Only four days before the official summer solstice, the air is hot and heavy, the sky cloudless. The road along the highway is spotted with shrubbery, gas stations, and occasionally vast rows of crop, somehow withstanding, even thriving under the tenacious desert sun. Driving south from Tel Aviv along Ayalon Highway, the scenery looks almost […]
Want to drop some weight? To lighten up, the key may be lighting up. Teetering on the line between taboo and total acceptance, marijuana has finally penetrated the fitness community, owing to benefits beyond the celebrated side effect of just getting high. Medical research has revealed other effects of smoking weed that can actually contribute […]
Flickr @ Mark Thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, as it is more commonly known) has gained media and public popularity all over the world. ALS is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative condition that occurs as a result of selective loss of motor neurons in the brain […]
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Posted July 27, 2016 17:55:04 Photo: The medicinal cannabis trial would be run as part of a compassionate access scheme. Queensland children with severe drug-resistant epilepsy can now apply to take part in a medicinal cannabis clinical trial, following a deal signed with a British drug company. The State Government last year announced the trial […]
A Cook County judge today ordered the head of the state health department to reconsider adding irritable bowel syndrome to the list of conditions eligible for treatment with medical marijuana. Circuit Judge Anna Helen Demacopoulos ruled that Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav D. Shah violated procedural due process rights when he used his […]
Posted July 27, 2016 17:55:04 Photo: The medicinal cannabis trial would be run as part of a compassionate access scheme. Queensland children with severe drug-resistant epilepsy can now apply to take part in a medicinal cannabis clinical trial, following a deal signed with a British drug company. The State Government last year announced the trial […]
By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff In the past three months, the dominoes appeared to be falling in favor of proponents for the use of medical marijuana to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. In May, the U.S House of Representatives and Senate separately voted to allow Veterans Affairs doctors to discuss medical marijuana with […]
Could medical marijuana treat Alzheimer’s patients? One recent study found THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, stimulates the removal of toxic plaque in the brain, a common feature of the disease. Furthermore, the researchers discovered it blocks inflammation, which damages neurons in the brain. “It is reasonable to conclude that there is a therapeutic potential […]
x Embed x Share In what could be a first for the political convention, the legal cannabis industry held the reception to mingle with lawmakers and delegates in an attempt to sway several states who will consider its recreational use on November ballot initiatives. USA TODAY NETWORK Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., (center), talks to Ethan […]
NSW children suffering severe, debilitating and treatment-resistant epilepsy will soon be able to access medicinal cannabis as part of an Australian-first clinical trial. The experimental, cannabis-based Epidiolex drug will be delivered through the Sydney Children’s Hospital to an initial group of 40 NSW families in need, with the hope of expanding the trial to hundreds […]
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Scientists in Canberra will develop a new treatment for skin cancer using medicinal-grade cannabis, with clinical trials to begin in the ACT next year. The University of Canberra has signed a million-dollar deal with Cann Pharmaceutical Australia to develop a new treatment for the 50,000 Australians living with melanoma. Professor Sudha Rao will lead the […]
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is a serious condition usually caused by an external blow to the head that can cause severe and often chronic symptoms. These symptoms can be cognitive, behavioral, movement related, speech and visual impairing, mood altering, involve painful headaches, and even cause gastrointestinal issues. Each year in just the U.S., nearly […]
You now have permission to grow marijuana in NSW – if you are the state government. NSW is the first state to have been given approval to grow cannabis under licence from the federal government as part of research into the best way to cultivate the plant. British Columbia facility Broken Coast Cannabis, where legal medical-grade […]