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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
Read More »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
Read More »UK Medical Marijuana: What You Really Need To Know
THEY say that to see the future, you should go to California. So when the Golden State legalised medical cannabis in 1996, we should have seen what was coming. Sure enough, where California led,
Read More »Medical Marijuana, Inc. Announces Subscribe & Save Program for Multiple CBD Lifestyle Product Brands
Medical Marijuana, Inc. , the first-ever publicly traded cannabis company in the United States, announced today that it will be launching Subscribe & Save programs for the following brands: Real Scientific Hemp Oil; Dixie Botanicals; and all Cibaderm products. The
Read More »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
Read More »Hawaii’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Closes Just Days After Opening
Just recently, Hawaii finally joined the growing number of U.S. states where it is legal to purchase marijuana for medicinal purposes. However, to the dismay of many patients using medical cannabis in the Aloha
Read More »How Medical Marijuana Helps Patients With Fibromyalgia
According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, fibromyalgia is currently estimated to affect over 5 million Americans 18 or older. With patients experiencing widespread musculoskeletal pain as well as fatigue, sleep
Read More »First Long-Term Study on Medical Marijuana’s Impact on Opioid Use for Pain
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System a five-year, $3.8 million grant for the first long-term study to test whether medical marijuana reduces opioid use among adults with
Read More »An 11-Year-Old Medical Marijuana Patient Is Suing Jeff Sessions
Among those at the center of an unprecedented lawsuit filed against Attorney General Jeff Sessions over federal scheduling of marijuana is Alexis Bortell, eleven, who had to move with her family from Texas to the Colorado community of
Read More »People With PTSD Can Now Buy Medical Marijuana in Minnesota
Those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder can now get medical marijuana in Minnesota. Patients certified as having PTSD could start enrolling in the state’s medical cannabis program last month. And as of Tuesday, they can legally pick
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