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August 6, 2010

Can smoking pot make you smarter?

Is it possible that if you have schizophrenia, smoking marijuana will actually improve your cognitive performance?Since this blog is often concerned with the relationship between science and its communication, something which has come up once or twice here is the way drug and alcohol research is reported in the media.Very often, it is reported that [...]... Yücel M, Bora E, Lubman DI, Sol

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January 20, 2010

The Sweet Taste of Cannabinoids

Every stoner knows about the munchies, the fondness for junk food that comes with smoking marijuana. Movies have been made about it.It's not just that being on drugs makes you like eating: stimulants, like cocaine and amphetamine, decrease appetite. The munchies are something specific to marijuana. But why?New research from a Japanese team reveals that marijuana directly affects the cells in the

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