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Scientists have identified over 60 unique molecules in cannabis known as cannabinoids, which include THC and CBD. But while THC has gotten most of the attention, studies suggest many of the compounds in marijuana work together to produce a synergy of effects. This is known as the 'entourage effect.'
After working in sales in the marijuana industry for over two years, I’m ready to admit something that I wish I could tell every customer who wants a vape pen: most of them kind of suck.
As we recognize the hidden financial ties between academics advocating for the prohibition and strict regulation of cannabis and large prescription drug companies, we begin to see that there is an anti-cannabis agenda being pushed by drug companies that has nothing to do with health and safety, and everything to do with keeping prescription drug sales up.
Recent evidence espoused by the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute in Florida suggests that relatively small amounts of THC may slow or even halt Alzheimer's disease.
Eighty-seven percent of Ohio voters think that people should be able to use marijuana as medicine, although nearly all of the currently elected state officials, including Gov. John Kasich, disagree. However, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, some of the candidates ...
Hawaii residents will have a chance to voice their opinion on establishing a statewide system to dispense medical marijuana during a public hearing before the Hawaii Medical Marijuana Dispensary Task Force. The final hearing will be held ...
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 10, 2014:
These "baked" apples are stoner-friendly and medicated with the help of cannabis-infused butter, and filled to the brim with a sugary-oat mixture.
Sales of legal retail marijuana have topped sales of medical marijuana in Colorado for the first time since the state’s recreational pot shops opened their doors on Jan. 1, according to tax figures released by the Colorado Department of Revenue.
The Oregon Health Authority has ordered nine unlicensed medical marijuana dispensaries, six of them in Portland, to shut down since the state launched its dispensary program in March.
Nearly two years after Massachusetts voters approved medical marijuana, nine distribution centers are to open next year and now must face the latest obstacle: the banking system.
The ice bucket challenge has raised a huge amount of awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) — popularly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. With the help of celebrities, politicians and thousands of…
The federal government maintains the authority to curb funding to states that allow welfare recipients to use their EBT cards in liquor stores, casinos and strip clubs, but that power doesn't extend to marijuana dispensaries.
A judge Tuesday gave probation rather than a prison sentence to a dying Iowa man convicted of growing marijuana and using it to treat his terminal cancer.
The governor of Metropolitan Santiago, Claudio Orrego, announced on Monday the approval by Chilean authorities of the first farm in this capital to grow marijuana for medicinal and research purposes.
This medicated butternut squash salad will be sure to crank up your taste buds with bright and citrus-y dressing, and make you wanna snuggle up with all these fall flavors, such as dried cranberries, squash, and nuts.
I found this new place had all the same stuff I liked about the first one, but at about 2/3 the price. After that visit, I never went back to my first dispensary.
As the Pennsylvania state Senate is set to reconvene on Sept. 15, a hotly contested national issue sits near the top of its agenda: medical marijuana. The bipartisan Senate Bill 1182, titled the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act, will go up for a vote...
