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420 With CNW — Research Into Medical Benefits Of Marijuana I…

MMP News AuthorSeptember 3, 2022

(MENAFN– Investor Brand Network) Decades of federal prohibition, intense policing and harsh sentencing made it virtually impossible for researchers to study the possible effects and risks of cannabis consumption. But over the past 20 years or so, loosening marijuana policies across the country have made it possible for scientists to ... Read More

Researchers at UC Berkeley’s Cannabis Research Center receive $4.6M in grants

MMP News AuthorNovember 30, 2020

On Nov. 13, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control awarded researchers at UC Berkeley’s Cannabis Research Center $4.6 million in grants, which will support research in areas including the environmental impacts of cannabis. California Proposition 64, which legalized recreational cannabis use, set aside money for cannabis research at California public ... Read More

USask researchers to study how cannabis use during pregnancy affects fetus' brain development

MMP News AuthorNovember 9, 2020

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 9 2020 University of Saskatchewan (USask) pharmacologist Robert Laprairie will use a Brain Canada research grant to determine how a mother’s use of cannabis during pregnancy affects the brain of the developing fetus she’s carrying. Laprairie is one of 20 Canadian neuroscientists each awarded $100,000 ... Read More

Healthcare providers should ask patients about cannabis use, researchers urge

MMP News AuthorNovember 6, 2020

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 5 2020 Nurses and other healthcare providers should talk to patients about their cannabis use the same way they talk about other habits like smoking and drinking: routinely and without judgment. That should happen, but too often doesn’t, said Marian Wilson, registered nurse and associate ... Read More

Dutch researchers and Swiss cannabis company tests safe and natural alternatives to solving sleep problems

MMP News AuthorOctober 28, 2020

Dutch researchers plan a large double-blinded, randomized placebo-controlled crossover study on more than 300 people in The Netherlands using cannabis products This study will give insight into the potential benefit of cannabis on sleep by influencing the underlying disease mechanisms, which also positively affects disease symptoms and thus quality of ... Read More

Cannabis use disorder has both genetic and biological underpinnings: researchers

MMP News AuthorOctober 24, 2020

An international study exploring possible genetic influences on cannabis use disorder (CUD) has identified an association between the disorder and a region of DNA near the FOXP2 gene, previously linked to risk-taking behaviour. Headed by Washington University School of Medicine, researchers analyzed DNA and other data from almost 21,000 people ... Read More