How Miley Cyrus Convinced Her Mom To Start Smoking Weed

Miley Cyrus and marijuana have had a very public on-and-off-again relationship.

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Cannabis policies could be a deciding factor for the fate of the next US senator from South Carolina.

Why Does Cannabis Make Some People Freak Out?

Marijuana is not completely understood, which is why some people have adverse reactions to the drug and others don’t.

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California cops recorded the fewest cannabis arrests since 1954, but racial disparities actually grew worse.

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Last fall, Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the Israeli innovator known as the “godfather of cannabis research,” announced the creation of cannabidiolic acid methyl ester (EPM301), a synthetic cannabinoid that is far more potent than THC or CBD. Now, after several months of testing, researchers have found that this new compound could be a powerful treatment for nausea, anxiety, and inflammatory disorders.

EPM301, which was developed and patented by Dr. Mechoulam and a team of researchers from US-based biotech firm EPM, is a synthetic version of a natural acid that occurs within the cannabis plant. In addition to cannabis compounds like THC, CBD, and terpenes, living cannabis plants contain a variety of acids, such as THC-A or CBD-A. These acids are far more potent than their more well-known counterparts, but they are also highly unstable. 

For years, this instability has prevented researchers from successfully isolating these acids from living plants and using them for medicinal purposes. But last September, Dr. Mechoulam and EPM announced that they had figured out a way to modify these acids to make them stable. To accomplish this feat, researchers used a process called esterification, in which two separate chemicals combine to form a stable compound called an ester.

“EPM developed a method to work with the original substances of cannabis,” explained Dr. Mechoulam to Forbes. “So, while everybody is discussing THC and CBD, these cannabinoids are actually a secondary substance; they only appear later in the plant. Originally there is an acid that appears in the plant, and those acids are these mysterious worlds of compounds that are much more potent than cannabinoids.”

Over the past several months, EPM has started exploring the therapeutic potential of this new compound. Preliminary studies have found that EPM301 can effectively suppress anxiety as well as nausea, without causing any negative side effects. These findings suggest that the new compound could be used to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea or disorders like psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

“We badly need new drugs in several diseases and some of the drugs that are available, may be pretty good but they ultimately cause side effects,” Dr. Mechoulam told Forbes. “We have two groups of compounds today that need to have a replacement: these are steroids and opioids. We believe that cannabis carries the ability to introduce replacements to these families.”

“We compare our compound not only to cannabinoids, but to the existing drugs that are applied today,” the doctor continued. “So, for example, in IBD we compared our compounds to two conventional products: one is the prednisone (the steroids) and one is a biological drug. And in both of them, we managed to prove that the activity of our compound is very similar to the common one.”

This new discovery is only the latest spark of inspiration in Dr. Mechoulam’s long career of cannabis research. In the early 1960s, the doctor was the first to discover cannabinoids like THC and CBD. Since then, Dr. Mechoulam has made dozens of other discoveries in the field, and even now, at the age of 88, the doctor continues in his quest to find new applications for this powerful, medicinal plant.

5 Tips To Prevent Doomscrolling

The pandemic has affected all of us to different degrees, but one thing that most of us have in common is our increased exposure to the news.

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Argentina’s Ministry of Health announced major changes to the country’s medical marijuana laws this week. Patients will now be permitted to grow cannabis at home and local pharmacies can now produce and sell medical pot products, according to Benziga.

After announcing the reforms, Ginés González García, Argentina’s Health Minister, told the press, “It is a very important day to demonstrate that it [cannabis] can be managed in the face of society.”

Medical marijuana was legalized in Argentina back in 2017, but murky language around access forced most patients to get their weed from the illicit market. As a result, patients broke other laws and risked jail time.

Under the new codes, patients and researchers who register with Argentina’s national cannabis program, REPROCANN, will be able to cultivate their own marijuana at home and have access to a “growth network.” The best part is that growers can keep their information anonymous, too.

REPROCANN-affiliated pharmacies will be authorized to manufacture and sell cannabis creams, oils, and topicals. Patients who are not registered with the program will be able to access those products with a doctor’s prescription. Patients who do not have health insurance will be able to access medical marijuana through the government, free of charge.

Other expected regulatory changes include expanding the conditions that qualify patients for medical marijuana, prioritizing scientific cannabis research, and escalating output from government-owned laboratories.

“Knowing that cannabis can alleviate many people’s suffering and not doing anything about it, that’s the true crime,” said former Argentinian House rep Facundo Garreton, who’s now the director of YVY Life Sciences, an MMJ firm in Uruguay. “Good regulation will help to know the needs of every person, what to buy, where to buy it, while at the same time controlling the product’s quality. We hope this is the start of a path towards full regulation of the entire supply chain.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a terrible economic toll on Argentina. These reforms are likely a calculated response to the current situation in an effort to generate revenue throughout the country. “Cannabis is the answer to our therapies,” said Gabriela Cancellaro from advocate group NGO Mamá Cultiva Argentina. “But as we’re seeing all over the world, it also has the potential to create jobs in many sectors, not just in medicine, but also in agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing.”

Get Busted Driving With Marijuana And You May Lose Your Vehicle

Now that marijuana is becoming increasingly more legal across the United States, more of the population is dropping its guard when it comes to holding weed.

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Marijuana Sales Predicted To Surpass $15 Billion By End Of 2020

Some states have experienced record monthly sales while tourist-dependent markets have experienced a mixed bag.

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