NEWS

Texas Rules Will Severely Limit Access To Medical Marijuana 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS
- December 18, 2017
MANCHACA, Texas — When California rings in the new year with the sale of recreational pot for the first time, Texas will be tiptoeing into its own marijuana milestone: a medical cannabis program so restrictive that doubts swirl over who will even use it. Among the concerns are the license fees to grow marijuana in
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Medical Cannabis Is Safe, Says WHO 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS
- December 17, 2017
WHO, the international public health agency of the United Nations, officially recommended on Dec. 14 that cannabidiol (CBD), the relaxant property of cannabis used in medical marijuana, “not be internationally scheduled as a controlled substance.” News of WHO’s reconsideration of CBD, which is said to account for 40 percent of the marijuana plant’s extracts, was
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Enthusiasm for Medical Marijuana Ahead of Science 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS, SCIENCE
- December 12, 2017
There is a tsunami of enthusiasm for medical cannabis. Rolling Stone is touting “medical pot” as the best hope to fight the opioid crisis. Newsweek has introduced the world to the “father of marijuana research” and even offered suggestions for using cannabis in holiday cooking. Although still in its infancy, the science behind medical cannabis
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Why We Shouldn’t Ignore The Cannabis Oil Boom 0
- CANNABIS OIL, NEWS
- December 7, 2017
So what’s the big deal with CBD – otherwise known as cannabis oil? There’s no denying the cannabis oil market has expanded massively in the last 12 months. Where once it was for the select few, it’s now reaching more people than ever. In the UK, CBD needs to be sold as a food supplement.
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Low-THC Medical Cannabis Oil Will Be Available Monday in South Florida 0
- CANNABIS OIL, HEALTH, LEGALITIES, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS
- September 23, 2016
Florida might finally vote to legalize medical marijuana November 8. But beginning Monday, a few South Floridians will be able to use a strain of low-THC cannabis oil called Haleigh’s Hope. The oil contains high quantities of cannabidiol, also known as CBD, which calms epilepsy patients. However, it does not contain marijuana’s psychoactive chemicals. Monday
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Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump On Marijuana: Legalizing or Decriminalizing Pot?0
- CANNABIS OIL, LEGALITIES, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS
- September 21, 2016
“As voters have shifted opinions on marijuana in recent years, so have government officials, as well as the leading presidential candidates. However, Clinton appears to a more specific stance on marijuana than Trump, and doesn’t view it with much stigmatization. Clinton has repeatedly stated that she wants to move marijuana from a Schedule I drug
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