cannabis

Global drug and research giants are eyeing Victoria to grow cannabis crops on the back of federal laws allowing for medicinal marijuana products to be developed. The companies hope to be granted licenses in the coming months and begin growing cannabis within a year. The law changes, which...

Terri (Mestnick) Kashani, a native of Virginia, MN, has had rheumatoid arthritis for 30 years. Now living in Bloomington, MN, Terri graciously agreed to answer my questions about her participation in Minnesota's Medical Cannabis Program, which officially started July 1, 2015. She has been using...

Terri (Mestnick) Kashani, a native of Virginia, MN, has had rheumatoid arthritis for 30 years. Now living in Bloomington, MN, Terri graciously agreed to answer my questions about her participation in Minnesota's Medical Cannabis Program, which officially started July 1, 2015. She has been using...

Many people go through their daily lives without thinking twice about what's going on inside their bodies. Sure, many are conscious about what goes into their system through diet or through germs in the environment. But how would you feel if your body were literally attacking itself from the...

Typically, the way it goes with acute ailments and injuries is your doctor targets the problem, diagnoses it, and then prescribes a way to take care of it. The condition hopefully disappears after you've completed the therapy, and that's that. But what if the problem is your own body...

Middletown - Before an untimely death last August of cancer, resident Tracy Helin credited cannabis for extending and improving his life. A regular cannabis user for 27 years, Helin publicly advocated for the state's medical marijuana program. Prior to his death last August from complications...

Middletown - Before an untimely death last August of cancer, resident Tracy Helin credited cannabis for extending and improving his life. A regular cannabis user for 27 years, Helin publicly advocated for the state's medical marijuana program. Prior to his death last August from complications...

The schizophrenic federal government has left cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug on its forbidden list even though it actually applied for a medical patent for it in 2003 to explore potential medical uses for the drug. And few would or could deny some clear medical benefits of cannabis. The...

The schizophrenic federal government has left cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug on its forbidden list even though it actually applied for a medical patent for it in 2003 to explore potential medical uses for the drug. And few would or could deny some clear medical benefits of cannabis. The...

Intent on tapping the economic green rush of legal marijuana, Mendocino and Lake counties, and Cloverdale and Point Arena, have placed cannabis taxes on the Nov. 8 ballot, with Sonoma County and Santa Rosa planning to follow suit next year. Those local and county officials see cannabis...

Australia's medicinal cannabis industry officially gets the green light next week but the woman instrumental in driving the changes warns it'll be a long time before patients see the benefits. From November 1, cannabis for therapeutic use will become a controlled drug rather than a prohibited...

Australia's medicinal cannabis industry officially gets the green light next week but the woman instrumental in driving the changes warns it'll be a long time before patients see the benefits. From November 1, cannabis for therapeutic use will become a controlled drug rather than a prohibited...

A Bulgarian-born professor and pioneer in the field of cannabis research is scheduled to lecture during Colorado State University-Pueblo's 2017 Institute of Cannabis Research Conference in April. Raphael Mechoulam, the "Father of Cannabis Research," will present the inaugural Mechoulam Lecture...

A Bulgarian-born professor and pioneer in the field of cannabis research is scheduled to lecture during Colorado State University-Pueblo's 2017 Institute of Cannabis Research Conference in April. Raphael Mechoulam, the "Father of Cannabis Research," will present the inaugural Mechoulam Lecture...

A Bulgarian-born professor and pioneer in the field of cannabis research is scheduled to lecture during Colorado State University-Pueblo's 2017 Institute of Cannabis Research Conference in April. Raphael Mechoulam, the "Father of Cannabis Research," will present the inaugural Mechoulam Lecture...

Cannabis is a complex plant that contains more than 480 naturally occurring ingredients, including 66 exclusive components known as "cannabinoids". You're probably familiar with at least one - tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, known for its psychoactive effects - but that's far from the only thing...

Hibbing - When Jean Cole at Hometown Focus asked me to write an update on our daughter Amelia, I thought the timing was pretty perfect, because we are fast approaching November, which is epilepsy awareness month. Jean wrote a story about Amelia and our family's struggles in 2014, before medical...

Hibbing - When Jean Cole at Hometown Focus asked me to write an update on our daughter Amelia, I thought the timing was pretty perfect, because we are fast approaching November, which is epilepsy awareness month. Jean wrote a story about Amelia and our family's struggles in 2014, before medical...

Six months ago I knew almost nothing about medical cannabis. I'd smoked the odd joint in my misspent, nightclub frequenting youth, but even that was a dim and distant memory. However, it would seem that cannabis and I were destined to become better acquainted. My eyes were opened with a jolt...

Six months ago I knew almost nothing about medical cannabis. I'd smoked the odd joint in my misspent, nightclub frequenting youth, but even that was a dim and distant memory. However, it would seem that cannabis and I were destined to become better acquainted. My eyes were opened with a jolt...