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DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Spike, Arrests Fall in 2019

NORML

Federal law enforcement agents and their partners made fewer marijuana-related arrests in 2019, but seized a far greater number of plants than they did the year before, according to annual data compiled by US Drug Enforcement Administration. In 2011, for instance, the DEA seized over 8.7 ” DEA data for 2019 is online here.

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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

NORML

They look at this constantly, they look at the data, they look at the science and they make those recommendations to us on that basis.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence found in 2011 that over half of surveyed NFL players used opioids during their careers, and a staggering 70% of those users abused the drugs.

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CBD for Pets Yes the Data says it works !

Cannabis Info

CBD for Pets Yes the Data says it works ! Lets review some data. Since then, numerous studies have provided lots of clinical data that CBD can help manage a wide variety of tremors, spasms, and tics. When your pet gets sick, you give up everything and try to find them the best possible medicine or treatment available.

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Marijuana Legalization in NY & Driving: Response to NYS Association of Police Chiefs from Roc NORML

NORML

2 years before medical legalization, the largest number of vehicle-related fatalities in the last 17 years. 1 year prior to legalization. Sales began January 1. Adult-use passes by ballot. Adult use-sales go into effect.

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Starting A Cannabis Lab : 3 Crucial Steps

Medicinal Genomics

Once a method is developed, labs must perform a validation, proving to the regulating authority, often the state government, that the method produces reasonably accurate data. Since 2011, we’ve been a leading player in cannabis laboratory consulting, delivering unparalleled solutions to clients in 50 testing labs across 18 U.S.

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New Trial Suggests Powerful Psilocybin May Ease Stress Before MRIs

Veriheal

The data collected so far by the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University in Australia suggests that psilocybin not only makes the process more comfortable but, as one participant described, MRIs become “magical.” All imaging and behavioral data will be accessible to the public after the study is complete.

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Johns Hopkins Receives $4M To Research Impacts of Psilocybin on Tobacco Addiction

Veriheal

He conducted the first blinded human research study into the psychoactive effects of salvinorin A in 2011 and published data on MDMA pill testing services in 2017. With so much previous data to support the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, a comprehensive study into the matter has been long overdue.