Proposition 64 passed in November, legalizing recreational marijuana use in California. When it goes into full effect Jan. 1, 2018, UCLA students and anyone 21 or older will be able to buy marijuana from stores with retail licenses. Currently, patients have used medical marijuana to treat a variety of conditions, including nausea, pain and seizures. […]
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Students study ways to improve effectiveness of UC smoking ban
Since UCLA was designated a smoke-free campus, tobacco use has shown mixed signs of abating. The University of California instated the UC Smoke & Tobacco Free Policy to eliminate all use of tobacco products on campus in 2014. However, the ongoing use of tobacco products on campus has encouraged students to investigate the efficacy of […]
Cannabis kingdom: Stirring the pot
Rodrigo Aranda was cleaning out the trash in his car when he found the bag of marijuana. Aranda had always refrained from doing drugs, even though his friends did, because he had been too busy with schoolwork. However, he was going through a tough breakup the summer after his senior year of high school and […]
Cannabis kingdom
Proposition 64 passed in November, legalizing recreational marijuana use in California. When it goes into full effect on Jan. 1, 2018, anyone 21 or older, including UCLA students, will be able to buy marijuana from stores with retail licenses. Currently, students 21 and over can possess up to 28.5 grams of marijuana and grow up […]
UCLA oceanographers embark on voyage to study Gulf of Mexico currents
A team of UCLA oceanographers towed a small boat to Louisiana to study water currents in the Gulf of Mexico last month. UCLA, with a consortium of institutions, studied how oceanic currents move oil in areas affected by the 2010 BP oil spill, the world’s largest accidental marine oil spill. As part of its settlement […]
Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski appointed inaugural chair in surgery at UCLA
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA appointed an inaugural chair in surgery Thursday. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, a professor of surgery, pathology and laboratory medicine, will serve as the first Paul I. Terasaki Chair in Surgery, which was created after Terasaki donated $2 million in 2010. Kupiec-Weglinski is currently the director of the division of […]
Research Recap: Breastmilk benefits, UC Drug Discovery Consortium and selfish genes
May 8 UCLA researchers publish a study in JAMA Pediatrics about the transfer of beneficial bacteria through breastmilk in 107 mother-infant pairs. Gut bacteria in the intestinal tract help digest food and condition the immune system for bacterial exposure. The study found 30 percent of a baby’s gut bacteria comes directly from breastmilk and 10 percent from the […]