Cannabis As Harm Reduction? Study Shows Patients Drink Less Alcohol
Would you smoke cannabis if it meant you might consume less alcohol, tobacco, or prescription drugs? A recent study examining a group of patients...
Study Shows Cannabis Oil Improves Fibromyalgia Symptoms
A small placebo-controlled trial shows that daily doses of cannabis oil rich in THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) significantly improves pain, fatigue and quality of life in...
Epilepsy Drug Nets $US116m In Sales, Shows Way For Marijuana Aspirants
Sales of Epidiolex, the only cannabis drug approved for sale in the US, netted its owner $US116.1m ($180.7m) in sales in the March quarter,...
Nursing Homes Can’t Administer Medical Cannabis – This Bill Would Change...
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia lawmakers continue to fine tune legislation that aligns with the state’s growing medical cannabis program by advancing two Senate bills...
N.J. Has Nearly 70K Medical Weed Patients, But Future Doctors Are...
Medical schools cover the body’s systems, diseases and medications from the odd and obscure to the routine — but it seems they aren’t teaching...
Medical Marijuana Bill Filed At Alabama State House
A bill to allow medical marijuana has officially been filed at the Alabama State House.
Senate Bill 154, titled the Compassion Act, would allow marijuana...
Marijuana Researchers Shackled By Federal Laws & Regulations
Scientists must obtain hard-to-get license from DEA in order to conduct research
It used to be a wild weed of unknown ancestry, grown surreptitiously in...
This Ex-Player Is Pushing The NBA To Allow CBD
Al Harrington had seen this day coming for years.
As the former NBA forward was in Las Vegas and strolling through MJBizCon, the largest convention...
Cannabis-Based Medicine Available On NHS To Treat Severe Epilepsy In January
UK - Hundreds of children with severe epilepsy will be able to access a cannabis-based treatment on the NHS early in the new year.
NHS...
Legalizing Cannabis Linked To Less Opioid Prescriptions
There are less opioid prescriptions on average in U.S. states where medical and recreational marijuana are legal, research has revealed.
Access to recreational cannabis in...
22,000 Missourians OK’d For Medical Marijuana, But They Must Wait Weeks...
About 22,000 patients now have the OK from Missouri to use medical marijuana cards, but they won’t have anywhere to legally buy the drug...
Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Customers Are Buying Good Weed – In Maine
KITTERY, Maine — Ingrid Martinez is terminally ill and undergoing chemotherapy. Medical marijuana helps her alleviate her nausea and pain. Martinez, 50, a Lowell...
Could Legal Marijuana Upend The $41 Billion Sleep Aid Market?
“Cannabis doesn’t do anything for me,” you might have heard some recalcitrant, unaware soul proclaim, before, in the same breath, they offered the reveal...
Cannabis Reduces Headache And Migraine Pain By Nearly Half
PULLMAN, Wash. – Inhaled cannabis reduces self-reported headache severity by 47.3% and migraine severity by 49.6%, according to a recent study led by Carrie...
Federal Dollars For Addiction Treatment Off-Limits For Medical Marijuana
The U.S. government is barring federal dollars meant for opioid addiction treatment to be used on medical marijuana.
The move is aimed at states that...
Cannabis On The NHS: Marijuana-Based Drugs for Epilepsy And MS Approved...
Thousands of patients will get cannabis-based medicines on the NHS after two drugs were approved for use.
Children with two rare life-threatening forms of epilepsy...