NORML’s Paul Armentano on the two-front war against cannabis consumers: Republican lawmakers overturning or attacking voter-approved legalization in South Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas and Idaho, while Democratic lawmakers in Michigan, Maryland and Minnesota hike taxes high enough to push consumers back into the illicit market.
NORML’s Paul Armentano says the fight isn’t over: protect consumers, resist rollbacks, and remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act. Grassroots advocacy still leads the way.
NORML’s Paul Armentano dismantles prohibitionist myths about high-THC cannabis, showing why potency fears are overblown and regulation works.
Fentanyl-laced weed is mostly a myth, but tainted cannabis is real. Home grow rights and legal markets keep your stash safe.
Needs no explanation. Prohibition doesn’t work. It’s time to try a different approach.
Perhaps you’ve heard: Today’s marijuana will blow your mind. Not in a good way, either. In fact, it could kill you. That’s what the Feds say—and they’re always right. Right?
Long-time pot prohibitionist Robert L. DuPont just can’t give up the ghost. The former National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) director and author of the
Speaking at a recent campaign stop in South Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called for reclassifying marijuana under the federal Controlled Substances Act, moving
The administration of small amounts of THC prevents weight gain in mice fed a high fat diet. The findings, reported by a team of Canadian
Cannabis administration is associated with decreased migraine headache frequency, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Pharmacotherapy. Investigators at the University of
The enactment of statewide laws permitting the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes is associated with an annual reduction in obesity-related medical costs, according to
Cannabis use is associated with improved outcomes in opioid-dependent subjects undergoing outpatient treatment, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Drug
NORML’s Paul Armentano on the two-front war against cannabis consumers: Republican lawmakers overturning or attacking voter-approved legalization in South Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas and Idaho, while Democratic lawmakers in Michigan, Maryland and Minnesota hike taxes high enough to push consumers back into the illicit market.
NORML’s Paul Armentano says the fight isn’t over: protect consumers, resist rollbacks, and remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act. Grassroots advocacy still leads the way.
NORML’s Paul Armentano dismantles prohibitionist myths about high-THC cannabis, showing why potency fears are overblown and regulation works.
Fentanyl-laced weed is mostly a myth, but tainted cannabis is real. Home grow rights and legal markets keep your stash safe.
Needs no explanation. Prohibition doesn’t work. It’s time to try a different approach.
Perhaps you’ve heard: Today’s marijuana will blow your mind. Not in a good way, either. In fact, it could kill you. That’s what the Feds say—and they’re always right. Right?
Long-time pot prohibitionist Robert L. DuPont just can’t give up the ghost. The former National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) director and author of the 1985 book Getting Tough on Gateway Drugs took to the New York Times this week to opine, “marijuana has proven to be a gateway drug.” But, as others in the NYT debate room noted, available
Speaking at a recent campaign stop in South Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called for reclassifying marijuana under the federal Controlled Substances Act, moving it from Schedule I—the most restrictive category—to Schedule II. “The problem with medical marijuana is, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence about how well it works for certain conditions,” Clinton opined. “But we haven’t
The administration of small amounts of THC prevents weight gain in mice fed a high fat diet. The findings, reported by a team of Canadian investigators, appear online in the peer-reviewed journal, PLOS ONE. Researchers at the University of Calgary in Alberta and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto assessed the impact of daily THC intake in diet-induced obese
Cannabis administration is associated with decreased migraine headache frequency, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Pharmacotherapy. Investigators at the University of Colorado, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences retrospectively assessed cannabis’ effects on monthly migraine headache frequency in a group of 121 adults. Study participants had a primary diagnosis of migraine headache, had been recommended
The enactment of statewide laws permitting the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes is associated with an annual reduction in obesity-related medical costs, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Health Economics. Investigators at Cornell and San Diego State University reviewed 12 years of data from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine the effects
Cannabis use is associated with improved outcomes in opioid-dependent subjects undergoing outpatient treatment, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Researchers at Columbia University assessed the use of cannabinoids versus a placebo in opioid-dependent subjects undergoing in-patient detoxification and outpatient treatment with naltrexone, an opiate receptor antagonist. Investigators reported that the administration
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