Landmark Report Calls Schedule I Classification a Barrier to Marijuana Research Drug Policy Alliance: Federal Government Must Stop Standing in Way of Marijuana Reform Today, the National Academy of Sciences released a groundbreaking report, “The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research.” The report states that there […]
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UK Reclassifies CBD Oil As Medicine, DEA Deems It On Par With Heroin
After the DEA moved to further constrain, Americans’ access to medically miraculous CBD oil by classifying it alongside heroin and cocaine, Britain chose compassion and common sense — and just classified Cannabidiol (CBD) as a medicine. On Monday, Britain’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) decided CBD — which can treat illnesses and conditions […]
Why Cannabis Is The Future Of Medicine
The politics of cannabis are exceedingly complex, and yet the truth is simple: this freely growing plant heals the human body – not to mention provides food, fuel, clothing and shelter, if only we will let it perform its birthright. In a previous article, we investigated the strange fact that the human body is in […]
British Regulator Declares Cannabis Compound A Medicine
Last Thursday the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) officially announced it was designating cannabidiol (CBD) – a non-psychoactive cannabis compound – as a medicine that can be administered for the purpose of “restoring, correcting, or modifying physiological functions.” This means that CBD products, which British law has been silent on until […]
UK Recognizes Marijuana Extract As Medicine
A chemical compound found in marijuana can now be used for medicinal purposes in the United Kingdom, according to the governmental branch that regulates medicine. “We have come to the opinion that products containing cannabidiol (CBD) are a medicine,” a spokesman for the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency told The Huffington Post. CBD, […]
Can Cannabis-Based Medicine Limit The State’s Opioid Epidemic?
As a former emergency medicine physician, I’ve seen my share of patients suffering due to opioid addiction and overdoses. After all, more than 1,000 people per day are treated in emergency departments for misusing prescription opioids, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Americans can‘t keep using opioids, such as oxycodone, morphine, […]
Report Finds Too Few Patients Can Access Medicine Through New York’s Overly Restrictive, Expensive Medical Marijuana Program
Seventy-seven Percent of Patients & Caregivers Surveyed, Who Accessed the Program, Say They Cannot Afford the Medicine They Need Advocates Call On New York State Legislature to Pass Bills to Increase Patient Access to Medical Marijuana New York – Today, the Drug Policy Alliance issued a report assessing the first four months on the state’s […]
Pot Matters: Cannabis and Veterinary Medicine
Arecent article in the scientific journalVeterinarniMedicinais providing an overview of the potential use ofcannabinoidsin veterinary medicine. Read article here: High Times
Maximizing Your Medicine: How to Yield More Out of Small Gardens
There are now 24 states in the U.S. with medical marijuana laws. But some states are very strict with their growing regulations, and many of them severely limit what medical growers can and can't do within the confines of theirgrowroom. Restraints on plant numbe… Read article here: High Times
DEA Chief Admits Pot Has ‘Great Promise’ As Medicine
In a slight break from his predecessors, DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg said voters should have an intellectually honest debate about legalizing marijuana. Read article here: High Times