A study from the University of Colorado suggests that cannabis helps people survive a heart attack. This debunks the assumption that cannabis consumers have more cardiac risk factors than non-consumers.
“Perhaps the most striking finding of our study is that marijuana use prior to AMI was associated with decreased in-hospital mortality post AMI,” writes the study authors.
Harvard University’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found a chemical in cannabis that has demonstrated “significant therapy potential” in treatment of pancreatic cancer. The study is the first to show not only a potential new treatment for pancreatic cancer, but other cancers. The scientists were “startled” to find the cannabis was capable of attacking other cancer cells.
… but trying to come up with specific numbers is difficult because those jobs don’t show up in government employment data. This leaves American workers in the dark about high wages and job opportunities in the marijuana industry, experts say.
Researchers at Colorado State University Pueblo have released a new study that says “living in a community with recreational marijuana does not appear to influence area high schoolers’ use of cannabis or their attitudes towards it.”
“Based on the 2013 and 2015 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey data,” the study states, “permitting or not permitting recreational cannabis dispensaries in a community does not appear to change student cannabis use or perceptions towards cannabis.”
A study of Colorado residents’ attitudes about cannabis tourism found that those who are “highly attached” to the state “held a positive image of their place, which in turn influence[s] their support of marijuana tourism.”
The Gray Lady wants to better understand how Coloradans are adapting to the state’s legalization of cannabis. You can fill out a form right on The Times website.
A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder in Frontiers in Public Health finds that 80% of cannabis smokers mix the drug with their workouts. The same study goes as far as suggesting the mixture may be beneficial for some.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse released a job posting seeking a contractor to roll marijuana joints “within a range of varying concentrations of delta-9-THC and analyze strength and stability of them.”
The Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a public hearing on CBD regulations for May 31.
Colorado State University’s Institute of Cannabis Research will launch a national, medical cannabis patient data registry. Estimates suggest that more than 1 million U.S. citizens legally consume cannabis to relieve symptoms from such diseases as multiple sclerosis, HIV, cancer or epilepsy, according to the university.
An academic analysis from The City University of New York indicates that “the 2012 legalization policy in Colorado appears to reduce the number of deaths due to opioid overdoses.”
The Colorado School of Public Health is searching for volunteers for a study on how cannabis affects the operation of motor vehicles.
The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice released a baseline report on the impacts of marijuana legalization Friday. Colorado Leads is working on a summary so you don’t have to read the entire 266-page report. But if you want to, you can find it here.
“We now have that ever-critical baseline from which we can spot trends so Colorado’s leaders understand where our efforts are succeeding and identify areas where we need to focus additional research, resources or even new policy,” said Gov. John Hickenlooper.