Health & Wellness

U.S Researchers Confirms Traces of Plastics, Heavy Metals and Pervasive in CBD

More than 500 products analyzed by a team of U.S. researchers revealed contaminants are widely present in CBD, according to a soon-to-be-published paper on edibles and topicals. “Low-level contamination of edible CBD products with heavy metals and phthalates (additives for plastics) is pervasive,” according to the paper, authored by researchers led by Hannah Gardener of …

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Latest Research Highlights Marijuana’s Potential in Lowering Demand for Certain Prescription Drugs

A new research project study published in the Journal of Health Economics suggests that States which have legalized recreational use of Marijuana show reduced demand for certain prescription drugs. The study reviewed trends in Medicaid prescriptions in all 50 states between 2011 and 2019, and discovered “significant reductions in the volume of prescriptions” in the drug classes …

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New Studies Forces Psychiatrists to Rethink on Psychedelics

About one in eight people in the world live with a mental disorder, according to World Health Organization (WHO), and nearly a billion people around the world live with a diagnosable mental disorder. But modern psychiatry is about to be deluged with more cases of depression, anxiety, paranoia and other mental health issues as a result of …

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Delta-8 THC: States Scuffle to Set Guidelines for Hemp Intoxicants

If states are the laboratories of democracy, as the saying goes, those labs are getting some surprising results this year as they experiment with ways to regulate hemp derivatives in the face of federal inaction on the rise of intoxicating cannabinoids made from newly legal hemp plants. More than a dozen states have taken up …

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UK Medical Data Highlights Cannabis May Help Ease Fibromyalgia Symptoms

New data from the UK Medical Cannabis Registry has shown significant improvements in symptoms. Medical cannabis is associated with an improvement in fibromyalgia symptoms and quality of life, according to new UK data.  In what is thought to be a first for the UK, a new study has assessed the effects seen in fibromyalgia patients …

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Anxiety Amongst The Leading Cause for Australia’s Medical Cannabis Prescription Spike

New data from Australia, shows cannabis has been prescribed over 140 conditions since 2016, with anxiety among the most common. Medical cannabis has been prescribed over 140 conditions since 2016 The first in-depth study of Australia’s medicinal cannabis programme, shows the treatment has been prescribed for over 140 different conditions since it began in 2016.  In …

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Cannabis & Cancer: Cannabis Use May Not Be That Friendly After All

We break it down the facts behind a new study claiming to link cannabis to cancer. Leading experts have questioned the legitimacy of a new study, which appears to link cannabis to cancer, saying medical consumers don’t need to be concerned.  A recent study has claimed to show “strong” evidence that both THC and CBD …

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