Hashing Out Fertility

Is there a HIGH price on getting DOWN? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As cannabis use GROWS, how might it impact women’s fertility? Enter Cyntia Duval and team at the University of Toronto. They’re studying how cannabis affects egg cell development, looking at oocytes.

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Marijuana Mama

Mothers to be—No more T-H-C! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying: Turn on, tune in, and LEAVE THE POT OUT. Marijuana has been legalized in twenty-five states in the U-S, for medical or recreational use. Of those who smoke marijuana, 6 percent are pregnant

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Total Buzzkill

Today’s update is sure to … bring you down? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying: That’s not exactly the goal of French medical researchers. They investigated the neurochemical basis of marijuana addiction. How? They got rats high by injecting them with marijuana’s active ingredient

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