Category Archives: Health and Wellness News

DEA Wants More Marijuana Grown And Fewer Opioids

Washington, D.C. — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) isn’t exactly known as big fan of [...]

World Health Organization Recommends Descheduling CBD

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that “preparations considered to be pure cannabidiol CBD should [...]

Alcohol is More Dangerous Than Cannabis. When Will Lawmakers Act Like It?

Our regulations don’t reflect what we know. By ROB HOFFMAN   As cannabis legalization spreads across [...]

One In Four Young Americans Consume Marijuana, Survey Finds

It turns out millennials are different than the rest of Americans: They like to smoke [...]

CBD AND THE BRAIN: THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM

The Human Brain is Pre-Wired for CBD. In fact, our bodies are already using CBD [...]

Workplace Deaths Drop After States Legalize Medical Marijuana

Workers appear to be safer in states that have legalized medical marijuana, according to a [...]

First FDA-Approved CBD Medication to Cost More than $32,000 Per Year

GW Pharmaceuticals has revealed the expected consumer price for Epidiolex, the first cannabidiol-based medication to [...]

Cannabis Users Are Less Overweight Than Non-Users: A Study

New research challenges the munchies stereotype. If you were to guess based on stereotypes alone, [...]

Neighborhood Marijuana Dispensaries Don’t Increase Teen Use, Study Shows

Numerous states with medical marijuana laws on the books don’t allow dispensaries near school grounds, [...]

Major Medical Cannabis Research Published in 2018

If you’ve read more than one of our articles, then you’ve probably seen the phrase [...]

Research Finds THC Also Effective At Controlling Epileptic Seizures

While CBD is the main ingredient in medicine for epileptic seizures a new study shows [...]

D.C. Has More Than 300 Synthetic Cannabis Overdoses in a Month

K2—or synthetic cannabis—hospitalizations are on the rise across the country. By MIROSLAV TOMOSKI A shocking number [...]

New Study Shows Medical Cannabis Could Help Pancreatic Cancer Patients

The new study shows that mice treated with CBD in combination with chemotherapy survived 3 [...]

HOW CANNABIS REDUCES OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS

A common argument for cannabis legalization is that it would lead to lower cases of [...]

Cannabis and Crohn’s Disease: What You Need to Know

There’s a blog titled “medical marijuana defeats Crohn’s Disease” (SFGate). That’s a dangerous and misleading [...]