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Fifteen-year-old Ellie the staffy has a new spring in her step thanks to a daily dose of cannabis oil under her tongue. Old age had started to catch up with Ellie, the faithful companion of Bellambi resident Paul Lawrence; she was suffering from arthritis and glaucoma, had lost her appetite...

Friday, July 1 marked the one-year anniversary of Minnesota's medical cannabis program. It also marked the day intractable pain patients could register for medical marijuana. The state's medical cannabis law defines intractable pain as a condition "in which the cause of the pain cannot be...

Friday, July 1 marked the one-year anniversary of Minnesota's medical cannabis program. It also marked the day intractable pain patients could register for medical marijuana. The state's medical cannabis law defines intractable pain as a condition "in which the cause of the pain cannot be...

Tufts University School of Medicine's Yongjie Yang, published a study in the Journal of Neuroscience that recognizes an astroglial trigger mechanism as supplying to symptoms of fragile X syndrome in mice. Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an inherited condition, in which the distinctive nature is...

Tufts University School of Medicine's Yongjie Yang, published a study in the Journal of Neuroscience that recognizes an astroglial trigger mechanism as supplying to symptoms of fragile X syndrome in mice. Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an inherited condition, in which the distinctive nature is...

People are actually using medical marijuana as a treatment for health problems, not simply as an excuse to get high, a new study suggests. States that pass medical marijuana laws tend to experience a significant decline in prescriptions for ailments that could be treated with cannabis, said...

People are actually using medical marijuana as a treatment for health problems, not simply as an excuse to get high, a new study suggests. States that pass medical marijuana laws tend to experience a significant decline in prescriptions for ailments that could be treated with cannabis, said...

Novato, California - Before Jim McAlpine works out... ... he lights up. "I personally use it for focus. It's not about getting high. It's about keeping my mind engaged in the activity I'm in," said Jim McAlpine, Founder of Power Plant Fitness McAlpine believes there are many athletes...

Each morning, I awake in pain, the same condition as when I finally could take refuge in sleep. Pain remains my constant companion, more faithful than my guide dog. More tortuous still, each morning I awake knowing that my government will torment me most cruelly and unusually, and brand me as a...

Each morning, I awake in pain, the same condition as when I finally could take refuge in sleep. Pain remains my constant companion, more faithful than my guide dog. More tortuous still, each morning I awake knowing that my government will torment me most cruelly and unusually, and brand me as a...

In recent weeks, plenty of chatter has emerged regarding the potential benefits of marijuana use for pain management in football players. Ultimately, any action in this regard will require the NFL and NFL Players Association to do something that doesn't happen very often: Reach an agreement...

In recent weeks, plenty of chatter has emerged regarding the potential benefits of marijuana use for pain management in football players. Ultimately, any action in this regard will require the NFL and NFL Players Association to do something that doesn't happen very often: Reach an agreement...

Minnesota patients with chronic pain that can't be controlled well with existing methods of treatment have the option to join the state's medical cannabis program beginning July 1. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) added intractable pain to the list of qualifying conditions for the...

Minnesota patients with chronic pain that can't be controlled well with existing methods of treatment have the option to join the state's medical cannabis program beginning July 1. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) added intractable pain to the list of qualifying conditions for the...

Minneapolis - Minnesota's medical cannabis program turned one year old Friday, on the same day eligibility expanded to a new group of patients. Early proponents celebrated the anniversary by sharing success stories with the media. "It’s meant so much to our family because we literally have been...

Minneapolis - Minnesota's medical cannabis program turned one year old Friday, on the same day eligibility expanded to a new group of patients. Early proponents celebrated the anniversary by sharing success stories with the media. "It’s meant so much to our family because we literally have been...

When Gillian FitzGibbon's doctor suggested she try cannabis to reduce her chronic knee, hip and ankle pain, she figured anything was better than the cocktail of opioids she had been prescribed for years, medication that she said left her in an "abyss." As health-care providers sound the alarm...

When Gillian FitzGibbon's doctor suggested she try cannabis to reduce her chronic knee, hip and ankle pain, she figured anything was better than the cocktail of opioids she had been prescribed for years, medication that she said left her in an "abyss." As health-care providers sound the alarm...

Four-year-old Wyatt Hauser sits down for lunch with some ham, bananas, blueberries - and a little something that's not so tasty. His mother mixes a small dose of cannabis medicine into his applesauce. Wyatt doesn't notice, but Jessica Hauser knows just how crucial that bit of cannabis is to...

Four-year-old Wyatt Hauser sits down for lunch with some ham, bananas, blueberries - and a little something that's not so tasty. His mother mixes a small dose of cannabis medicine into his applesauce. Wyatt doesn't notice, but Jessica Hauser knows just how crucial that bit of cannabis is to...