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University of Arizona professor and leading medical marijuana researcher Dr. Sue Sisley was fired from her position at the university after advocates engaged in a contentious political struggle with state lawmakers to secure funding for her clinical study on the beneficial effects of marijuana on veterans with PTSD.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 2, 2014:
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.
The administration of oral THC mitigates symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), according to clinical trial data published online ahead of print in the journal Clinical Drug Investigation.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 11, 2014:
An Arizona judge issued a decision Friday claiming that State Health Director Will Humble acted illegally by denying PTSD patients access to medical marijuana, reports the Arizona Daily Sun.
Roger Martin, founder of a Colorado organization aptly named Operation Grow4Vets believes that, "anyone who would deny treatment with marijuana to a seriously or terminally ill person is either incredibly uniformed, or simply lacks any measure of compassion for his or her fellow human beings."
Operation Grow4Vets announced a free marijuana giveaway for Veterans 1:00 – 4:00 PM on Memorial Day. Veterans attending the CO event will receive a gift bag
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of April 16, 2014:
Patrick Kennedy, a founding member of Project SAM, has been an enormously loud voice in support of mental health issues. If (as expected) cannabis proves to be a viable treatment for PTSD, on which side of that line will Kennedy place himself?
It is reported that almost one-third of sexual assault survivors will experience PTSD sometime in their lifetime. Marijuana has been making waves lately as a potential treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of April 2, 2014:
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of March 19, 2014.
Members of the Medical Marihuana Review Panel voted 6 to 2 to expand the state’s list of qualifying conditions to include PTSD. Michigan physicians may now authorize cannabis for the treatment of post traumatic stress.
The Obama administration handed backers of medical marijuana a significant victory last Friday, opening the way for a University of Arizona researcher...
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of March 12, 2014.
Medical research published March 5 in the journal Neuron is the first to confirm that cannabinoid receptors are indeed present in the part of the brain that regulates anxiety and fear: the amygdala. Paranoid
Residents in Michigan suffering from PTSD may soon be allowed to treat their symptoms with medical marihuana if their doctors recommend it
