Cannabis can make your brain ‘slow’ even after the high wears off – ZME Science

But a new massive study, which merged the findings of over 10 meta-analyses comprising more than 43,000 people, found that cognitive impairments may linger well beyond the initial period of intoxication. As cannabis legalization for both medical and recreational use has been amped up in recent years, most notably in North America, scientists are starting […]

Brain scans could help police detect cannabis impairment in drivers – ZME Science

In order to detect irresponsible drivers and sanction them, law enforcement officers employ various tools such as breath analyzers to detect alcohol in a person’s system or rapid drug tests that can respond to specific markers for cocaine, marijuana, and other drugs. The alcohol content in the blood is closely related to alcohol-related impairment. Prosecuting […]

COP26 is about to start. Can it really make a difference? – ZME Science

Governments, civil society, and media representatives will meet in Glasgow, Scotland during the next two weeks to discuss ways to increase climate action. The international summit COP26 is the 26th iteration of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change . In 2015 in Paris, countries agreed to limit the global […]