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Does weed help with anxiety or cause it? Here’s what experts say.

October 30, 2023

Does weed help with anxiety or cause it? Here’s what experts say. Cannabis can “turn up the volume” on everything in the brain, including our anxiety

The Cannabis That People Are Using for Anxiety Is Probably Making It Worse

October 26, 2023

Lots of people with anxiety are counting on cannabis’s ability to treat their symptoms. There’s a problem: The science shows that it probably doesn’t help, and it may make those symptoms worse

Many people think cannabis smoke is harmless. Here’s how how that belief can put health at risk

October 18, 2023

Unfortunately, though Googling cannabis will return thousands of hits about the health benefits of cannabis, many of these claims aren’t supported by scientific research.

Cannabis worker death due to inhaling ground cannabis dust

October 12, 2023

Lorna McMurrey, 27, was filling pre-rolls at the Cannabis company Trulieve facility in January 2022 when she said she couldn’t breathe. An OSHA investigation found that she had inhaled ground cannabis dust and died of occupational asthma.

Cannabis: Sonoma County Tourism’s Next Marketing Initiative

September 25, 2023

Sonoma County Tourism bureau has revised its strategic plan to promote cannabis events and related experiences.

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