Medical Marijuana Zone

Some children battling epilepsy have seen a drastic turnaround and reduction of seizures after using Charlotte’s Web, an oil made from marijuana plants very low in THC and high in a chemical called cannabidiol, or CBD. Lindsay Watts reports.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Utah prepares to launch its medical marijuana program next year, residents who want to use the drug in the meantime are encountering skeptical doctors and the quandary of where to get the plant. A law passed by the Utah Legislature in December 2018 allows residents to use medical marijuana […]

Stephen Taylor, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and addiction psychiatrist who sits on the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, said at a meeting Monday that pot is not medicine. “If it hasn’t been validated as a medicine, we shouldn’t be calling it medical marijuana or medical cannabis,” Taylor said, as quoted by AL.com. “And the idea […]

Virginia’s New Medical Marijuana Laws Take Effect | Jenn Michelle Pedini Three new laws intended to expand patient access to and the therapeutic value of Virginia’s medical cannabis program take effect July 1, 2019. “Patient access is critical to the success of Virginia’s medical cannabis program,” said Jenn Michelle Pedini, NORML’s development director and executive […]

New Jersey Medical Marijuana Expansion Measure Signed Into Law | Paul Armentano TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey‘s Democratic Governor, Phil Murphy, signed legislation into law today significantly amending and expanding the state’s medical cannabis access program. The new law takes immediate effect. Assembly Bill 20, The Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, institutes various changes […]

In this edition of Cannabis Conversations, Project CBD speaks with Dr. Paula Dall’Stella, a leading cannabis clinician in San Paolo, Brazil.

Ever since Proposition 215 was passed and California became the first state to legalize the consumption of cannabis for medical purposes, the rest of the country has moved in a… The post Medical Marijuana in the United States: The Basics appeared first on MedicalMarijuanaBlog.com.

Study: Medical Cannabis Offsets Chemotherapy-Related Adverse Events | NORML TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — The use of medical cannabis mitigates many of the side-effects associated with cancer chemotherapy, such as pain and nausea, according to data published in the international medical journal Acta Haematologica. Israeli researchers assessed the efficacy of medical cannabis administration in controlling chemotherapy-induced adverse effects in […]

Iowa Medical Marijuana Regulators Vote to Keep THC Cap, Add Autism | Kate Zawidzki On Friday, November 2, the board that oversees Iowa’s medical marijuana program voted unanimously against recommending legislators to remove the current 3% THC limit on products. Additionally, the board voted to recommend that the state add autism to the list of qualifying conditions, but rejected expanding […]