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NHL To Study Marijuana’s Therapeutic Benefits

NHL To Study Marijuana’s Therapeutic Benefits

medicalmarijuana July 31, 2018 Comments Off on NHL To Study Marijuana’s Therapeutic Benefits

The ripple effect of Canada legalizing recreational marijuana reaches many cultural institutions. That includes the National Hockey League, which has nine franchises located in Canada. Though marijuana isn’t currently on the league’s banned substances

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Pennsylvania Is Officially Legalizing Smokable Medical Marijuana

Pennsylvania Is Officially Legalizing Smokable Medical Marijuana

medicalmarijuana July 30, 2018 Comments Off on Pennsylvania Is Officially Legalizing Smokable Medical Marijuana

This week, Pennsylvania made medical marijuana a little more accessible. Governor Tom Wolfe convened a medical marijuana commission back in March. One of the issues they discussed was whether Pennsylvanians should have access to

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Medical Marijuana Is Now Legal in the UK

Medical Marijuana Is Now Legal in the UK

medicalmarijuana July 27, 2018 Comments Off on Medical Marijuana Is Now Legal in the UK

Medical marijuana will be made available on prescription in the U.K., after it was approved for use by the British government, reports BBC News. The decision comes after Billy Caldwell, a 12-year-old boy who suffers from a

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How to Get a Medical Marijuana Card

How to Get a Medical Marijuana Card

medicalmarijuana July 21, 2018 Comments Off on How to Get a Medical Marijuana Card

Getting a medical marijuana card is easier than ever now that medicinal marijuana is legal in a majority of U.S. states. What’s more, 64% of Americans say recreational marijuana should be legal across the U.S.

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Weed Smokers Have More Sex Than The Rest of The Population

Weed Smokers Have More Sex Than The Rest of The Population

medicalmarijuana November 4, 2017 Comments Off on Weed Smokers Have More Sex Than The Rest of The Population

Regular marijuana users have about 20 percent more sex than abstainers, according to a new study from researchers at Stanford University. The study analyzed data on 28,000 female and 23,000 male participants in the National Survey

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Why Eating Weed Is Actually Good for Your Health

Why Eating Weed Is Actually Good for Your Health

medicalmarijuana October 30, 2017 Comments Off on Why Eating Weed Is Actually Good for Your Health

Just 20 or 30 years ago, cooking with cannabis was still considered both completely taboo and reserved solely for Cheech & Chong-watching stoners. Far as anyone was concerned, the only health benefits of marijuana were

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Cancer Patients Want to Use Marijuana, and with Good Reason

Cancer Patients Want to Use Marijuana, and with Good Reason

medicalmarijuana September 25, 2017 Comments Off on Cancer Patients Want to Use Marijuana, and with Good Reason

Joel Brown says that he didn’t know a lot about pot’s properties before he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer in 2014. “But when you’re facing death, you want to really become part of

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This Is How Marijuana Actually Affects Your Sleep

This Is How Marijuana Actually Affects Your Sleep

medicalmarijuana September 18, 2017 Comments Off on This Is How Marijuana Actually Affects Your Sleep

If you speak to someone who has suffered from insomnia at all as an adult, chances are good that person has either tried using marijuana, or cannabis, for sleep or has thought about it. This

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Delaware Governor Signs Medical Marijuana PTSD Bill

Delaware Governor Signs Medical Marijuana PTSD Bill

medicalmarijuana September 16, 2017 Comments Off on Delaware Governor Signs Medical Marijuana PTSD Bill

Governor Carney has signed the Bravery Bill into law, allowing those with PTSD to become legal medical marijuana patients if they receive a recommendation from a licensed physician. Before the new law those with

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New Study Shows Medical Marijuana Is The “Exit” Drug For Opioid Addiction

New Study Shows Medical Marijuana Is The “Exit” Drug For Opioid Addiction

medicalmarijuana August 25, 2017 Comments Off on New Study Shows Medical Marijuana Is The “Exit” Drug For Opioid Addiction

Norman-A study published on August 9th by researchers out of the University of Mississippi shows that cannabidiol, a nonpsychoactive derivative of cannabis, successfully blocks the opioid receptors in the brain, effectively halting the “reward” component of

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