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What are the lessons from America’s great cannabis liberalisation experiment?

YoopyaNov 20, 2024November 20, 20240

The US has come quite some way in legalising cannabis use, with nearly half of states having laws permitting recreational cannabis use. Yet the legalisation of cannabis

High-potency cannabis use leaves a distinct mark on DNA – new research

YoopyaOct 17, 2024October 17, 20240

Cannabis is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world. Yet there’s still much we don’t know about it and what effects it has on

DEA could reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive category – a drug policy expert weighs the pros and cons

YoopyaOct 10, 2024October 10, 20240

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced in early 2024 that it would act on President Joe Biden’s call to reclassify marijuana, moving it from the tightly controlled Schedule

26 states may soon need to regulate cannabis – here’s what they can learn from Colorado and Washington

YoopyaAug 31, 2024August 31, 20240

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has made moves to reclassify marijuana, making it a type of legal but regulated medicine, like Tylenol with codeine or some steroids. With the

Cannabis legalization has led to a boom in potent forms of the drug that present new hazards for adolescents

YoopyaApr 23, 2024April 23, 20240

Eventually, most adults reach a point where we realize we are out of touch with those much younger than us. Perhaps it is a pop

Efforts to relax US marijuana laws lose benefactor

YoopyaNov 30, 2013December 31, 20230

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With the death of Cleveland billionaire and philanthropist Peter B. Lewis, the push for relaxed U.S. marijuana laws lost its most

Cannabis can make patients ‘less bothered by pain’

YoopyaDec 22, 2012April 3, 20240

Cannabis makes pain more bearable rather than actually reducing it, a study from the University of Oxford suggests. Using brain imaging, researchers found that the