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The recent announcement that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will relax requirements on cannabis-derived research is encouraging. In the past, the Pennsylvania Medical Society has called on both state and federal officials to support further research on the efficacy and safety of...

Marijuana has been grown in a clandestine manner by a great many growers for a long time. Despite that, an optimal way of cultivating the plant to boost its medicinal properties has not be found, says a University of Guelph plant scientist who is leading the charge to perfect pot growing. Mike...

New Rochelle, NY, January 21, 2016--Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research the new peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, announces a new partnership with The International Cannabinoid Research Society. This new collaboration promotes the missions of the Journal...

When senior research scientist Suman Chandra first came to the University of Mississippi's National Center for Natural Products Research in 2001, he had no idea that he would be involved in one of the most pivotal programs in the School of Pharmacy's history. Chandra, who has extensive...

Just days after the launch of New York's medical marijuana program, the University at Buffalo has announced a new research initiative into medicinal cannabis in partnership with Citiva LLC. With $1.65 million in funding from Citiva, UB's Center for Integrated Global Health Sciences will work...

Medical professionals are lauding federal agencies for loosening medical marijuana research regulations, but those fighting to legalize its use in Pennsylvania worry it may further delay the process. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced in late December that it would be...

Lisa Miller believes pot may be the cure for the tremors that regularly overtake her dog Dinah. After years of legislative wrangling and bureaucratic delays, ailing Floridians might finally have access to medical marijuana by next summer. Now a paragraph in Sen. Jeff Brandes' bill is giving...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is easing the rules for researchers who study an extract of the marijuana plant. The change means less paperwork for researchers when they change the study dosage of CBD -- or cannabinol -- an active chemical in marijuana. Some health researchers think...

NEMUS Bioscience Inc. has entered into a research agreement with the company's development and commercial partner, the University of Mississippi, to advance specialized cannabinoid derivatives for the management of Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The agreement was executed...

The International Cannabis and Cannaboids Institute (ICCI) was opened in Prague today with U.S. and Canadian investors contributing half a billion crowns, which Health Minister Svatopluk Němeček said is the biggest private investment in Czech medical research in the past years. The institute...

Even though Maryland is following the lead of 23 other states in setting up a medical marijuana industry, the collective experience of those states has translated to relatively little understanding of how the dozens of active substances within the plant affect health. As a result, Maryland will...

In 1964, Raphael Mechoulam rode a public bus from Tel Aviv back to his lab at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot while holding 11 pounds of Lebanese hashish in a plastic bag. He received his giant stash–the first of many over the next 50 years–from a police officer who had...

In 1964, Raphael Mechoulam rode a public bus from Tel Aviv back to his lab at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot while holding 11 pounds of Lebanese hashish in a plastic bag. He received his giant stash–the first of many over the next 50 years–from a police officer who had...

A new cannabis research task force began work Monday to try to clear the way for more research in Oregon on the medical benefits of cannabis. Created by legislation earlier this year, the task force is laying the groundwork for a state-backed medical marijuana research program that might...

State officials have appointed 15 members to a new cannabis research task force charged with studying and recommending legislation on the development of the medical marijuana industry. The body – officially called the Task Force on Researching the Medical and Public Health Properties of...

When Jonathan Zaid turned 18, his mom gave him an unusual birthday present — one that would turn out to be life-changing. Zaid had been diagnosed at 14 with a pain syndrome that caused constant, daily headaches. He tried dozens of prescription medications and even had to drop out of school for...

When Jonathan Zaid turned 18, his mom gave him an unusual birthday present — one that would turn out to be life-changing. Zaid had been diagnosed at 14 with a pain syndrome that caused constant, daily headaches. He tried dozens of prescription medications and even had to drop out of school for...

Science, with the possible exception of weapons research, has always worked overtime for recognition. Good science challenges received wisdom, dogma, superstitious belief — and yesterday’s science. Politicians know that, and are understandably wary of science, lest it challenge their hold on...

Science, with the possible exception of weapons research, has always worked overtime for recognition. Good science challenges received wisdom, dogma, superstitious belief — and yesterday’s science. Politicians know that, and are understandably wary of science, lest it challenge their hold on...

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to clarify that industrial hemp research programs are eligible for existing federal research dollars. Wyden was among a bipartisan group of 12 senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and...