Category: Science

Can Weed Feel Like Magic Mushrooms? Johns Hopkins Researchers Put THC to the Test

September 3, 2026 No Comments

A four-person Johns Hopkins pilot study found that 25 mg of oral THC could produce altered-state profiles that qualitatively resembled those seen with 25 mg of psilocybin, particularly when consumed in a setting modeled on psychedelic research. The sample is far too small to establish cannabis as a psychedelic, but the findings add to earlier research suggesting that dose, context, and individual response can push THC experiences into unexpectedly psychedelic-like territory.

Weed Can’t Get Past 34%. The Labels Go to 42%. The System Rewards the Lie.

August 28, 2026 No Comments

Someone bought fifteen cannabis products off Denver shelves and sent them to a lab. Two came back legal. On average the labels claimed 34.2% more THC than the products held. A Spanish engineer who has spent sixteen years scanning flower explains why the incentive to inflate runs through every link in the chain, why California calculates that fixing it costs four times what consumers would gain, and what would actually break the loop.

Exclusive: New Study Finds People Drinking THC Beverages Reached for Alcohol Half as Often. Every Product Tested Is About to Be Banned.

August 18, 2026 No Comments

MoreBetter tracked 4,516 people across 36 hemp THC beverages for three weeks each. On days participants drank one, their modeled probability of also drinking alcohol fell from 22.9% to 10.9%, significant for 23 of the 36 products and moving the same direction in every case. Fifty days after the study ended, 63% of those surveyed said they were still drinking less. None of the 36 products would clear the federal cap arriving in November.

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Can THC Quiet PTSD Nightmares? New Research Offers Clues 

August 17, 2026 No Comments

A new study published in Nature Medicine found that dronabinol, a pharmaceutical form of THC, significantly reduced trauma-related nightmares in people with PTSD. The findings raise new questions about the relationship between cannabis, REM sleep, and how the brain processes traumatic experiences at night.

Cones vs. Straight Joints

Cone or Straight Joint? Scientists Put Both to the Test. One Packed More THC Per Puff, the Other Took More Puffs to Finish.

July 20, 2026 No Comments

Four scientists packed a matched set of cones and cylinder joints with the same flower and burned them on a machine tuned to puff like a real cannabis consumer, not a cigarette tester. The machine pulled statistically the same total THC and terpenes from both. What changed was the pacing: cones packed more into each puff, finished sooner, and came out more consistent batch to batch.

Weed Doesn’t Make You Creative. It Just Gets You Out of the Way.

July 6, 2026 No Comments

Cannabis doesn’t give you talent you don’t already have. A psychiatrist explains how THC works as a modulator, not a creator — lowering inhibitory control, activating CB1 receptors, and helping you see what was already there, just in higher resolution.

AI Is Growing Your Weed Now

June 6, 2026 No Comments

A machine called the Spyder never sleeps. It patrols an 86,000-square-foot cannabis facility in New Brunswick, scanning every leaf and bud site around the clock. Yields are up 20 percent. And that’s just the beginning.

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CBG Protected Memory in a Schizophrenia Model. The Reason It Worked Wasn’t the One Scientists Expected.

September 9, 2026 No Comments

Repeated CBG treatment prevented a long-term recognition memory deficit in male rats given MK-801, a compound used to model the cognitive impairments seen in schizophrenia. CBG did not restore the BDNF protein levels MK-801 had lowered, but it raised TrkB messenger RNA in the medial prefrontal cortex, pointing to a mechanism the researchers had not expected.

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Can Weed Feel Like Magic Mushrooms? Johns Hopkins Researchers Put THC to the Test

September 3, 2026 No Comments

A four-person Johns Hopkins pilot study found that 25 mg of oral THC could produce altered-state profiles that qualitatively resembled those seen with 25 mg of psilocybin, particularly when consumed in a setting modeled on psychedelic research. The sample is far too small to establish cannabis as a psychedelic, but the findings add to earlier research suggesting that dose, context, and individual response can push THC experiences into unexpectedly psychedelic-like territory.

Read More »

Weed Can’t Get Past 34%. The Labels Go to 42%. The System Rewards the Lie.

August 28, 2026 No Comments

Someone bought fifteen cannabis products off Denver shelves and sent them to a lab. Two came back legal. On average the labels claimed 34.2% more THC than the products held. A Spanish engineer who has spent sixteen years scanning flower explains why the incentive to inflate runs through every link in the chain, why California calculates that fixing it costs four times what consumers would gain, and what would actually break the loop.

Read More »

Exclusive: New Study Finds People Drinking THC Beverages Reached for Alcohol Half as Often. Every Product Tested Is About to Be Banned.

August 18, 2026 No Comments

MoreBetter tracked 4,516 people across 36 hemp THC beverages for three weeks each. On days participants drank one, their modeled probability of also drinking alcohol fell from 22.9% to 10.9%, significant for 23 of the 36 products and moving the same direction in every case. Fifty days after the study ended, 63% of those surveyed said they were still drinking less. None of the 36 products would clear the federal cap arriving in November.

Read More »
thc ptsd nightmares

Can THC Quiet PTSD Nightmares? New Research Offers Clues 

August 17, 2026 No Comments

A new study published in Nature Medicine found that dronabinol, a pharmaceutical form of THC, significantly reduced trauma-related nightmares in people with PTSD. The findings raise new questions about the relationship between cannabis, REM sleep, and how the brain processes traumatic experiences at night.

Read More »
Cones vs. Straight Joints

Cone or Straight Joint? Scientists Put Both to the Test. One Packed More THC Per Puff, the Other Took More Puffs to Finish.

July 20, 2026 No Comments

Four scientists packed a matched set of cones and cylinder joints with the same flower and burned them on a machine tuned to puff like a real cannabis consumer, not a cigarette tester. The machine pulled statistically the same total THC and terpenes from both. What changed was the pacing: cones packed more into each puff, finished sooner, and came out more consistent batch to batch.

Read More »

AI Is Growing Your Weed Now

June 6, 2026 No Comments

A machine called the Spyder never sleeps. It patrols an 86,000-square-foot cannabis facility in New Brunswick, scanning every leaf and bud site around the clock. Yields are up 20 percent. And that’s just the beginning.

Read More »
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