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A new landmark study published last week by the peer-reviewed journal Drug and Alcohol Review refutes the long-held belief that abuse of California's medical marijuana law is ubiquitous.
Here is yet another marijuana success story that flies directly in the face of its schedule I federal status designation of "no medical use." 4 year old boy Landon Riddle was diagnosed with leukemia and prescribed a rigorous treatment of chemotherapy and a myriad of anti-cancer pills.
This recipe combines medicinal cannabis and foods recommended for combating cancer to create a powerful healing blend. Kale, mushrooms, carrots and a homemade garlic and ginger cannabis dressing combine to create a delicious Asian garden vegetable slaw that will delight the taste buds.
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.
Despite the controversy surrounding marijuana not being FDA approved, medical experts insist there is increasing evidence to suggest that smoking marijuana is less of a detriment to public health than cigarettes.
Despite a recent decree from Pope Francis admonishing marijuana use, the Catholic Church of the Philippines has come out in support of medical marijuana.
It has been known for some time that cannabis has anti-cancer properties, but it has been unclear specifically what cannabinoid cell receptors are directly related to tumor shrinkage.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 16, 2014:
Scientists in the UK have now traced marijuana’s ability to prevent the growth and spread of cancer to specific pathways found in tumor cells, known as cannabinoid receptors.
The American judicial system has displayed another staggering lack of humanity and compassion. Iowa resident and terminal cancer patient Benton Mackenzie faces up to three years in jail as a result of a police raid in 2013 that found him, along with his family, to be growing cannabis.
Jacksonville-based attorney John Morgan has given a multi-million dollar donation to the medical marijuana campaign in Florida, Jacksonville.com reports, and will now invest even more in helping seriously ill Floridians find relief.
Pharmacists preparing for the advent of Connecticut's medical marijuana industry gathered Wednesday to talk about the clinical aspects of dispensing a drug that has no federal approval nor the guidelines that go along with it.
Here's a tasty medibles recipe from the Leaf Online for a smoothie that combines medicinal cannabis and foods recommended for combating cancer to create a powerful healing blend.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 25, 2014:
Subjects who regularly inhale cannabis smoke possess no greater risk of contracting lung cancer than do those who consume it occasionally or not at all, according to data published online ahead of print in the International Journal of Cancer.
After nearly a decade of research, scientists at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute recently published online in the British Journal of Pharmacology their latest findings, which suggest that both plant-derived and synthetic cannabinoids may hold promise in treating breast cancer.
A drug from the marijuana compound cannabidiol (CBD) entered human trials to treat schizophrenia. GW Pharmaceuticals announced Phase 2 clinical trials.
According to the article, there are about 5,000 medical marijuana card holders in Nevada. Here are the numbers on the most common ways marijuana is used.
