BacteriaA senior from Garnet Valley High School in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania earned a national science award recently for a project to determine the harmful effects (if any) of vaping.
Natalia Orlovsky tested the effects of e-cig liquids on bacteria and human cells. She also tested nicotine. She discovered that the e-cig liquid itself caused cells to produce chemicals associated with stress. That was true even when there was no nicotine present. While this research was only done in cells, not people, the young scientist notes, “The fact that it could apply to people is reason to do more research. Vaping may indeed be safer than cigarettes, but that doesn’t mean its harmless.”
Academic institutions have designed courses, certificate programs, and degrees to equip students with cannabis industry knowledge, but many live in fear of a shutdown.
Have you ever wondered what happened to the idealism of the 1960s? It died . . . alongside cannabis activist Dana Beal. Luckily, they’re both back now.
There’s something about small companies. They move fast. They innovate. They provide god-tier customer service. Okay, maybe that’s not true for all small companies. But it is for Purr Glass.
Rebecca Abraham is yet another extraordinary human facing another heroic task. A nurse by trade—and more importantly, by inclination —Abraham is working to convince the relatively conservative American medical community that cannabis does indeed have a role to play in clinical practice.
Luckily, cannabis rules are much more lax now due to collective bargaining agreements and players’ unions. Now, in all major professional sports leagues, players who test positive for marijuana cannot be suspended, although they can face fines and mandatory treatment programs.
