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Data Analysis Yields Insights Into Medical Cannabis Use, Efficacy

Cannabis Law Report

Just about any industry benefits greatly from the proper use and evaluation of data. The tech giants of today are built mostly on data regarding their users, and advertisers rely on that data to more effectively target their efforts. How to Use the Data. Advantages of Data, Macro, and Micro. RYAH Group Inc.

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Canada: British Columbia’s information and privacy commissioner not impressed with privacy provisions at province’s cannabis retail outlets

Cannabis Law Report

The Coast Reporter writes… Cannabis sellers have considerable work to do in order to ensure the privacy and security of the personal information collected from people purchasing their products, B.C.’s s information and privacy commissioner says. s private sector Personal Information Protection Act. Read more at [link].

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Clinical Trial: CBD Administration Reduces Heroin Cravings

NORML

The administration of oral CBD reduces cue-induced cravings and anxiety in subjects with a history of heroin use, according to clinical data published in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Additional information is available in NORML’s fact-sheet , “Relationship between marijuana and opioids.”

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What are they smoking? CNN says study found cannabis could double heart attack risk – but did it?

The Cannigma

The researchers wrote that the study provides evidence there could be an association between recent cannabis use and a history of myocardial infarction (MI) in young adults, and that “increasing cannabis use in an at-risk population could have negative implications for cardiovascular health.”.

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Colorado NORML and Denver NORML Host Citizen Lobby Day to Push for Consumer Protections

NORML

” Never in modern history has there existed greater public support for ending the nation’s nearly century-long experiment with marijuana prohibition. Sixty-six percent of US adults believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to national survey data compiled by the Gallup.

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Do Magic Mushrooms Produce the Same Effects as THC?

Leafwell

Cannabis and psilocybin have a long history as plant medicine and as an aid for the expansion of human consciousness. In recent decades drug prohibition has hindered and suppressed valuable information about the role these compounds have played in human development. Luckily people are starting to dig back to their roots.

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A History of Marijuana Use is Associated With Lower BMI in Those 60+, Says Study

The Joint Blog

According to a newly released study those who are 60 years of age or older who have a history of marijuana use generally have a lower body mass index (BMI) than those who do not have a history of marijuana use. Those with a history of marijuana use are also more likely to exercise regularly.

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