All posts tagged "Cannabis"

Donald Trump on Saturday commented about an upcoming vote on a new amendment in Florida, and conservatives are not happy about it.

Trump over the weekend took to Truth Social to proclaim himself the "most respected LAW & ORDER President in U.S. History," before going off in an odd direction and complaining about the smell of marijuana. He also appeared to approve of the passage of an amendment in Florida that would legalize possession of a personal amount of marijuana.

That didn't sit well with many traditional conservatives, including many of those in the state. ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A Green Party presidential candidate made a $300 payment to the First Church of Cannabis and, understandably, the Federal Election Commission is skeptical.

A Raw Story review of public records shows the FEC sent Jill Stein for President 2024 a letter questioning the legitimacy of the transaction and soliciting an explanation.

Jason Call, a spokesman for Stein’s campaign, told Raw Story that the payment to the Church of Cannabis was for rental of the building for a campaign event during the eclipse....

President Joe Biden is expected to speak about reform to marijuana policy in his first time ever mentioning the issue in a State of the Union Address.

According to NBC News' Julie Tsirkin, the president will say in his speech that no one should go to jail for cannabis-related offenses — and he will also speak about his push for the cabinet to reschedule the drug so that it is no longer treated as a top-level illegal substance.

This comes after the Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed earlier this year that they are reviewing a rescheduling recommendation, amid pressure from Democratic lawmakers....

Cannabis-based medicinal products might help to improve symptom severity, sleep quality, and health-related quality of life in those with anxiety, according to new research published in the journal Psychopharmacology. The findings highlight the need for further research, including randomized controlled trials, to investigate the effectiveness of these products. Anxiety disorders are widespread mental health conditions affecting a significant number of individuals worldwide. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common form of anxiety, characterized by persistent worry and accompanied by phys......

San Diego County's only children's hospital reports that it continues to see elevated numbers of young patients arriving in its emergency department with cannabis poisoning, echoing findings from a new analysis released last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Natalie Laub, a pediatrician and cannabis researcher at Rady Children's Hospital, said the situation has been most dramatic for children age 5 and younger. "We were seeing about 20 kids per year, with the average age being 3 years old," Laub said. "Then COVID happened, and now we're seeing upwards of 80 to 10......

A new analysis of hospital discharges in California showed that 1% of children whose mothers were diagnosed with the cannabis use disorder died in the first year of life. This percentage was 0.4% for mothers without this disorder. The study was published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Cannabis use disorder is a problematic pattern of using cannabis that leads to clinically significant impairment or distress. It is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a condition in which individuals continue to use cannabis despite experiencing negative consequences,......