Medical cannabis unlikely to benefit most chronic pain patients,...
Medical cannabis might be a helpful therapy for some people who have chronic pain, but it’s unlikely to benefit most, according to new clinical guidelines published Wednesday in the journal BMJ. The...
View ArticleEnrollment in medical cannabis programs saw four-fold increase, study finds
Enrollment in medical cannabis programs across the U.S. jumped by over four times between 2016 and 2020, according to a new study that also examined the qualifying conditions patients list on their...
View ArticleOpinion: THC ingestion by young kids highlights the need to tighten...
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, is finding its way into the hands and mouths of young children via products packaged and labeled in ways that bear striking...
View ArticleSTAT+: Anebulo Pharma says study supports development of its pill as an...
Anebulo Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday that a single dose of its experimental pill blunted the effects of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, supporting further development of the medicine as...
View ArticleSTAT+: Biden pardons thousands for possession of marijuana and moves toward...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing...
View ArticleSTAT+: The FDA has banned certain vapes and medicines. We still bought these...
WHITE OAK, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration, as the name suggests, is supposed to police the United States’ food and drug supply. But there are still illegal products available for easy purchase...
View ArticleHow I found ‘Trips Ahoy’ and ‘Blackberry Diesel’‘weed’ vapes in a state where...
TOPEKA, Kan. — When I inquired about cannabis products at a vape shop on the west side of Kansas’ capital city, the employee asked me one question: “Do you have pain, or are you trying to get f— up?”...
View ArticleOpinion: In defense of being ‘Cali sober’
The phenomenon of being “Cali sober” is taking the recovery world by storm. It is defined as dedicating oneself to a life free of drugs and alcohol — except for cannabis and other psychedelics. (Though...
View ArticleSTAT+: Cannabis industry scales back its lobbying in Washington
WASHINGTON – The cannabis industry is dramatically scaling back its presence in Washington. Curaleaf, one the largest cannabis companies in the world, spent nearly 40% less on lobbying in the first...
View ArticleSTAT+: Weed smokers often can’t work for the government. Some Republicans...
WASHINGTON — Roughly three-quarters of states have legalized marijuana either for medical or recreational use, but for years, cannabis users have been barred from getting jobs with the federal...
View ArticleSTAT+: Colorado pioneered legal marijuana without sparking ‘reefer madness,’...
DENVER — On Jan. 1, it will be 10 years since customers lined up in the streets of the Mile High City to be the first in the United States to purchase legal recreational marijuana. In the succeeding...
View ArticleOpinion: STAT+: Big Weed today is a whole lot like Big Tobacco in the 1950s
OK, marijuana is now legal. So where’s the public health approach? Strictly speaking, marijuana use isn’t fully legal across the U.S. yet. But when Montana and Missouri have legalized recreational use...
View ArticleSTAT+: Medical marijuana companies are using pharma’s sales tactics with...
WASHINGTON — Medical marijuana companies sell medicine, just like pharmaceutical companies. But they’re not playing by the same rules — and that’s putting patients at risk. Several of the largest...
View ArticleMorning Rounds: Why health care costs are nearly a fifth of the GDP
Understand how science, health policy, and medicine shape the world everyday. Sign up for our Morning Rounds newsletter here. Good morning. Don’t miss Nicholas Florko’s jaw-dropping investigation into...
View ArticleDelta 8 THC use reported by 11% of high school seniors
WASHINGTON — In the last year, an estimated 11% of high school seniors have used Delta 8 THC, according to a new report published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Delta 8 THC...
View ArticleSTAT+: DEA will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug...
View ArticleWhat the rescheduling of marijuana might — and might not — mean for...
WASHINGTON — After years of inertia, the field of research into the health effects of marijuana may be about to get a boost. Maybe. The Biden administration’s announcement this month that it intends to...
View ArticleOpinion: As states legalize recreational marijuana use for adults, they must...
Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of marijuana products for medical use, and 24 of those have legalized it for adult recreational use. As states establish their...
View ArticleOpinion: Why the FDA will have a hard time properly regulating cannabis
The Food and Drug Administration has done a generally exemplary job of executing its mandate throughout its 118-year modern history. But the federal rescheduling of cannabis, which President Biden...
View ArticleSTAT+: Medical groups are divided over Biden plan to loosen DEA restrictions...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s proposal to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana is dividing some of the nation’s top medical professionals. The nation’s largest and most powerful doctors...
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