Most cannabis users take the drug FOR exercise: 82% said they smoke or swallow it before or after a workout

Researchers surveyed cannabis users in states where recreational marijuana is legal including California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington82% said they used marijuana within an hour before working out and within…

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Cannabis users are LESS likely to gain weight than non-users – even though 77% of users munch on unhealthy snacks after taking it

A study found 93% of cannabis users eat after using, and 77% opt for unhealthy snacksAnd yet, another study found users are less likely to gain weight than non-usersThe researchers…

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Lost variety of ganja smoked by Bob Marley before it was wiped out during war on drugs is being recreated by expert who wants Jamaica to market marijuana ‘like Champagne in France’

Dr Machel Emanuel, 35, is cultivating landrace cannabis in his lab in Kingston   During the 1980s war on drugs it was easily recognizable and cultivation ceasedBut it had been the favourite…

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Cannabis-derived compound CBD could be used to treat HEROIN addiction by reducing addicts’ cravings for the illegal drug

Researchers in New York tested the effects of CBD on 42 former heroin addictsThey found the cannabis-based medicine reduced their stress and anxietyIf it works, using CBD, which is easy…

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France’s Softening Stance On Cannabis Opens Up Huge Economic Potential

France still has some of the most stringent anti-cannabis regulations in Europe but things are slowly changing, opening up huge opportunities in the world's seventh largest economy (France's GDP growth has recently been overtaken by…

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Just SIX patients have been prescribed medical cannabis since it was legalised in the UK

Specialist doctors have been able to prescribe it since November 1 last year But the British Paediatric Neurology Association’s guidelines advise against it Mother of well-known case Alfie Dingley called law…

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Cannabis could be downgraded by the World Health Organization to make it more available in medicines

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence has proposed to relist substance May also strike non-THC products, such as cannabis oil, from all drug controls  UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs will…

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