Tag Archives: Health

Journey of a tainted vape cartridge: from China’s labs to your lungs

By David Downs, Dave Howard, and Bruce Barcott Jon Doneson started feeling ill on a [...]

Tests show bootleg marijuana vapes tainted with hydrogen cyanide

NBC News commissioned laboratory tests of knock-off marijuana vapes that found a pesticide linked to [...]

The State Cannabis Commerce Act Would Create An Import-Export Market From Sea To Shining Sea

By Ben Curren For a sign that the cannabis sector is maturing, look no further [...]

What Is the MORE Act, and How Could It Change Marijuana Policy Forever?

The MORE Act, which was introduced to the US Congress last month, would completely decriminalize [...]

New Report Gives Letter Grade Ratings for Each State’s Medical Marijuana Program

In its annual report on advancements in medical marijuana legalization, Americans for Safe Access gave [...]

Zimbabwe to Legalize Hemp for Export

Officials in Zimbabwe announced a plan to legalize hemp and export hemp-based products to the [...]

Drink Your Weed: Is Cannabis the Beverage Industry’s Next Big Thing?

From hemp-based sports drinks to cocktails that get you high, science has finally cracked the [...]

Americans May Soon Be Smoking More Weed Than Cigarettes

Tobacco use has fallen dramatically over the decades. A new Gallup poll shows that the [...]

Study Finds Smarter Kids Are Twice As Likely to Smoke Pot

Brighter kids are also more likely to drink alcohol, but less likely to smoke cigarettes.

We Now Know How The Cannabis Plant Produces Its Super-Strength, Pain-Killing Compounds

For the first time, scientists have discovered how the cannabis plant produces molecules that are [...]

Senate Schedules Hearing On Marijuana Business Banking Access

By Tom Angell In one of the clearest signs of marijuana reform’s growing momentum on [...]

FDA Official To Keynote Major Hemp Industry Conference Next Month

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official will be a keynote speaker at a hemp [...]

Marijuana Remains Most Popular Drug in the World

Around 188 million people around the world enjoyed cannabis in 2017.

No, smoking weed won’t actually kill your brain cells

You’ve probably heard someone say something like, “every puff off marijuana cigarette kills brain cells” [...]

CBD for Seniors: Here’s What You Need to Know

By Kim Torres While “18 till I die” is a wonderful mantra to recite whenever [...]