Australia: Medicinal Cannabis About To Get Green Light In Tasmania –...
Tasmanians will be able to apply to access medicinal cannabis from Friday, but doctors and advocates have concerns about how the scheme will work.
East...
Cannabis Shows Promise In Treating Schizophrenia And Tourette Syndrome
Despite cannabis' history in folk pharmacopoeias, clinical studies of its medicinal impact remain limited in many areas. Based on some promising early results, researchers...
UK: Time For A Change? Newsbeat Take On Cannabis
Is the UK actually fairly tolerant of cannabis use despite its classification as a Class B drug?
This is the open-ended conclusion reached by BBC...
Old Dog, New Spliffs: Senior Citizens Get Schooled On Cannabis
Senior citizens make up one of the fastest-growing demographics of cannabis consumers. Unfortunately, seniors are often uneducated about the advances in marijuana over the...
Israel: Finance And Health Ministries Jointly To Approve Export Of Medical...
The export of medical cannabis has been approved by an interministerial committee of the Finance and Health Ministries, it was announced on Sunday. The...
There’s No Known Cure For Arthritis, But Marijuana Works Wonders
Here’s some good news: Medical marijuana is helping people with arthritis improve their quality of life.
Most of us know someone — an aunt, uncle...
It Must Be Written In The Stars. Neil deGrasse Tyson Says...
Neil deGrasse Tyson has become the new face of science across the United States, taking up the mantle from the late astrophysicist Carl Sagan.
He...
South Africa At Cannabis Crossroads
For one South African mother, cannabis was an illegal drug to warn her son about when he became a teenager: today, she uses it...
How Medical Cannabis Might Be A Silver Bullet For Neuropathy
Neuropathy is a generalized term which signifies exhibited symptoms of nerve damage in human beings—neuropathic pain is one of these symptoms. Neuropathy pain arises...
Clearing The Smoke: 4 Steps To Enjoying Legal Cannabis In Canada
Depending on where you live in Canada, and with legalization on the horizon, it would be easy to think that storefront medicinal cannabis is...
Roger Goodell Talks Marijuana And Its Potential In Treating Player Health...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said marijuana and its potential in treating football-related injuries is “a medical issue” that the league is interested in researching...
UK: The Hazy Issue Of Weed And Work
More people are smoking weed these days, sparking a haze of complications and confusion in the workplace.
A growing number of states in the US...
TX: Girl Sues Government Over Medical Marijuana
An 11-year-old North Texas girl is suing the federal government over its classification of marijuana – hoping to decriminalize the drug for medical purposes...
Western Europe: Forget The US. Here’s Where Medical Marijuana Is Really...
There's a groundswell of support for cannabis legalisation in the United States, with 29 states, as well as Washington D.C. approved for medicinal cannabis,...
Hawaii Mother Gives 8-Year-Old Daughter Medical Marijuana For Her Severe Epilepsy
After school, 8-year-old, MJ, loves taking water balloons and popping them in them in the backyard. Just feet away, her mother, Jari Sugano, grows...
Switzerland: Cannabis Cigarettes Are Being Sold Legally At This Supermarket Chain
Natalia Ferrera is in high spirits — literally. Standing in front of a Coop supermarket in the city’s Eaux-Vives section, she is smoking a...