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Gov. Chris Christie signs bill approving marijuana for PTSD treatment 0
- CANNABIS OIL, HEALTH, LEGALITIES, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS
- September 15, 2016
By putting his signature on a medical marijuana expansion bill, making post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) a qualified condition. On Wednesday, the Republican governor, who has considered previous expansion efforts a “front for legalization,” signed Assembly Bill 457, making it legal for veterans and other people suffering from PTSD to participate in the state’s medical marijuana
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The marijuana breathalyzer: When will it hit the streets?0
- CANNABIS OIL, HEALTH, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS, SCIENCE
- September 14, 2016
A marijuana breathalyzer is one step closer on its road to commercialization. Hound Labs Inc., an Oakland startup founded by an emergency room doctor/reserve deputy sheriff and a patent attorney, announced Tuesday that its handheld device that measures the presence of THC in breath successfully completed roadside field testing by law enforcement officers. The device
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Study Finds More People Think Marijuana is Harmless Than Ever Before 0
- CANNABIS OIL, HEALTH, LEGALITIES, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS
- September 13, 2016
The journal Lancet Psychiatry recently released the results of a study which examined the use and opinions of 500 American adults on marijuana over 12 years. Looking at data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health from 2002 to 2014, the researchers found that marijuana use among American adults has increased, and its
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New Marijuana Study Says Pot May Lead To Lower BMI 0
- CANNABIS OIL, HEALTH, MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- September 12, 2016
Researchers at the University of Miami recently studied the link between marijuana use and body mass index (BMI) – a weight-to-height ratio that’s used as in indicator of obesity and underweight – in a nationally representative longitudinal sample. In their analysis, published in the Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics on Thursday, researchers found
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