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TikTok Algorithm Boosts Pro-Chinese Communist Party Content, Suppresses Criticism, According To New Study: Company Fires Back, Calls It 'Fiction'
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 - 11:27pm | 676A study by the Network Contagion Research Institute or NCRI in collaboration with Rutgers University suggests that ByteDance-owned social media platform TikTok’s algorithm promotes content favoring the Chinese government. What Happened: Building on the December 2023 finding, the...
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Unlocking Smiles: New Study Reveals Oral CBD As Safe & Effective Opioid Alternative For Dental Pain
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 5:12pm | 650In groundbreaking research published this month in the Journal of Dental Research, scientists from Rutgers University and the University of Texas revealed that CBD, a cannabis compound could offer a potent and safe alternative to opioids for managing acute dental pain. According to...
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Rutgers Offers Free Certificate In Cannabis Law, Business To Students From Communities Impacted By War On Drugs
Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 4:29pm | 461Rutgers Law School and Minority Cannabis Academy (MCA) are collaborating to expand access to cannabis-related educational programming for disenfranchised communities impacted by the war on drugs. Rutgers Law School’s Certificate in Cannabis Law and Business is a six-month program that...
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Not In My Back Yard? New Study Points To Why Municipalities Choose To Ban Or Allow Cannabis Sales In NJ
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - 8:56pm | 609While adult-use cannabis was legalized in New Jersey, municipalities can still decide whether to veto or allow cannabis sales. A new study conducted by Rutgers University and found that the municipalities in New Jersey that are most likely to allow cannabis-related businesses in their...
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Marijuana Users More Likely To Be Stuck In Bad Relationships, Here's Why
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 - 9:51am | 514Cannabis might have more to do with your love life than you think, according to a new study that examined its associations with couple functioning. Researchers from Rutgers University and Mount Holyoke College may be on to something. They found that marijuana users appear to present more...
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Rutgers Report On Impact Of Weed Legalization In New Jersey: Racial Disparities Are Serious Concern
Thursday, February 17, 2022 - 6:12pm | 447The New Jersey State Policy Lab at Rutgers University recently published a study that looks at the impact that legalized weed has had on people’s lives. “This is the first study of its kind in New Jersey that assesses cannabis usage among the state’s population...
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Survey's In: General Public Has 'Little Factual Knowledge' Regarding Economy, Could Affect The Election
Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 9:26am | 482A survey conducted by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University found that 57 percent of the public is under the impression that the economy is a lot worse than it is. For instance, the unemployment rate stands at 4.9 percent, but almost 30 percent of those...