Strange Bedfellows Sign On To A New Marijuana Banking Bill
For years, lawmakers have introduced marijuana banking bills that have gone nowhere. Now, comes a new bill -- this one has the backing of...
Oxford University To Launch Study On Medical Benefits Of Marijuana
Researchers at Oxford University are to undertake a £10 million study on the medical benefits of marijuana in treating pain, cancer and inflammatory diseases.
It...
Farmers In Italy Fight Soil Contamination With Cannabis
Taranto, Italy -- Farmers in a region of Italy once known for cheeses have turned to cultivating a type of cannabis -- not to...
Research Shows That Cannabis Has Therapeutic Value
Cannabis (marijuana) and its compounds are real medicine. Still, as of this writing, Idaho is one of only seven states with no medicinal cannabis...
With Rebels Gone, Colombia Jumps Into The Pot Industry
Corinto, Colombia — For years, Blanca Riveros has had the same routine: After fixing breakfast and taking her son to school, she heads home...
GOP Governors To Trump – It’s Too Late To Turn Back...
Despite the Trump administration’s proposed crackdown on recreational marijuana, some Republicans are coming to terms with the fact that medical weed is here and...
Germans To Buy Cannabis By Prescription
Seriously ill patients in Germany can buy cannabis by prescription. The permission is granted for a maximum of three days, and the medical insurance...
Can Marijuana Ease The Opioid Epidemic?
New York — After a 12-year battle with debilitating abdominal conditions that forced her to stop working, marijuana has helped Lynn Sabulski feel well...
South Africa To Become First African Country To Legalise Cannabis
In what the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) considers a major achievement after championing the legalisation of cannabis through its late MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini who...
Researchers Test Medical Cannabis As Treatment For MS-Linked Neuropathic Pain
Canadian researchers are testing mice to see if cannabinoid oil products — a common medical marijuana treatment — could help alleviate the neuropathic pain...
Ireland To Legalise Cannabis For Specific Medical Conditions
Ireland is set to legalise the use of cannabis for treating specific medical conditions, after a report commissioned by the government said the drug...
Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Georgia Senate Committee
Georgia’s limited medical marijuana law would be expanded to include autism, under legislation passed Tuesday in a state Senate committee.
Senate Bill 16 is the...
Israel Takes Step Toward Allowing Export Of Medical Marijuana
An Israeli government committee gave an initial nod on Sunday for the export of medical marijuana in what could be a windfall for companies...
Researchers Use Cannabis To Treat Epileptic Children In University Of Alberta...
As desperate parents of children with severe epilepsy turn to alternative therapies, researchers are launching a study examining the efficacy and safety of treating...
Italy’s Military Narcos Cook Up Cannabis Cures
Florence, Italy — It’s every stoner’s nightmare: marijuana plants as far as the eye can see and not a spliff in sight.
“No, I have...
National Academy Of Sciences – Marijuana Can Be Used As A...
In one of the least surprising announcements of the year, the National Academy of Sciences has declared that marijuana can be used as a...