Latest reporting
Nearly Half of Recreational Cannabis Users Trust the Person at the Counter First. Four Percent Pick a Doctor.
A federally funded survey of 1,023 adults who used THC found dispensary staff the most trusted information source, ahead of friends and healthcare providers. What it means for clinicians.
The DEA Just Registered 900 Dispensaries. Nobody Registered a Plan for the Patient.
DOJ announced federal DEA registration for 900+ medical cannabis dispensaries in seven states, while refusing a Minnesota dual-licensed shop. What the implementation gates mean for providers.
Doubling the THC Doesn't Double the High. So Why Is Everyone Selling It That Way?
A meta-analysis of 41 THC experiments finds that doubling the dose from 5 to 10 mg raised the self-reported high by about 15 percent and left anxiety unchanged. What it means for people who use, and for providers.
Through eight lenses
Science
CB1/CB2 receptor system, THC partial agonist, CBD complex pharmacology, synthetic cannabinoids as full agonists.
Biology
Acute cognitive effects, cardiovascular risk underappreciated, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, dose-response with potency.
Psychology
Cannabis Use Disorder is real (~9% lifetime risk among users, higher w/ daily use), psychosis risk in predisposed individuals with high-potency concentrates.
Nearly Half of Recreational Cannabis Users Trust the Person at the Counter First. Four Percent Pick a Doctor.
Nov 1The Hemp THC Ban Is Fifty Days Out. Nobody Wrote a Plan for the People Who Wake Up Sick.
Oct 22No One Has Died of a Cannabis Overdose. That Doesn't Mean It Hasn't Cost People Their Lives.
Oct 7
Policy
Federal schedule I, state-by-state patchwork, 2018 Farm Bill loophole birthing Delta-8/HHC/THC-O.
Trends
Potency has tripled since 2000; daily-use rates rising; vaping concentrates among youth.
Treatment
No FDA-approved meds; CBT, MET, contingency management.
Harm Reduction
Start low/go slow, avoid mixing, be cautious with edibles (delayed onset → redosing), synthetic cannabinoid (K2) toxicity is qualitatively different and severe.