Medical Marijuana NCCIH
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] People have used marijuana, also called cannabis, for a variety of health conditions for at least 3,000 years. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t found that marijuana is safe or effective for treating any health problems. However, some states and the District of […]
Medicinal Use of Marijuana
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Recommend the Medicinal Use of Marijuana Case Vignette Marilyn is a 68-year-old woman with breast cancer metastatic to the lungs and the thoracic and lumbar spine. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy with doxorubicin. She reports having very low energy, minimal appetite, and substantial pain in […]
BioTrack THC
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Helix TCS Inc. and BioTrackTHC Sign Merger Agreement GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO , March 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Helix TCS, Inc. (OTCQB: HL IX) has signed a merger agreement with Bio-Tech Medical Software, Inc. dba BioTrackTHC. The combined company will trade under the Helix stock […]
23 Science-Backed Health Benefits Of Marijuana
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] States around the country — 29 of them, plus Washington DC — have legalized medical marijuana. The American public largely supports the legalization of medical marijuana. At least 84% of the public believes the drug should be legal for medical uses, and recreational pot usage […]
America Is Giving Away the $30 Billion Medical Marijuana Industry
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Why? Because the feds are bogarting the weed, while Israel and Canada are grabbing market share. By Josh Dean March 7, 2018, 12:00 PM GMT+2 Lyle Craker is an unlikely advocate for any political cause, let alone one as touchy as marijuana law, and that’s […]
Increasing Study Data Indicates Medical Cannabis Can Reduce Opioid Use, Deaths
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] By Joanne Cachapero March 4, 2018 Libertarian think tank The Cato Institute last week posted an article citing a study report issued by the Minnesota Department of Health. Study results, which surveyed data from 2,000 first-time medical marijuana users with intractable pain, said 42 percent […]
BGU Research: Medical cannabis highly effective in elderly patients
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich February 13, 2018 Medical cannabis therapies can significantly cut chronic pain in patients over 65 years of age without adverse effects, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Cannabis Clinical Research Institute at Soroka University Medical Center in […]
Alcohol ‘more damaging to brain health than marijuana’
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Published Monday 12 February 2018 By Honor Whiteman Fact checked by Jasmin Collier With marijuana legalization on the rise, an increasing number of studies are exploring the drug’s potential harms and benefits. However, a new study suggests that when it comes to brain health, alcohol […]
Urgent need for federal investment in research on cannabis health impacts, say researchers
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Paul Webster CMAJ February 05, 2018 With the deadline for legalization of non-medical marijuana approaching, scientists studying the health impacts of cannabis are calling on the federal government to implement a comprehensive research program. “Considerably more funding has to be made available,” said Dr. Mark […]