Effects of guaranteed basic income interventions on poverty-related outcomes in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: High-income countries offer social assistance (welfare) programs to help alleviate poverty for people with little or no income. These programs have become increasingly conditional and stringent in recent decades based on the premise that transitioning people from government support to paid work will improve their circumstances. However, many people end up with low-paying and precarious jobs that may cause more poverty because they lose benefits such as housing subsidies and health and dental insurance, while incurring job-related expenses.

Effect of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol on quinine palatability and AM251 on sucrose and quinine palatability using the taste reactivity test.

Here we provide evidence that the cannabinoid agonist, Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta9-THC) enhances quinine palatability and the CB1 antagonist/inverse agonist, AM251, reduces sucrose and quinine palatability using the taste reactivity test, which provides a direct measure of palatability independently of appetitive behavior. In Experiment 1, rats were treated with a low dose of Delta9-THC (0.5 mg/kg) or Vehicle 30 min, 60 min, 120 min or 240 min prior to a 5-min intraoral infusion of a highly unpalatable 0.