Saturday, July 5


Cannabis kingdom: An ounce of hope

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. Read more...

Photo: Siddharth Aysola, 7, has cerebral palsy and a form of refractory epilepsy called infantile spasms. His parents said that supplementary cannabis treatment has helped Sidd better control his condition and wane off more of his antiepileptic medications. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)



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. Read more...

Photo: Christian Kramme, a third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, medicates himself with a one-to-one strain of cannabis. He has used cannabis for several years to treat issues like lack of appetite under the medical marijuana program in California. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)



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. Read more...

Photo: UCLA and other institutions studied how oil moves in water currents in the Gulf of Mexico last month. Their experiment looked at what processes cause oil to accumulate in the ocean. (Courtesy of Lucia Bertero)




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