After FDA Fight, MAPS Launches Cannabis PTSD Study for Veterans
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has selected Changemark Research + Evaluation as the contract research organization for its long-awaited Phase […]
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Weed’s Next Big Secret: Scientists Just Discovered a New Family of Molecules Hiding in Cannabis Leaves
What was discovered? Why it’s exciting 79 phenolic compounds (tentative IDs) Reveals chemical complexity beyond cannabinoids 25 compounds never before seen in […]
Cannabis Isn’t The Problem—How We Use It Might Be: What Happens When You Smoke So Much Weed It Makes You Sick
He rolls into the emergency department, gripping his stomach, pale, miserable, and defeated. I recognize him instantly—his fifth visit this year. A […]
Psychedelics & Placebos: Rethinking Science’s Gold Standard
For decades, one of the most standardized practices in medical and scientific research has been the use of placebos. No, we’re not […]
Weed & Psychedelics Are Doing for Eating Disorders What Big Pharma Couldn’t, Survey Says
An international survey published in JAMA Network Open revealed that cannabis and psychedelics such as psilocybin and LSD were perceived as more […]
Major marijuana markets still lacking controls for suspicious lab results
More than half of the country’s biggest marijuana markets do not have a reference lab, according to analysis by MJBizDaily, a glaring […]
Congress should clarify hemp-derived cannabinoids fall under CSA, report says
Congress ought to “state clearly” that hemp-derived THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids extracted from hemp are subject to the Controlled Substances Act […]
Psychedelic training is an ‘investment’ in public health: Q&A with UC Berkeley’s Moana Meadow
Moana Meadow, the staff director of the Psychedelic Facilitation Certificate Program at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about the importance of […]
Organs from Cannabis Consumers Don’t Pose Risks of Infection
A study published in the American Journal of Transplantation recently shows that organs that come from donors with a history of recent […]
Inhalable Lung Cancer Drug Delivery Performs Well, Study Suggests
In a twist of irony, a powerful drug that battles lung cancer might be delivered safer via inhalation versus surgery, injection, and […]