Many people have heard a variation of “marijuana can help cancer”, even if they’re not medical marijuana patients or even recreational users. Research scientists have been studying...
The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) has announced its intent to establish a task force to better educate pharmacists to the management of cannabis therapy. “Medical...
Many parents are bringing their children to Colorado to receive cannabis treatment for pediatric epilepsy and cancer. The number of minor patients on the MMJ registry nearly...
Studies have shown that marijuana not only helps fight the symptoms of treating cancer but also the disease itself. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, often gets the credit for...
Japanese scientists recently found that synthetic cannabinoids act as a powerful anti-inflammatory and reduce skin cancer by 90% in mice. Here come the cannabis cosmeceuticals, folks.
A Colorado mom says she’s at odds with the medical establishment and specifically, her oncologist, as the mother is refusing to restart chemotherapy and choosing to treat her 3-year-old son,...
The consumption of cannabis is effective in treating symptoms associated with cancer and conventional anti-cancer therapies, such as nausea, weight loss, pain, and fatigue, according to observational...
Being diagnosed with cancer is likely one of the most frightening things that can happen in life. Not only can the disease be fatal, the treatment itself...
Pulmonary complications associated with the regular smoking of cannabis are “relatively small” and far lower than those associated with tobacco smoking, according to a recent review published in the...
A study led by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found for the first time that thirdhand smoke from cigarettes, the noxious residue that clings to...
A forthcoming review to be published in the journal Annals of the American Thoracic Society reiterates that the ingestion of cannabis smoke poses nominal pulmonary risks compared to those associated...
NYU is conducting a study, supporting earlier UCLA and Hopkins studies, that even a single does of psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms, had decreased cancer-related anxiety and increased patients’ sense of well-being,...
An impressive cast and crew list has came together to create HUSH The Series, a drama web series about the staggering consequences for a doctor who used...
Last week, Michael Bloomberg called medical cannabis “one of the greatest hoaxes of all time,” ignoring countless scientific studies that have shown the plant’s usefulness in treating everything from cancer to HIV....
On 5/21/2013, Bill Rosendahl, a Councilman in the City of Los Angeles, made history as the first elected Official openly admitting to using medical marijuana. Bill Rosendahl...
Last year, the National Cancer Institute, “the U.S. government’s principal agency for cancer research,” created a stir by publishing the truth: the molecules found in pot kill breast...
A new study compared the risk of bladder cancer in more than 83,000 men who smoked cigarettes only, marijuana only, or both substances. More frequent marijuana use —...
In a recent presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research, investigators from the University of California, Los Angeles, provided the latest...
