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Why biotech firms are jumping into the cannabis business

Antonio Regalado | 
As biotechnology embraces the legal cannabis industry, not a few of its executives are grappling with a dilemma: what will ...
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Dissecting the cannabis genome in the quest for a better bud and effective medicines

Kaylee Mueller | 
Cannabis cultivators have little firm knowledge about the genetics of the plant. Researchers hope to change that ...
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Pot-smoking study suggests CBD plays key role in protecting a stoned brain

Ed Cara | 
Cannabidiol—the ingredient of cannabis that doesn’t make you high, commonly called CBD—might be the angel to THC’s devil, a new ...
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Brewer’s yeast could be used to produce rare cannabis-derived compounds that treat anxiety, pain

Elie Dolgin | 
The yeast that people have used for millennia to brew alcoholic drinks has now been engineered to produce cannabinoids — ...
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Breaking down the ‘scientific and statistical sins’ behind reporting on marijuana science

Dave Levitan | 
A new book and New Yorker feature are filled with cherry-picked data, oversimplified studies, and scientific errors ...
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Marijuana and mental health: It’s not ‘strictly helpful or harmful’

Jonathan Stea | 
The exciting news about the complexity of cannabis is that it holds much promise as a potential medicine for many ...
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Smoking pot while pregnant increases health risks, including depression and drug abuse, for offspring

Andrew Scheyer | 
Various large-scale longitudinal research projects in both North America and Europe, ranging from several hundred to thousands of subjects, on ...
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Why marijuana might not be such a great weapon to fight opioid addiction

Roger Chriss | 
The opioid crisis is an ongoing national tragedy. One commonly suggested response is cannabis. But emerging state and national statistics ...
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23andMe study probes links between cannabis use and schizophrenia

Ed Cara | 
There’s evidence of a connection between cannabis use and schizophrenia, but it’s unclear whether the drug leads to the disorder, ...
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