For many decades, one of the strongest arguments for the legalization of cannabis has been the potential medicinal benefits derived from the plant. What we do know is that within the human body exists the Endocannabinoid System (ECS), a group of receptors throughout the brain and central nervous system that

It comes as no shock to anyone who knows cannabis that it’s something of a miracle herb. But as we bring this plant out of the dark and into the light, it continues to blow our minds – just how great the benefits of marijuana actually are! We are talking

Could the very plant that for decades was accused of “frying” users’ brains be far superior to pharmaceuticals in treating the “incurable” neurodegenerative condition known as Parkinson’s disease? Despite the political controversy surrounding medical marijuana use in the country, research has begun to emerge showing that a component of this

For the first time in her life, 7-year-old Jade Guest is holding on to her mother, giggling, and smiling every day. It’s all thanks to a controversial plant and a 7000-kilometre journey that’s torn the Guest family apart. Kiwi-born Brendan Guest and American wife Jessika settled in Whangarei in 2013,

Several House Democrats are calling for the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to step aside after he referred to medical marijuana as a “joke.” In a letter to the White House, six House Democrats joined by one Republican on Thursday urged President Obama to fire DEA chief Chuck

Ever wondered why some cannabis smells more like lemon, and others more like pineapple or grape? Or maybe you’ve just wondered why it’s such a smelly plant in general, so much so that people refer to some strains as ‘skunk’? The answer lies in cannabis’s production of special aroma compounds

Mandy McKnight had tried more than 10 medications to control the seizures of her seven-year-old son, who suffers from Dravet syndrome. Two years ago, she decided to try medical marijuana. It reduced her son Liam’s seizures by 90%, she said. But obtaining Liam’s medical marijuana, which he consumes in an

What if all along there was a safe and effective plant based medicine that could treat and maybe even reverse COPD, as well as many other non-curable, chronic, health complaints? What if this potent plant had been purposely suppressed only to become yet another “forbidden medicine” from nature’s bountiful and

Current consumers of cannabis are 50 percent less likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome as compared to those who have never used the substance, according to findings published online ahead of print in The American Journal of Medicine. Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors, including high blood pressure,

When Moriah Barnhart’s 2-year-old daughter Dahlia was attacked by intense tremors, fever and nausea in May 2013, she rushed the girl to a Tampa emergency room. A week later, after surgery for an aggressive and cancerous brain tumor, Dahlia couldn’t eat, walk or talk. Three weeks later, her left side