Gov. Chris Christie said today he was surprised that Rutgers University turned down an opportunity to be the lone grower of the state’s medical marijuana crop because it was the school’s idea.
I’m Melanie Dreher; I’m dean of nursing at Rush University Medical Center. I’m a nurse and I’m an anthropologist. I think the medicinal properties of cannabis are just beginning to be explored systematically. But cannabis has existed as medicine for centuries. My first exposure to cannabis as medicine was working in Jamaica. And where it [...]
The Senate is awaiting a vote on a bill that would double penalties for any edible products combined with medical marijuana in California and other states that provide relief for patients. S. 258, the Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act, was introduced by Sen. Diane Feinstein and is using a media scare about “candy flavored methamphetamine” to attack medical marijuana patients and providers.
Prescription drug use is growing faster among children than the elderly and baby boomers. According to reports in medical journals such as the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, the number of children on psychiatric meds has skyrocketed in recent years. Despite the unknown risks, more kids are using prescription drugs than ever before. But when it comes to medicating kids with cannabis, the issue just becomes too taboo.
One of 36,380 patients registered with the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, Bradshaw is a gardener who grows most of his own medical marijuana-one of two options that program participants have. They can also buy from a producer who sells to four or fewer people.
The Pharmacists Society of the State of New York has become the latest professional health organization to endorse the medical marijuana bill under consideration in Albany.
WASHINGTON — Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it’s legal, according to new federal guidelines
Jay Selthofner, a supporter of medicinal use of marijuana and of legalizing the drug, has been inspired to run for office in Wisconsin’s State Assembly for District 41. The inspiration comes in the form of Joey, a child with autism whose mother has successfully treated him with the use of marijuana and the subject of a book: Autism and Marijuana – A mother’s fight to save her son’s life – Joey’s story.
The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Science and Compassionate Care Seminar put on by 420 University held in Kalamazoo, Michigan July 10-11. Having a solution via science to the ongoing debate regarding cannabis therapeutics, some in several states later in the year, is the most important part of the foundation of this debate.
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