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Newswise — Treatment for chronic pain still relies heavily on opioids. While effective, they are highly addictive and potentially deadly if misused. In the quest to develop a safe, effective alternative to opioids, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Stanford University have developed a compound that mimics a natural molecule found…
Products advertised as containing synthetically derived Delta-8 THC are offered for sale at a smoke shop in north Seattle on Feb. 25, 2022. AP file A loophole in regulations that legalized hemp production in 2018 has opened a path for gas stations and smoke shops to sell an unregulated hemp-derived intoxicant, Delta-8 THC, packaged to…
Christian Glass. (Family photo provided by Rathod Mohamedbhai law firm) Jurors on Thursday found a former Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2022 killing of Christian Glass. Andrew Buen could face up to three years in prison on the homicide conviction — much less than the decades behind bars…
The Cannabis Control Commission is warning marijuana consumers to avoid the Slap N Tickle. According to the CCC, tests have shown that some products sold through the second half of last year were “potentially contaminated” with “yeast and mold and coliforms above acceptable limits.” “The Commission has taken steps to prevent further sales of the…
An email obtained by The Times shows that one committee leader, Representative Sharon Wylie, a supporter of the industry, shared a draft of the bill with a cannabis lobbyist. “Thank you for being open to the compromise approach,” she wrote. In an interview, Ms. Wylie said that “the jury’s still out” on the potential harms…
Barrie Miskin was newly pregnant when she noticed her appearance was changing. Dark patches bloomed on her skin like watercolor ink. A “thicket” of hairs sprouted on her upper lip and chin. The outside world was changing, too: In her neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, bright lights enveloped objects in a halo, blurring her vision. Co-workers…
A growing cannabis or hemp plant in a box at the Cannabis Museum in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file A bill that would have imposed regulations on new…
