Researchers in the United Kingdom are currently recruiting volunteers for a study designed to explore the effects of cannabis on the human brain. Subjects selected for the full study will be paid for their participation in the research, which is being undertaken as part of King’s College London’s Cannabis & Me project.

The researchers conducting the study have said that the research is “paramount” to understanding the science behind cannabis, which they say is used daily by approximately 200 million people worldwide and is subject to legalization efforts in countries around the globe. Dr. Marta Di Forti, a leading cannabis and psychosis researcher and the leader of the new study, noted that “Cannabis is consumed daily by many recreationally but also for medicinal reasons.”

“But in the UK, the prescription of medicinal cannabis remains rare,” Di Forti added, as quoted by the Daily Mail. “Our study aims to provide

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One thing terrible has happened to pregnant girls in Texas: their mortality fee has doubled in recent years, and is now similar to charges in places like Russia or Ukraine. Although researchers into this catastrophe are cautious to say that it might’t be attributed to anyone trigger, the demise surge does coincide with the state’s defunding of Deliberate Parenthood, which led to the closing of many clinics. And all of this ought to be seen towards the overall background of Texas coverage, which is extremely hostile toward anything that helps low-earnings residents.

Though it may seem fantastical to provide extra care to extra people for much less money, there’s a preponderance of scientific information to support this declare. Within the United States, we waste $375 billion a yr on billing and insurance coverage-associated paperwork, and never a dime of it goes towards a physician’s go to, vaccination, procedure or treatment. …

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