Search results for "NIDA"
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Politics
Congress Talks Pot with DEA, FDA & NIDA
January 15, 2020Cannabis advocates were disappointed to hear many of the same old anti-pot talking points in a...
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Medical
NIDA Director Admits CBD Is Safe Medicine
August 3, 2015"CBD appears to be a safe drug with no addictive effects," Nora Volkow said.
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Current Events
Week in Review: President Biden Expands Cannabis Pardons
December 23, 2023ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.
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Politics
Why Is Regulating Cannabis in Spain So Difficult?
December 15, 2022Spain is in a unique situation when it comes to cannabis.
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Current Events
Cannabis’ Big Impact on Border Towns
July 23, 2022Cities located near state borders in the West are finding cannabis is replacing gold, coal and...
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Politics
Colombian Cannabis Cultivators Face Continued Crackdown
June 21, 2022Colombia is at a crossroads with the historic election of the left-populist Gustavo Petro as president....
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Politics
House Approves Bill Authorizing Cannabis Research for Veterans
November 11, 2021A key congressional committee has approved legislation that would direct the VA to conduct studies into...
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Legal
Federal Drug Official Admits Legalization Doesn’t Increase Teen Use
September 2, 2021Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, recently admitted that cannabis legalization...
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Medical
Tod Mikuriya: Grandfather of Medical Marijuana
March 8, 2020If there is one person with a claim to reviving the pharmacopoeia of cannabis in the...
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Joint Opinions
Harvard Professor Writes Questionable Defense of Trump’s Reefer Madness
September 28, 2019Kevin P. Hill offers a signal-boost of the U.S. Surgeon General’s cannabis advisory that nobody needed.
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Medical
Cannabis & Dopamine: Link Reveals Both Risks & Potential
September 24, 2019Researchers are exploring the connection between cannabinoids and dopamine in the human brain, which controls such...
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Legal
The Surgeon General Launches a New Anti-Cannabis Campaign
September 3, 2019All too predictably, the anti-legalization assumptions behind the new campaign — a further disappointment for activists...
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Cultivation
DEA to Approve More Marijuana Growers, Eventually
August 26, 2019The DEA says it will open the doors to more cannabis research, but fails to provide...
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Economics
Cannabis Industry Pushes Congress for Small Business Support
June 20, 2019A detailed rundown of testimony from members of the cannabis industry, who urged legislators to support...
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Medical
A Cannabis ‘Overdose’ Death in Louisiana? Why Experts Don’t Buy It
June 18, 2019A Louisiana coroner declared a local woman's death to be the first on record attributed to...
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Medical
Yet Another Study: Proximity to Dispensaries Is Not Why Young People Use Cannabis
June 12, 2019Recently published research out of Los Angeles contradicts the supposedly axiomatic claim that cannabis retail outlets...
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Politics
Congress Demands Answers From Attorney General on Medical Cannabis Research Delays
May 8, 2019While the fallout from the Mueller report is currently steering Attorney General William Barr into rough...
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Medical
Does Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis Smell Like Popcorn?
April 11, 2019Another day, another unsubstantiated “fact” floating around online.
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Medical
Leading Drug Expert Remains Skeptical About MMJ’s Power to Curb Opioid Use… And Maybe She Should
March 26, 2019Let’s be careful before we try to put a bandaid on a bullet wound, people.
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Politics
Can a Canna-Basic Income Work in Maryland?
March 20, 2019In Maryland, one state representative has an idea to leverage cannabis revenue to kickstart a major...