Tag Archives: chronic pain
Cannabis shows potential for mitigating sickle cell disease pain
Cannabis appears to be a safe and potentially effective treatment for the chronic pain that [...]
Jul
Study Shows Cannabis Is A Safe Treatment As Opioid Alternative
The Study: The recent study was conducted at the St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, [...]
Jul
Cannabis May Reduce Opioid Use in Chronic-Pain Patients- Study
By Ben Adlin Legalization advocates have long argued that marijuana represents a potentially effective treatment [...]
Apr
The number of people over age 65 using marijuana is increasing faster than any other age group, but they think doctors need to catch up
•More and more older people are using cannabis to soothe the pains, diseases, and mental [...]
Nov
We Now Know How The Cannabis Plant Produces Its Super-Strength, Pain-Killing Compounds
For the first time, scientists have discovered how the cannabis plant produces molecules that are [...]
Jul
Recreational Marijuana Store Customers Consume To Help Pain And Sleep, Study Finds
By Kimberly Lawson People who shop at recreational marijuana dispensaries aren’t just using cannabis to [...]
Jul
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Protect Federal Employees Who Use State-Legal Marijuana
Under current law, federal employees can be fired for using marijuana even if it is [...]
Mar
Hawaii now allows visitors to buy medical marijuana
By JAY JONES Hawaii now lets travelers buy medical marijuana legally, allowing patients who rely [...]
Mar
The vast majority of medical marijuana users are using the drug for ‘severe pain’
By Ben Gutierrez On their websites and advertising, many of the dispensaries tout the plant’s [...]
Mar
It’s not all in your head — there’s a scientific reason why marijuana causes the munchies
Researchers believe THC stimulates a feeding hormone that increases a person's senses of smell and [...]
Feb
Nearly Half of Marijuana Users Have Replaced Prescription Drugs with Medical Weed, Study Finds
Turns out pot smokers say no to prescription drugs and yes to weed.
Jan
Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Medical Marijuana In The U.S. Virgin Islands
By Kyle Jaeger Medical cannabis was legalized in another U.S. territory on Saturday after the governor [...]
Jan
Study: THC Effective Treatment for Fibromyalgia Pain
The study, conducted in the Netherlands, found evidence that THC extract from cannabis is useful [...]
Dec
Columbia University Receives National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Grant to Study Impact of Medical Cannabis on Opioid Use in Collaboration With Columbia Care
The grant research will build upon Columbia Care's pilot data demonstrating that 62 percent of [...]
Oct
Is THC an Effective Sleep Aid?
Even the National Academy of Sciences cannot find enough cannabis studies to determine whether marijuana [...]
Oct
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