Author: Frank Schuler

Brazil Announces 12-Year Cannabis Cultivation Research Effort

Written by Frank Schuler on February 12, 2025. Posted in Science.

Brazil is home to an emerging legal cannabis industry, and the nation is also home to a national agricultural research agency named Embrapa. Embrapa recently announced that it will launch a research...

Legal Retail Cannabis Isn’t Associated With Rise In Emergency Department Visits

Written by Frank Schuler on January 31, 2025. Posted in Business, Science.

Canada was not the first country to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. That distinct title goes to Uruguay, which legalized recreational cannabis in 2013, five years before Canada...

Canadian Patients Report Significant Reductions In Pain Following Cannabis Use

Written by Frank Schuler on January 31, 2025. Posted in Science.

Canada was at the forefront of medical cannabis policy modernization, having adopted national medical cannabis reform in 2001. Canada remains an international leader in the emerging legal global medical...

CBD “Significantly Reduces” Pain, Other Symptoms In Nail-Patella Syndrome Patients

Written by Frank Schuler on January 31, 2025. Posted in Science.

The global market for cannabidiol (CBD) is booming. Several market analysis reports and sector projections demonstrate the buffet of opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators in the...

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Spanish Researchers Find CBD Does Not Impair Driving Performance

Written by Frank Schuler on January 12, 2025. Posted in Science.

The use of cannabidiol (CBD) is becoming more common around the world as more CBD-focused research is conducted and more becomes known about the popular cannabinoid. That is paralleled by innovative...

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Canadian Legalization Not Associated With Increase In Work Hour Use

Written by Frank Schuler on January 11, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Canada adopted a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in 2018. Leading up to the adoption of the measure, many cannabis opponents predicted that, among other things, legalization would lead...

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South African Human Rights Commission Urges Police To Halt Cannabis Arrests

Written by Frank Schuler on January 6, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Last year South Africa became the latest country to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure, codifying a prior landmark court decision which determined that prohibition policies against...

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Health Canada To Publish Cannabis Sampling Program Results In 2025

Written by Frank Schuler on January 6, 2025. Posted in Science.

Canada became the first G-7 country to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in 2018. Since that time, Canada has served as the top cannabis commerce public policy experiment on the...

UK Study Finds Cannabis Helps Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Written by Frank Schuler on January 2, 2025. Posted in Science.

International health researchers estimate that as many as 4.9 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. The highest rates of inflammatory bowel disease are found...