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The Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Society (PAMCS) and its members would like to applaud the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) for their recent statement calling upon the FDA to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule II rather than Schedule I drug to facilitate further research. While this is an...

A young man with an inoperable form of bone cancer, who was told he only had a year left to live, believes cannabis oil has given him new hope. Last August, 23-year-old George Blakemore from Torfaen was diagnosed with Stage 2 Chondrosarcoma - a rare form of bone cancer arising from the left...

Hey there! I'm Cris from Italy. Not much to say about me, love cannabis, its perfect. I also like psychedelics in general, especially LSD. I came here to ask some questions about my cannabis seedling. Hope to find an answer and I'm sure I'll have a great time in this awesome community...

The beer industry is keeping close tabs on the growth of legalized marijuana in the US, and for good reason: The cannabis industry is gunning to displace alcohol as a safer and healthier alternative. Beer already competes with wine and liquor for what some analysts cutely refer to as "share...

Nearly a month into the new year, the U.S. cannabis industry's pesticide problem is not going away: Testing and regulations are growing stricter than ever in new markets such as Oregon. Neutra Corp. (OTCQB: NTRR) is working to solve the problem for good by delivering newer, better solutions for...

Cannabis businesspeople, activists and their allies gather Feb. 13 and 14 in San Francisco for the International Cannabis Business Conference – an event packed full of influential speakers, including former US Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, and columnist Andrew Sullivan. ICBC's...

Patients who are registered to use medicinal cannabis in compliance with state law are often over the age of 40, according to a demographic assessment published online ahead of print in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. An investigator with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...

There's no debating the wild ride the marijuana industry has had since legalization for recreational use went live in 2014. Now two years later we are faced with a very critical time in the country's history not only because many other states are adopting legalization initiatives but also...

The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED), one of the largest lobbying groups in the state, has issued yet another press release about medical marijuana. This time, they make a special appeal to the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reclassify and research cannabis. What they are...

The summer before he got sick, Nelson teen Alex Renton grew his first and only cannabis plants with his mother Rose, in a half-barrel in the garden. She'd told him no, originally — it wasn't worth it. She'd seen how cannabis convictions had ruined the lives of others. But her oldest son was...

Once a month, Jody Shimpach gets in her car and makes the 40-mile drive to Rochester to buy medical marijuana to help treat her husband, Michael's, multiple sclerosis. Shimpach, of Owatonna, said medical marijuana has vastly improved her husband's quality of life, helping to ease his pain and...

Six months into Minnesota's medical cannabis program, a Golden Valley four year old is running up and down stairs, climbing over furniture, writing on walls, and running through the aisles of Target, toddler milestones her parents never thought possible. "We jokingly call them "inchstones", but...

Two small drops of cannabis oil a day is all it takes to keep 3-year-old Remie Ellett of Nephi, Utah, walking and free of side effects from a multiple of illnesses. But now, the mother of the severely-disabled girl — who suffers from thyroid disease, respiratory issues and digestive problems...

The Czech Republic took a bold step back in 2013 when lawmakers agreed to legalise the sale of medicinal cannabis or marihuana. But the development of this market, which can conceivably challenge that of the established pharmaceutical companies across a wide range of pain killers and treatments...

Twenty-two body bags were sprawled out in front of the Abraham Lincoln statue at the Illinois State Capitol Building on Wednesday. The body bags represented the estimated number of veterans who commit suicide everyday, according to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs; Medical...

Former union boss Helen Kelly has written to Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne to seek permission to use medicinal cannabis. Ms Kelly, who has terminal lung cancer, said she hoped her application would be granted as soon as possible. "[Dunne] said it took him an hour once he got the...

There are over 480 natural components in cannabis. Terpenes are the natural chemicals that give patients relief from their pain by injecting themselves into cells and tissues of the body. The special receptors are part of the endocannabinoid system (ECS), which helps to modulate the functions of...

The debate over the legalization of marijuana has been a hot-button topic recently. Many people think that legalizing it for any purpose is a pathway to legalizing any dangerous drug, a stigma that many cannabis advocates have had to fight as they battle for marijuana's legalization. One of the...

MK Sharren Haskel says more than a million Israelis occasionally use cannabis and that decriminalization for personal use over the age of 21 will free up funds to be reallocated for education and public information campaigns. Attempts to move towards decriminalization of cannabis use in...

Representatives with the Oregon Cannabis Association visited the Oregon State Capitol in Salem last week to testify regarding residency requirements for marijuana growers and other issues in the marijuana community. The group is seeking to end residency requirements, which require that any...