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Weekend Weed Read • November 23, 2024

a man and woman stand outdoors with their arms around each other's shoulders smiling and laughing as she passes a cannabis joint to him

Pain patients report sustained improvements in their health-related quality of life with medical cannabis.

 
an older man with short grey hair and a long grey beard sits at his kitchen table smoking a legal cannabis joint

One in four older adults in Canada, where legalization is nationwide, acknowledge having consumed cannabis within the past year.

 
a smiling scientist wearing a lab coat and gloves holds up a specimen dish containing a cannabis leaf for closer inspection in a research laboratory

The University of Illinois has opened the state’s first-ever Cannabis Research Institute, to provide an "unbiased, rigorous, equity-centric research center advancing public knowledge about all aspects of cannabis and hemp."

 
 
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two cannabis buds rest against a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff

Researchers conclude that cannabis use is not associated with a higher risk of hypertension or high blood pressure.

 
an employee at a legal cannabis dispensary uses metal tongs to place cannabis flower on a scale to weigh for sale

Could adult-use sales finally be coming to Colorado Springs, ten years after the Centennial State legalized marijuana?

 
a man holds a cannabis joint to his lips and inhales

In California, Oakland City Council advances a measure to exempt marijuana from a residential smoking ban.

 
 
 
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