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The latest research and findings from the scientific community on the medical qualities of cannabis.
Marijuana Compounds Show Promise in Treating Heart Failure
Though even the federal government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) concedes cannabis has medical potential, there’s no…
January 18, 2017
What NIDA Isn’t Telling You About Pot and Pregnancy
In December, the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA) published an op-ed by Nora Volkow, the director of the…
January 17, 2017
Marijuana For Addicts: The Case For Cannabis’s Place in a 12-Step Program
Drugs are commonplace in recovery circles, and are considered indispensable tools for addicts, by the addicts themselves and…
January 13, 2017
Australian Researchers Testing Medical Pot for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Researchers from Curtin University’s School of Biomedical Sciences in Perth, Australia are testing medical marijuana as a possible…
January 13, 2017
Everything You Want to Know about Pot’s Health Effects
BY MALCOLM RITTER AP SCIENCE WRITER NEW YORK (AP) — It can almost certainly ease chronic pain and…
January 12, 2017
Can Cannabis Rescue the Opioid Overdose Epidemic in 2017?
2017 needs to be the year we fight back against the opioid epidemic. We will use the greatest…
January 10, 2017
Study: Marijuana Not Associated With Risk of Stroke
Most doctors will tell you: Heavy alcohol use is bad, and heavy tobacco use is even worse. If…
January 4, 2017
This Hallucinogen Could Be the Next Tool for Psychiatrists
Eating mushrooms certainly changes the way you think, and the more you take, the wilder it gets. It’s…
December 27, 2016
Inside the DEA: A Chemist’s Quest to Identify Mystery Drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) — No one knew what was in the baggie. It was just a few tablespoons of…
December 21, 2016
Ask Dr. Mitch: Weeding Truth
Dr. Mitch Earleywine, the author of Understanding Marijuana and The Parents’ Guide to Marijuana, dishes on opiate addiction, seizures,…
December 20, 2016