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The latest research and findings from the scientific community on the medical qualities of cannabis.
Suspected Small Ocean’s Worth of Ice Found Under Surface of Mars
Scientists with the European Space Agency have revealed a fascinating new discovery on Mars: giant deposits of what was once suspected to be dust but may actually turn out to be a massive amount of life-giving water ice.
January 22, 2024
Munchies Explained Scientifically in New Study
The notion that consuming cannabis can often be described as a one-way ticket to a bag of Cheetos has echoed throughout the scores of history (at least since 1948 when Cheetos were invented). After hundreds of years of people using cannabis to help them eat, modern scientists may have found a logical explanation in the brain for this phenomenon.
January 18, 2024
Remembering Tusko the Elephant, Given Largest-Ever Dose of LSD
In the name of science, clumsy researchers in the ‘60s dosed a hormonal bull elephant with a massive dose of LSD, with dire consequences.
January 2, 2024
30,000 Papers on Cannabis Published By Scientists in Last Decade
More than 70% of all peer-reviewed scientific research on cannabis has been published in the past ten years.
December 22, 2023
Hemp Cannabinoids Could Be Source of New Pesticides
A new study by researchers at Cornell University has found that cannabinoids could one day have applications as natural pesticides.
December 6, 2023
New AI Model Can Identify Designer, Research Drugs on the Fly
Identifying suspected drugs in the field has long-since been an issue for law enforcement to keep pace with. At a certain point, there are just far too many different psychoactive chemicals to keep track of and the number grows larger every day. However, a new AI language model just won an award for identifying unknown and untested compounds with surprising accuracy.
November 13, 2023
Scientists Find Weed Traces in 17th Century Italian Skeletons
Scientists studying skeletons from 1600s Milan have found traces of THC and CBD in the femurs of a woman in her 50s and a teenage boy.
November 10, 2023
NASA Is Trying To Extract Oxygen From Space Rocks So Future Astronauts Can Breathe
Our nation’s top scientists and space fanatics have been given a new objective by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in an effort to one day make it easier to have human settlements on the moon: find out how to harvest oxygen from moon dust.
November 10, 2023
Research Shows Science Behind Psychedelics, Psychotherapy’s Ability To Cause Quick Brain Changes
Human neurons have the capacity to generate their own psychedelic molecule.
November 9, 2023
Study: Cannabis Users’ Empathy-Focused Brain Regions Have Stronger Connectivity
According to a study titled “Empathy-related differences in the anterior cingulate functional connectivity of regular cannabis users when compared to controls,” smoking weed makes you more empathetic than other people.
November 9, 2023