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Back in 2020, the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University finally got around to tallying up what cannabis costs in Australia were actually doing to the country. The last time anyone had done this properly was 2007 — thirteen years earlier. The number they landed on for 2015–16? $4.5 billion. In a single year. […]

A major new study has found that cannabis memory loss goes further than most people expect. Smoking cannabis does not simply blur memories. It can actively distort them, creating false recollections of things that never happened. Washington State University (WSU) researchers say THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis, disrupts the brain’s ability to store, retrieve,

The argument surfaces repeatedly in public debates: if society tolerates alcohol, why not cannabis? It’s a question that sounds reasonable until you examine what science actually tells us about marijuana vs alcohol. According to Harvard Medical School professor Dr Bertha K. Madras, a psychobiologist with decades of research into addiction and neurobiology, this comparison rests

In a revelation from her recent memoir published last month, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai shared how cannabis triggered trauma from the 2012 Taliban attack that nearly killed her. A University Experiment Gone Wrong Whilst studying at Oxford University, the shooting survivor tried smoking cannabis from a bong with friends in a campus summerhouse.

The New ‘Reefer Madness’? “Cannabis-induced psychosis is not always ‘denial.’  In many cases, it may well be anosognosia, a brain condition where the person truly cannot recognize that they are ill…To them, the delusions feel real.”  Elle Constantine To the observer, it may look like denial or defiance. It may not be what can all too often

Classified briefings and explosive Congressional testimony reveal the shocking extent to which Chinese cannabis criminal networks have infiltrated American soil, ultimately transforming what politicians promised would be harmless marijuana legalisation into a sophisticated weapon of mass social destruction. What Congressional testimony has uncovered will shock even seasoned observers of organised crime: specifically, a meticulously orchestrated

California Cannabis Legalisation Failure: Black Market Volumes Surge Despite Legal Dispensaries: New data reveals California cannabis legalisation failure as black market volumes increase by 20% whilst consumption soars among heavy users – A comprehensive report on California’s cannabis market has delivered a damning verdict on the state’s cannabis legalisation failure, revealing that the promised elimination of

In the haze of cannabis legalization, the dominant narrative whispers reassurances: “It’s natural,” “It’s safer than alcohol,” “No one dies from marijuana.” Yet, these comforting mantras mask a growing body of evidence that demands a reckoning. Cannabis is not the benign substance its advocates claim. Beneath the green marketing lies a darker reality—one marked by

Headlines, once not reported in our rush for the legalisation of the highly lauded (and to many advocates) panacea of most ills – cannabis – are now begrudgingly starting to emerge. Doctors warn of significant increase in people hospitalised with psychosis after being prescribed medicinal cannabis (msn.com) (North America reporting this more, Marijuana Overdoses on