Health & Medicine
New Study Says There Is No Scientific Basis For Current Marijuana DUI Laws
Currently, six of the states that have legalized marijuana in some fashion use threshold-based blood tests to determine whether or not a driver is under the influence. Blood tests are these states’ primary tool in prosecuting marijuana-related DUI charges. The American Automobile Association, better known as AAA, just released findings from a new study. Researchers […]
State Department Says DEA Is Wrong on Marijuana Monopoly
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has long held the position that international drug control treaties to which the U.S. is a party prevent the federal government from granting more licenses to grow marijuana for scientific research. The U.S. State Department just said the DEA is wrong. Since 1968, the only legal source of cannabis for studies […]
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, […]
Control your cannabis use, Cannitrol can be used to stop smoking pot, lower tolerance, pass drug tests and more
Control your cannabis use, Cannitrol can be used to stop smoking pot, lower tolerance, pass drug tests and more
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 […]