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What Is Nanoemulsion and What Does It Mean for Cannabis Beverages?

The Cannigma

There is not extensive safety data available, however. One study from 2005 stated that oral THC “is only 4% to 12% bioavailable and absorption is highly variable.”. Highly-concentrated cannabis oil can also be put in a dropper bottle for easy dosing, but what about when you want a water soluble solution without alcohol?

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Most Interesting Scientific Reports On Cannabis

Marijuanally

A cross-sectional analysis of data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ( NHANES ) between 2005 and 2010 shows that present or previous marijuana users were less likely to experience type 2 diabetes compared to non-marijuana users. Medical Marijuana versus diabetes.

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Most Interesting Scientific Reports On Cannabis

Marijuanally

A cross-sectional analysis of data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ( NHANES ) between 2005 and 2010 shows that present or previous marijuana users were less likely to experience type 2 diabetes compared to non-marijuana users. Medical Marijuana versus diabetes.

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Marijuana and HIV: Much More Than Palliative Aid

Greencamp

Even though scientific data is still somewhat scarce on this topic, several studies confirm that cannabis directly acts on the cells of the immune system affected by HIV. Cannabis concentrates for HIV. 2016 ( 3 ). We also don’t have a lot research comparing THC alone versus THC and CBD on people with HIV.”.

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Understanding the American Heart Association’s Statement on Marijuana

CannaMD

The authors do note that “compared with smoking tobacco, smoking and inhaling cannabis regardless of THC content has been shown to increase the concentrations of blood carboxyhemoglobin 5-fold with a 3-fold increase in tar.” Based on data from a 2020 study , it is estimated that 2 million of the 89.6 for men, 1.3%

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How to Deal with Memory Loss and Other Negative Effects of Cannabis

Greencamp

As reported by Health Canada , short-term memory loss—including “impaired ability to remember, concentrate, pay attention and react quickly—have been shown to be some of the effects of cannabis use. When it comes to consuming large quantities of cannabis on a regular basis, available data offers some conflicting conclusions.

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What are cannabis chemovars and chemotypes?

The Cannigma

Researchers conducting survey based studies today often only have access to the THC concentration of the cannabis that their participants are using. The THC and CBD concentrations in Small’s research (on naturally growing cannabis) were remarkably low (around 1%), but the logic stays the same today (i.e. Type V: Zero cannabinoids.

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