New research from The University of Texas at Dallas suggests that long-term cannabis use can harm memory, primarily by disrupting sleep quality. The study, published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, examined how cannabis use, sleep, and memory interact, offering insights beyond previous studies that analyzed these factors separately. Read More: How sleep quality […]
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Wiz Khalifa sentenced to nine months in Romanian jail over on-stage cannabis use
American rapper Wiz Khalifa, born Thomaz Cameron Jibril, has been sentenced in absentia to nine months in prison by a Romanian court for smoking cannabis during a performance last year. Khalifa had performed at the “Beach, Please!” music festival in Costinești, Romania, in July 2024, where authorities found he possessed more than 18 grams of […]
Drug Abuse: Unstated Challenge to the Progress of Pakistan
The rate of drug use in Pakistan is exponentially increasing. According to a UN report on drugs by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2013, almost 7.6 million people in Pakistan are into drugs. After 2013, no concrete data has been collected to determine the scope of drug abuse in Pakistan. […]
Courts, cannabis, corruption: Albania struggles against old demons
With an ex-minister on trial for drug trafficking, an opposition leader suspected of money laundering and hundreds of judges probed over graft, Albania is wrestling against a corruption plague threatening its EU membership hopes. The government insists that no other EU hopeful has undertaken such sweeping efforts to tackle graft and organised crime in order […]
Pollen allergy
Sir: Pollen is one of the most common triggers of seasonal allergies in every spring. Plants release fine yellowish powder to fertilize other plant of the same species. These pollen grains travel from plant to plant by the wind. Normally human immune system defends the body against harmful invaders such as bacteria and viruses but […]