Inside the cannabis wellness rush in India: Booming sales worry expertsIndia's wellness market sees a rise in cannabis-based products for mental health, fueled by clearer regulations and D2C brands. The market ...
05 Sep, 2025, 05.43 PM IST
Heart health alert: Daily cannabis use may double risk of deadly cardiac eventsA recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association reveals that daily cannabis use nearly doubles the risk of fatal ...
18 Jun, 2025, 09.29 AM IST
Frequent marijuana use could impair working memory, impact daily decisions: New studyA recent study shows that regular marijuana use can negatively affect working memory, which could impact decision-making, work performance ...
29 Jan, 2025, 01.29 AM IST
Grassroots revolution: The road to legal cannabisGermany is set to join the global cannabis revolution on Monday, with a law coming into effect legalising recreational use of the drug. Und...
30 Mar, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
Cannabis & empathy: Study shows regular users might have greater emotional understandingBrain imaging demonstrated increased connectivity in the anterior cingulate, a brain region associated with both cannabis use and empathy, ...
11 Nov, 2023, 06.09 PM IST
How Himachal plans to turn a grass into goldHimachal is considering legalizing cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes. Cannabis has been cultivated illegally in remo...
02 Oct, 2023, 03.01 PM IST
Twitter relaxes cannabis ad rules to lure in more advertisersCompanies interested in advertising cannabis products on Twitter must comply with a long list of rules. They must be licensed and pre-autho...
27 Apr, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
Uber Eats to soon deliver marijuana legally to people’s doorstep in CanadaUber Eats partnered with Leafly and will deliver marijuana to people's doorsteps starting Monday in Canada.
17 Oct, 2022, 06.16 PM IST
CannaDAO to launch platform for cannabis industryThe DAO is slated to launch on April 20 and powered by the Aurora cross-chain bridge running on the NEAR protocol.
17 Feb, 2022, 08.21 PM IST
No complete ban on cannabis, medical use allowed, Centre tells Delhi High CourtIn its affidavit filed last year, the Centre urged the court to dismiss the petition with costs and claimed that it has "adopted a balanced...
10 Jan, 2022, 11.05 PM IST
All the Dope on Marijuana: US House of Representative passes bill to decriminalise use of cannabisCannabis is also used in some religious rituals and festivals such as Holi in which bhang is consumed.
14 Dec, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
Hooked to hemp: Can better regulation help to unleash the medical and industrial advantages of cannabis?Most cannabis or hemp-based startups in India are bootstrapped. They see a potential to grow but feel crimped because of poor regulation.
10 Oct, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
5.7 crore Indians dependent on alcohol, need treatment: Government surveyThe survey found that of an estimated 16 crore alcohol consumers in the 10-75 years bracket, as many as 19% of them were dependent on alcoh...
19 Feb, 2019, 10.31 AM IST
Are you addicted to smoking pot? It may make your bones brittleThe study also found that heavy cannabis users have a lower body weight and a reduced body mass index.
13 Oct, 2016, 01.42 PM IST
Rajnath Singh-led GoM to review national policy on drug abuseThe policy talks about two type of addictive substances-- the illicit drugs like heroin, opium and the other, pharmaceutical preparations.
22 Sep, 2016, 11.02 PM IST
Teen cannabis users have poor long-term memory in adulthoodTeens who are heavy marijuana users - smoking it daily for about three years - may have an abnormally shaped hippocampus and poor long-term...
14 Mar, 2015, 01.40 PM IST
Drug reduction policy draft likely to be moved to Cabinet soonThe survey revealed that the problem was more serious in border states such as Punjab, Rajasthan, Northeast and mega cities, the draft poli...
01 Feb, 2015, 10.43 AM IST