Hacker News with Generative AI: Cannabis

Cannabis Use Linked to Epigenetic Changes, Cancer Risk (neurosciencenews.com)
Cannabis use causes cellular damage that increases the risk of highly cancerous tumors, according to a new paper published in the scientific journal Addiction Biology.

Cannabis, Cancer, Health, Science, Genetics

14 points by bookofjoe 4 days ago | 3 comments

Voters could make recreational weed legal in a majority of U.S. states (npr.org)
Voters in three states will decide on Election Day whether to legalize the recreational use of cannabis — and if more than one of the measures pass, it would mean a majority of U.S. states have recreational marijuana laws on the books.

Politics, Cannabis, Law, Elections

3 points by geox 15 days ago | 0 comments

Pizza place accidentally spiked dough with THC, sickening dozens (arstechnica.com)
Dozens of people in Wisconsin have been sickened and at least five needed emergency medical services after inadvertently eating pizza tainted with Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive compound in cannabis, officials of Public Health Madison & Dane County reported late Friday.

Food Safety, Cannabis, Wisconsin, Health, Accidents

4 points by nobody9999 23 days ago | 0 comments

Growing Cannabis and Opium Poppies May Be Key to U.S. Supply Chains (nytimes.com)
After supply chain disruptions that made critical medicines scarce, a federal effort is underway to ensure domestic stocks of pharmaceutical ingredients.

Pharmaceuticals, Supply Chain, Cannabis, Opium

4 points by bookofjoe 33 days ago | 1 comments

California passes law allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes (medicalxpress.com)
Starting next year, diners in the western US state of California can smoke cannabis at certain restaurants, thanks to a new law allowing for "cannabis cafes" akin to those popularized in the Netherlands.

Cannabis, California Law, Legalization, Restaurants

24 points by PaulHoule 35 days ago | 10 comments

Cannabis Use Linked to Epigenetic Changes, Study Shows: ScienceAlert (sciencealert.com)

Cannabis, Science, Health, Genetics

8 points by arthurz 77 days ago | 14 comments

Federal Appeals Court Once Again Rejects Blanket Gun Ban for Cannabis Consumers (norml.org)

Federal Law, Cannabis, Gun Control

25 points by jdmark 82 days ago | 6 comments

NIST to Test New Approach for Detecting Cannabis in Breath (nist.gov)

Cannabis, Science, Technology, Law Enforcement

3 points by geox 97 days ago | 0 comments

Increase in people hospitalised with psychosis after prescribed cannabis (abc.net.au)