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As lawmakers try to decide if they’ll legalize a form of medical marijuana, a group of men supporting a broadening of medical marijuana use is walking across North Carolina with the aim of talking to lawmakers about a ballot referendum on the issue.
Early deficits in Alzheimer’s may be caused by blockage of the brain’s cannabinoids, according to new research out of Stanford University School of Medicine.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 18, 2014:
On first glance, a new pamphlet produced by “CBD-Care.com” looks like some sort of altruistic white paper on the therapeutic benefits of cannabidiol.
British drug maker GW Pharmaceuticals released the first results on the efficacy and safety of Epidiolex, with an average reduction in seizure frequency of 50% among a group of 27 children and young adults with treatment-resistant epilepsy.
Most of us were caught off-guard by the rush of states this year that approved the limited use of CBD-only marijuana extracts because these traditionally conservative states had heretofore rejected the medical use of marijuana.
In this issue of Cannabinoid Profiles, the properties of CBD are broken down and the therapeutic benefits are explored.
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.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 4, 2014:
Take a look at cannabis news and politics from around the world in this new series, International Cannabis Update. This week features Israel and their rapidly expanding medical marijuana program, which aims to serve their population of eight million people.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of May 21, 2014:
Lydia Schaeffer passed away from a rare genetic disorder. Her plight inspired lawmakers in Wisconsin to legalize a marijuana extract to treat her condition.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of May 14, 2014:
Mary’s Medicinals is currently making a patch designed to last up to 12 hours; each transdermal patch has 10 mg of cannabis. The best part is just how many options are available.
I am gaga for CBDs. They taste amazing and they make me feel fantastic. By fantastic I mean way alert, energetic, attentive (huge), peppy and positive, but not like I'm hopped up on coffee.
The Florida House voted 111-7 to conditionally exempt a small group of sick people from criminal law for using marijuana low in THC yet high in CBD.
The American Academy of Neurology reviewed more than 30 studies comparing the effects of medical marijuana in treating people with several conditions of MS.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of April 23, 2014:
