Isle of Man medicinal cannabis dispensing service begins
A medicinal cannabis dispensing service has begun on the Isle of Man as part of a one-year trial.
A medicinal cannabis dispensing service has begun on the Isle of Man as part of a one-year trial.
Charlie James loved her job as a lifeguard, along with running three or four times a week. But just over a year ago, the excruciating pain caused by a bad flare-up of endometriosis forced her to quit her job.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble, France, researchers have investigated the interaction between D9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and some proteins it might bind to.
As more U.S. states legalize cannabis (also known as marijuana) for medical and recreational use, increasing numbers of people are experimenting with it for pain relief.
The likelihood of cannabis use becoming federally legal is increasing, so it’s important for nursing professionals and nursing students to be able to provide knowledgeable and effective medical cannabis care to their patients.
Around 17,000 people in the UK are now thought to have received legal medical cannabis for a range of conditions including chronic pain, depression, insomnia and Parkinson’s.
Around 17,000 people in the UK are now thought to have received legal medical cannabis for a range of conditions including chronic pain, depression, insomnia and Parkinson’s.
Time flies – it was 25 years ago on Friday voters in the US state of California gave the green light for medical cannabis.
The life of a teenager who can have hundreds of epileptic seizures a day “hangs in the balance” without cannabis treatment, his parents say.
Cannabis has been used to relieve headaches for thousands of years, and yet rigorous clinical trials on this ancient remedy for head pain have only just begun.