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Study: Low-Dose Cannabis Extracts Reduce Chronic Pain, Patients’ Reliance on Analgesic Medications
NORML
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July 10, 2025
Puerto Madryn, Argentina: Chronic pain patients experience sustained symptomatic improvements following the use of low-dose, plant-derived cannabis extracts, according to data published in the Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy....
Tim Weed found the key to his quest story while sailing past Tierra del Fuego
The Colorado Sun
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July 13, 2025
Tim Weed is the author of “The Afterlife Project” and two previous books of fiction. He is the recipient of the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction, the Montana Prize, the Fish International Short Story Award, and multiple Writer’s Digest Fiction...
HIV Infection Among Pregnant Women in a Vietnamese Population: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Dove Medical Press
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July 11, 2025
Introduction HIV remains a global pandemic, with a rapidly increasing number of cases, a high mortality rate, alongside non-communicable chronic diseases.1,2 The incidence peaked in 1997, with 3.3 million new infections. Since 2005, the annual...
John Hopkins University Study: Cannabis Initiation Associated With Significant Reductions in Anxiety, Depression
NORML
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July 9, 2025
The consumption of THC-dominant cannabis products is associated with sustained reductions in anxiety and depression, according to newly published data in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Investigators affiliated with the John Hopkins University...
Johns Hopkins University Study: Cannabis Initiation Associated With Significant Reductions in Anxiety, Depression
NORML
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July 9, 2025
The consumption of THC-dominant cannabis products is associated with sustained reductions in anxiety and depression, according to newly published data in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Investigators affiliated with the Johns Hopkins...
Marijuana legalization bill in Pa. Senate is 'smart, fair and realistic,' co-sponsor says
Philly Voice
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July 10, 2025
A new bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania was introduced in the state Senate on Thursday, marking the latest attempt in a yearslong effort to build consensus around a plan for adult-use cannabis. The bipartisan proposal was put...
Cannabis Cuts Migraine in First Placebo-Controlled Trial
Medscape
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July 10, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS — In the first placebo-controlled trial of vaporized cannabis for acute migraine, patients experienced greater relief from pain and other symptoms than those receiving a placebo. During a migraine attack, participants who inhaled a...
Rotorua homeless people moved to secret pod village; council chases consent application
Rotorua Daily Post
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July 15, 2025
But the problem did not go away and they continued to sleep around the corner on Pukuatua St in the Salvation Army Store doorway. The homeless also slept and congregated outside Visions of a Helping Hand on Pukuatua St, where they could get free...
Arizona holds primaries to fill late congressman’s seat
The Black Chronicle - Oklahoma
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July 16, 2025
(The Center Square) – Arizona is holding Democratic and Republican primaries on Tuesday to determine the two candidates who will compete to fill the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s congressional seat. In March, the Democratic congressman died from...
Cannabinoid products may reduce total sleep time in adults with insomnia: new study
The Conversation
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July 10, 2025
You might have heard cannabis and cannabinoid products can help people sleep. Data shows one of the top reasons people use cannabis is to help them sleep. But there’s a dearth of high-quality research on how medicinal cannabis products actually...
City Hall: Milwaukee Could Implement Age Restriction For Hemp-Derived THC
Urban Milwaukee - Wisconsin
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July 11, 2025
Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Neon signage at a smoke shop in Riverwest. Photo by Sophie Bolich. Two Milwaukee children were hospitalized last summer after eating THC gummies their guardian mistook for candy. The...
Anxiety diagnoses have fueled growth of Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program
Philly Voice
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July 9, 2025
Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program expanded rapidly in the years after clinical anxiety was added as a qualifying condition, University of Pittsburgh researchers found in a new study that traces how the mental health disorder boosted...
Study links cannabis use to lower risk of proliferative vitreoretinopathy after retinal detachment repair
Modern Retina
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July 11, 2025
A new study found that the use of cannabis might exert a moderately protective effect against the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) after repair of retinal detachments (RDs),1 according to first author Ahmed M. Alshaikhsalama,...
Cannabis potency: Why you shouldn't trust the label
Earth.com
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A broad survey of Colorado dispensaries found that nearly half of all cannabis flower products are mislabeled. The THC potency listed on the package often doesn’t match what’s actually inside. Most of the inaccurate labels overstate the amount of...
Medical marijuana patients could lose card over drug crimes
South Florida Times
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July 11, 2025
Photo courtesy of thekif.com MIAMI – Florida medical marijuana patients could have their state cannabis registration temporarily stripped if they are convicted or plead guilty to drug crimes. Senate Bill 2514, which gives the state Department of...
Nevada County cannabis award winners cite legacy farmers, climate, and community for success at State Fair
The Union - California
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Cannabis farmers from Nevada County return to the 2025 California State Fair to participate in the 4th annual Cannabis Experience and awards competition. This is the second year that onsite sales and consumption of award-winning cannabis products...
Senate advances federal hemp product ban (Newsletter: July 11, 2025)
Marijuana Moment
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July 11, 2025
ICE raids state-legal marijuana farms; Former GOP House speaker: psychedelics save lives; TX gov’s hemp directive; CA cannabis tax reform advances Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the...
ICE raid sparks chaos at California cannabis farm: Unbiased Updates, July 11, 2025
Straight Arrow News
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July 11, 2025
[CRAIG NIGRELLI] A SHOOTING… TEAR GAS.. AND KIDS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. ICE RAIDS AT A CALIFORNIA CANNABIS FARM.. AND NOW THE FEDS ARE OFFERING BIG MONEY TO FIND WHO FIRED ON AGENTS. PLUS, PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES AIM AT CANADA. A BLUNT LETTER TO THE...
You can weed your garden without bending over, here’s how
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 11, 2025
Weeding isn’t the most fun summer activity, but you’ll do a lot of long-term good by getting rid of as many weeds as possible before they produce seed or spread any farther. The fastest way to get rid of a weed is to get down there and dig it or...
Mum, 39, took Claudia Winkleman-backed cannabis 'gummies' then faced work drug test hell
Daily Star
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July 11, 2025
A 39-year-old woman faced the sack after failing a workplace drug test after taking a cannabis sleeping aid endorsed by Claudia Winkleman Caroline Noble started taking Cannaray CBD gummies, due to the being 'THC-free' a month ago to alleviate her...