actually an ounce of marijuana,” he said.
- I’m a doctor — female nonsmokers get lung cancer more than men, look out for these troubling signs
"The odds of beating lung cancer are increasingly good as time goes on," said Dr. Daniel Sterman, the division director for pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at NYU Langone Health and NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
- NY’s new ‘luxury’ legal cannabis dispensaries are as bad, in their own way, as the creepy illicit ones
What’s the harm in selling legal marijuana in a clean, nicely designed store? The glamor proclaim that ingesting psychotropic THC is just another lifestyle choice, like choosing a wine or a designer jacket.
- Pro-marijuana veterans group claims it was suddenly suspended from Instagram with ‘no explanation’ in act of censorship
Buzz kill! A group representing disabled military veterans in the cannabis industry accused Meta's Instagram of censorship after suspending its account.
- Daniel Penny’s Defense Shifts Focus From Choke to Sickle Cell and Drug Use
Lawyers for Daniel Penny, who is accused of choking Jordan Neely to death, called an expert who argued that a combination of factors led to Mr. Neely’s death.
- Weed for PTSD? Eager for Better Cannabis Science, F.D.A. Clears Study.
The decision is the latest sign that federal health officials want more research on medical marijuana as its use grows.
- YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father’s ashes
Influencer lights joint in first episode of podcast to honor dying wish of father, who appeared in videos as Papa Pizza A YouTube baking influencer made her late father the star of the first episode of her new podcast by smoking cannabis grown in a pot of his ashes. What appeared to be an attention-grabbing stunt by Rosanna Pansino – a social media star with more than 14.6 million followers – was intended […]...
- How next-day responsibilities influence cannabis use
A study found that people are less likely to consume cannabis if they had an upcoming activity, which is consistent with other studies, and would reduce use the most for job interviews and caring for children. However, people who rated the suitability of using cannabis in each situation more highly also were more likely to consider using the drug.
- Exposure to marijuana in the womb may increase risk of addiction to opioids later in life, study finds
Evidence has been growing to suggest that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, poses risks to the developing fetus by impacting brain development. Now a new preclinical research study finds that this could increase the risk of addiction to opioids later in life.
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