Health & Medicine
Obtaining Your California Medical Marijuana Recommendation Is Painless
Nearly half of the states in our country have legalized marijuana for medicinal use, so there’s never been a better time to get your medical card. In the state of California, a board licensed physician can write a medical marijuana recommendation for many qualifying conditions: AIDS, anorexia, arthritis, cachexia, cancer, chronic pain, glaucoma, migraine, persistent muscle […]
Reaching Out When Your World is Rocked by Tay-Sachs: An Interview with Lorelei Sandoval
Lorelei Sandoval is a 36 year old Registered Nurse living in San Diego with her husband and five year old son, Isaac in San Diego county. I met Lorelei at a women’s cannabis community meeting last month and was eager to share her story. We spoke by phone as she readied Isaac for a day […]
Israeli Research Identifies Cannabinoids As Beneficial in Battle Against Neuroblastoma
Potentially joining hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and chemotherapy as a means of controlling neuroblastoma, Israeli scientists have recently discovered marijuana’s two main cannabinoids help to mitigate the rapid multiplication of the neuroblastoma (nbl) cell. According to the study, while both THC and CBD were found to “have antitumorigenic activity in vitro and impeded the growth […]
Pennsylvania Gov: Let Patients Import Medical Marijuana Now
Fresh off signing a bill making his state the 24th in the U.S with a comprehensive medical marijuana program, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) implied in a radio interview that people who need cannabis should be immediately able to import it from other states while the new law is being implemented. “People should be able to […]
Ohio Lawmakers Propose Medical Marijuana Bill
A group of Ohio lawmakers on Wednesday announced they would seek to pass medical marijuana legislation this year. The move, which follows the conclusion of a task force the legislators set up to study the issue, comes as advocates are collecting signatures to place a medical cannabis initiative on the state’s November ballot. The bill, […]
Pediatric Epilepsy: Young Life Interrupted
Imagine being flush with the glow of new parenthood when suddenly your perfect 3-month old lapses into a convulsive seizure that lasts half an hour. For parents of children with pediatric epilepsy, the joy of having a child can quickly turn dark with fear and uncertainty about quality of life, and life itself. But once […]
Canada’s Health Minister Will Not Appeal Homegrown Medicine Ruling
Sparking concerns this was only a temporary victory, Canada’s Health Minister Jane Philpott declared the federal government currently has no intention of appealing a 2016 federal court ruling, which declared patients have a right to cultivate their own medicinal cannabis. Informing cbc.com, “The Federal Court’s concern was that under the current legislation … medical marijuana was […]
Sativa, Indica, or Hybrid? Cannabis Genome Project Hopes to Improve Hazy Labeling
Consumers have a bud to grind with today’s strains. With curiously unhelpful strain names like Trainweck, Pineapple Express, AK-47, Chemdawg, and Black Mamba, all prominently placed on collective shelves from coast-to-coast, patients and recreational smokers alike are hopeful that a new marijuana genome project will spark a greater understanding of the hidden genetics within today’s […]
Cannabis as Totem and Connector: An Interview with Allison Ray Benavides
Allison Ray Benavides is a forty-year old mother of two little boys and lives with her husband Rob in San Diego County. Robbie is their oldest son, now aged six, and Oscar their youngest at three years old. Rob is a renowned tattoo artist, and Allison wears his art all over her body. Tall and graceful, she […]
Medical Marijuana Gains Momentum in US Senate
Pressure is mounting on U.S. Senate leadership to address the growing gap between state medical marijuana policies and federal law. Last week, former Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) co-sponsored the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, a comprehensive bill aimed at easing the implementation of state medical marijuana programs. And on Monday, […]