A new international study will follow 1,800 regular cannabis consumers for two years, tracking mood, sleep, cognition, potency, stigma and what happens in the hours before and after they get high. Cannabis research has had a pretty obvious problem for decades: wildly different consumers are often treated as if they’re doing roughly the same thing….
Cannabis may help some people fall asleep faster, but that does not necessarily tell us what happens during the rest of the night. The relationship between THC, REM sleep and dreaming is far more personal than the headlines make it sound. Dreams are strange little souvenirs from a place you visit every night but can…
San Antonio firefighter’s termination over prescribed THC is exposing the growing conflict between Texas medical cannabis law and workplace policy. A San Antonio firefighter and paramedic says he lost his career over a legally prescribed medical cannabis product, and now the city may be facing a legal battle with the firefighters union over it. Zachary…
For decades, America was sold a familiar line: smoke cannabis long enough, and your lungs would eventually resemble an ashtray. But one of the largest long-term pulmonary studies ever conducted quietly complicated that narrative in a way prohibitionists rarely mention. A landmark 20-year study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association tracked more…
When CHAMPS returned to Austin just months after its first visit, it did not ease its way back in. It arrived to a city ready to treat the moment like something worth celebrating. This was not just another trade show stop. From downtown Sixth Street to North Austin glass studios, the cannabis community turned CHAMPS…
The Endorphin Myth Revisited For decades, the narrative was simple: you run, your brain floods with endorphins, and voilà, instant mood boost and a little pain relief. But there’s a problem. Those endorphins, especially the ones we measure in your bloodstream, generally can’t cross the blood–brain barrier in meaningful amounts. They’re good at dulling physical…
In Austin, the name Bo Scaife still carries weight. The standout tight end from the Mack Brown era helped define a generation of Texas Longhorns football, playing with grit, hands, and heart before taking his talents to the NFL. But when the cleats came off and the crowd disappeared, Bo-like so many former pros-faced something…
THCA, CBDA and what the cannabis plant is doing before heat changes everything Most of us meet cannabis after something has happened to it. We light it. Vape it. Bake it. Extract it. Decarb it. Heat is so baked into cannabis culture that it’s easy to forget the plant hanging in the garden is chemically…
Luck Reunion 2023: Where Music and Magic Collide in the Heart of Texas Luck, Texas – Deep in the heart of Texas, just outside of Austin lies Willie Nelson’s legendary ranch, Luck, TX. This year, the highly anticipated Luck Reunion music festival returned, offering attendees a respite from the hustle and bustle of Austin’s SXSW….