Ipswich families are crying out for trials of medicinal marijuana as they struggle to manage seizures and chronic pain. Springfield’s Dylan Santos, 12, suffers up to 20 seizures a day due to epilepsy and a progressive neurological disorder leukodystrophy. His parents were told their son would not survive past two. Mum Sarah Santos worries about […]
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Puerto Rico Rejects Smoking Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
Smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes will not be allowed in Puerto Rico, but cannabis derivatives could be consumed in other ways, government officials said Tuesday as they provided more details on the governor's weekend executive order on cannabis use. Read article here: High Times
Decriminalizing Marijuana And The Medicinal Benefits Of CBD Oil
Decriminalizing marijuana could happen soon, and it might not be the end of the world. A bipartisan bill to decriminalize marijuana nationally is on the U.S. Senate floor at this writing. As you probably have heard, marijuana is outright legal for recreational as well as medical use in Colorado and Washington. Neither state has imploded. […]
Southeast Asia Becomes More Tolerant of Medicinal Opium
Laos was once a major opium producer—and now production is growing again after eradication efforts had dramatically slashed it. But this time around, authorities may take a more tolerant and realistic approach. Read article here: High Times
Experts Agree, It Is Time to Acknowledge The Medicinal Effects Of Marijuana
Marijuana was a popular botanical medicine in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, common in US pharmacies of the time, and its use can actually be dated back to 2700 BC. Today a wealth of research shows Marijuana does have outstanding promise as a medicinal plant, largely due to its cannabidiol (CBD) content. Cannabinoids interact […]
Pot + Ibuprofen = Medicinal Bliss
The fact that marijuana has medicinal value is nearly indisputable at this point, but even still some patients are resisting using it because of an aversion to the feeling of being high (something we can't really relate to). Yet a new study published in the journal Ce… High Times
MediSwipe Inc. Announces First Medicinal Cannabis Technology and Infrastructure Cooperative for Colorado State Licensed Dispensaries and Agriculture Operations
LOS ANGELES, CA — (Marketwired) — 10/24/13 — MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) (OTCQB: MWIP), the leader in Compassionate Care Technology Solutions for the medicinal marijuana industry, today announced that the Company has launched the first cooperative on behalf of licensed dispensaries, agriculture and grow operations in the state of Colorado. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Medicinal Use of Marijuana – Polling Results
Readers recently joined in a lively debate about the use of medicinal marijuana. In Clinical Decisions,1 an interactive feature in which experts discuss a controversial topic and readers vote and post comments, we presented the case of Marilyn, a 68-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer. We asked whether she should be prescribed marijuana to help […]
New York State Assembly Passes Bill to Allow Medicinal Use of Marijuana in New York State
<p>Passage Follows New Poll: 82% of New Yorkers Support Medical Marijuana, Including 81% of Both Democrats and Republicans</p> <p>Healthcare Practitioners and Patients Urge New York Senate to Pass Bill Without Delay </p> New York: Earlier today, the New York State Assembly passed the Compassionate Care Act (A.6357/Gottfried) by a vote of 95 to 38. The bill, […]
MediSwipe Inc. Announces First Cloud-Based HIPAA Compliant Subscription-Based ‘Digital ID’ for Medicinal Marijuana Patient Records
LOS ANGELES, Calif — MediSwipe Inc. (MWIP), a data management solutions company for the medicinal marijuana and health care industry, today announced that the Company has launched the first HIPAA compliant toll free number and faxing application that will allow medical marijuana patients and their caregivers/dispensaries to send state certification forms and selected medical records […]