According to latest data, Canadian registered users have consumed 40% more medical marijuana during the last six months While recreational use of the plant is on the edge of legalization in the country, expected for this year’s July, the medical consumption of cannabis has been taking off significantly in Canada. Currently, 235,621 Canadians use medical […]
Starting last week-end, people in New York affected by post-traumatic stress disorder can have access to medical cannabis treatments Starting Saturday, November 11th, doctors can prescribe medical marijuana treatments for patients suffering from PTSD. The decision belongs to Governor Andrew Cuomo, who signed a bill empowering the immediate effect by adding the disorder to the […]
The Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem will provide a medical cannabis course for 90 students As Israel is the global leader in medical marijuana research, with an innovative legal medical cannabis program providing treatments for 30.000 patients, the academic field is highly interested in advances connected to the plant. Therefore, despite the recreational use is […]
Strong scientific evidence promoting cannabis as a safe therapy for those in pain or suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is still lacking Two recent reports, published by the United States Department for Veteran Affairs in the Annals of Internal Medicine Journal, have reviewed the integration of medical cannabis as a useful tool for the management […]
Marijuana can change brain structure, but does not shrink the brain, studies suggest Two new studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Psychiatry assessed brain size and risk of developing schizophrenia among marijuana users. Although these studies don’t paint a clear picture of how exactly cannabis use affects the brain, as stated […]
Life-threatening grand mal seizures brings together the parents of epileptic children in US in advocating legalization of medical marijuana treatment As other medication has had limited success in treating their condition, epileptic children’s parents demand authorities to legalize medicinal marijuana use to help their kids. 17 of the US states have approved since 2014 the […]