After the DEA moved to further constrain, Americans' access to medically miraculous CBD oil by classifying it alongside heroin and cocaine, Britain chose compassion and common sense – and just classified Cannabidiol (CBD) as a medicine.
On Monday, Britain's Medicines & Healthcare products...
Becoming a patient in Oklahoma
Summary
In April of 2015 Gov. Fallin signed HB 2154, Katie and Cayman's Law. The law creates an exemption for the possession and use of CBD-rich cannabis oil from the criminal definition of marijuana in limited circumstances. Patients are eligible for legal...
People in the U.K. will soon be able to use cannabis-based products containing the plant's medical component cannabidiol, or CBD, according to reports. The Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) classified CBD as a medicine in the U.K. on Tuesday. Department officials, who...
Jackson Leyden had always been a healthy kid; he practiced taekwondo, and he played lacrosse and baseball. But in 2011, a few months after his eighth birthday, he began having seizures several times a day. Many were brief, a half-minute of staring into space, but he also had severe episodes in...
Jackson Leyden had always been a healthy kid; he practiced taekwondo, and he played lacrosse and baseball. But in 2011, a few months after his eighth birthday, he began having seizures several times a day. Many were brief, a half-minute of staring into space, but he also had severe episodes in...
There's a battle brewing over the interpretation of laws and the definition of "marijuana" under U.S. drug regulations ever since the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a clarification that cannabidiol, or CBD, is a Schedule I drug. Companies that sell CBD products, the non-psychoactive...
If you've been following me or reading my page in the last year, then you know I LOVE CBD Oil and have even found a brand that I love. If you haven't yet tried it, you really should because once you experience the benefits you'll never be without it.
Cannabidiol (or CBD) is one of the fastest...
Washington - When Colorado began selling legal marijuana in 2014, hundreds of families from around the nation saw new hope for their children who suffered from seizures.
They flocked to the state in search of a cure: a liquid form of marijuana known as CBD oil. That's short for cannabidiol...
The Drug Enforcement Administration recently decided to add cannabidiol to its Schedule I substance list. The change directly affects both hemp and cannabis-derived CBD oil, a substance that is non-psychoactive and has more medical benefits than we can name.
The DEA's move raises a lot of...
We knew that the Trump administration would, in all likelihood, usher in a tough new era for marijuana legalization. But the DEA, or Drug Enforcement Agency, is jumping the gun. In the Federal Register dated December 14, 2016, DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg effectively made it illegal...
The battle lines are heating up between the marijuana marketplace and the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Last Wednesday, the DEA slipped an update in the Federal Register that established a new drug code for marijuana extracts. The move panicked the industry, which is already nervous with the new...
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has made a ruling on CBD oil.
The cannabis substance is now illegal under federal law. Here are seven things you should know about the move:
DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg said the new law will pave way for the agency to exercise its power in...
Cannabidiol (CBD) is the part of the cannabis plant that doesn't get you "high" like the THC side of the plant. It is typically used for health reasons instead of for recreational purposes. The CBD products are either derived from industrial hemp plants or marijuana plants.
The Hemp Business...
On December 14, the Drug Enforcement Administration added a new code for marijuana extracts and made it clear that such extracts, including CBD oil, are illegal.
Although this does not represent a change in federal law, many CBD producers have operated under the assumption that cannabis-based...
Cannabis. It's a word that elicits an instant negative response in many people – and it's one which isn't entirely deserved. Sure, it may give rise to the much-stigmatized drug we know as marijuana, but it is also one of the most versatile and health-giving plants on the planet.
Science is...
Becoming a Medical Marijuana Patient in Alabama
Summary
To become a patient eligible for CBD oil therapy under SB 174, the patient must receive a diagnosis for a debilitating epileptic condition, which is defined as "Epilepsy or other neurological disorder, or the treatment of epilepsy or...
Many friends of mine are using the benefits of CBD oil and other infused products to help alleviate pain and other chronic diseases. I'm considering opening an online store to distribute these products to the public - either buy them wholesale and sell them for a profit or find a company that...
For decades the only part of pot that mattered was tetrahydrocannabinol, a.k.a. THC – the chemical component that gets you high. But weed users are now turning their attention to another ingredient: canna-bidiol, or CBD. It doesn't get you stoned, but it may help you feel better.
Think of CBD...
A compound found in marijuana could help in treating people with certain types of epilepsy that are difficult to treat, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham say.
The researchers, in two new studies, found that cannabidiol oil (CBD), a compound found in cannabis, has reduced...
When David Sparer arrived at his Airbnb in Venice, Italy, he encountered an unsurmountable challenge: the spiral staircase. He was debilitated by his arthritis. His friend, the founder of Los Angeles—based cannabis company the Clear, gave him some cannabidiol (CBD) to put under his tongue and on...