For decades large-scale clinical trial research into marijuana’s therapeutic benefits has been blocked in the United States.
Now, there is a group of senators pushing for change in marijuana research. Eight democratic senators, lead by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, submitted a…
Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) announced plans to introduce legislation reinforcing steps taken by Oregon to legalize and provide a clean start for certain marijuana offenses. The Clean Slate for Marijuana Offenses Act of 2015, creates a pathway for the following two groups…
Legislation to establish a system of medical dispensaries in Hawaii, for the state’s nearly 14,000 medical marijuana patients has become law.
Governor David Ige signed the measure, stating, “I support the establishment of dispensaries to ensure that qualified patients can legally and safely…
A new study has found that marijuana helps broken bones heal faster.
The Times of Israel reported that research from Tel Aviv University found that rats with broken bones healed much quicker when given cannabidiol or CBD, the non-psychotic component in marijuana. Those…
A study published online on July 9th 2015 in the journal PLOS Biology has demonstrated how the medical benefits of marijuana can be separated from its unwanted side effects.
The recent findings revealed a separated pathway that can alone trigger the beneficial effects…
The Colorado Board of Health will vote Wednesday on whether post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will be added to the list of conditions that can be treated with medical marijuana.
Nine other states already include PTSD within their respective medical marijuana programs, however,…
Aphria Inc. and The Peace Naturals Project of Ontario, have each committed $100,000 to The Arthritis Society to help fund future education and research projects.
“The research right now is reasonably experimental, we have a lot of anecdotal information, but not a lot…
Fiorello Pharmaceuticals Inc.,based in New York City, announced Monday that it would fund the research into medical marijuana uses if it secures a license to provide the drug.
The pharmaceutical company is competing for one of the state's five medical marijuana licenses, and…