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Company Hopes To Make Cannabis-based Medicine
Wolcott, NY – A local company is applying for a license under New York’s Compassionate Care Act to grow and produce marijuana-based medicines. The patient-centered biopharmaceutical company, based in Wolcott, is called Butler Evergreen. Project Manager Mark Doherty said, “The facility that we are creating here will actually be a
Marijuana May Fight HIV, Study Finds
Since the 90s, a pill form of marijuana has been prescribed to treat appetite and weight loss in HIV/AIDS. But new findings suggest marijuana may even help combat the disease. Published last year in the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, researchers at Louisiana State University showed that daily doses of
Is it Possible to Overdose on Marijuana?
The rapid adoption across the United States for legalized medical marijuana has partly been made possible by the collapsing arguments of anti-marijuana groups who can’t seem to get the science right. One of their biggest arguments against legalization has been that it will increase crime, yet the crime rate has
Mom: Medical Marijuana Saved My Ill Son
A mom says her 3-year-old son survived leukemia thanks to medical marijuana. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
Seizures Force Woman to Leave TX to Get CBD Oil
SAN ANTONIO – The issue to legalize medical marijuana has been front and center in the Texas Legislature. Nearly half a dozen bills have been introduced to help those living with seizures, severe pain and other medical conditions. Sherise Nipper, a San Antonio mother who lives with epilepsy, said she
New Jersey Parents Sue to Allow Daughter To Use Medical Marijuana in School
The parents of a 16-year-old girl who was prescribed medical marijuana for her seizures has filed a lawsuit for her to allowed to take her medication in school. Genny Barbour, 16, of Maple Shade N.J., needs to take medical marijuana at lunch in order to control her seizures, her
The Endocannabinoid System Explained (Mary Lynn Mathre)
In this excellent 5 part series, Mary Lynn Mathre – an RN, educator, and experienced cannabis clinician, discusses the function of the Endocannabinoid System. Science has shown that this ECS system not only exists in humans, but in all mammals, regulating virtually every function of the body, and holds great promise
Dr Uma Dhanabalan, MD On Cannabis Therapeutics & Medical Marijuana
In this video, Dr Uma Dhanabalan, MD speaks about cannabis therapeutics and the vast usefulness of medical marijuana in the treatment of various diseases. Dr. Dhanabalan speaks from her vast experience with using cannabis as a treatment for disease. She explains the endocannabinoid system and why and how the chemical
Medical Marijuana, Opioids and a Deeply Confused Public
By John Lynch • February 4, 2013 Medical marijuana is mostly prescribed for pain in the 18 states and District of Columbia that allow it. Yet it continues to provoke adolescent snickers and inevitable bong jokes. And addiction to opioid painkillers is anchored in concern about its abuse leading to
Cannabis Eases Chronic Pain Better Than Commonly Prescribed Opioids
Cannabis can ease chronic pain more effectively than conventional medicines, according to a new study likely to flame the debate on the medical use of marijuana. Researchers from the Australian National Drug and Alcohol centre found that patients with chronic pain who used the drug said it eased their symptoms
