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.
Medicinal cannabis helped get my life back after endometriosis
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.
New insights on the structural biology of medical cannabis
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble, France, researchers have investigated the interaction between D9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and some proteins it might bind to.
Nearly 1/3 of People With Chronic Pain Turn to Cannabis
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.
Nurse’s and Medical cannabis
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.
Cancer sufferer who put cannabis in her food to ease pain fined
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.
Medical cannabis now prescribed to 17,000 in UK – but many are still using black market
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.
California Celebrates 25 Years Of Medical Cannabis
Time flies – it was 25 years ago on Friday voters in the US state of California gave the green light for medical cannabis.
Cannabis treatment: Parents fear for teen’s life without drug
The life of a teenager who can have hundreds of epileptic seizures a day “hangs in the balance” without cannabis treatment, his parents say.
The First Clinical Trial For Cannabis as a Migraine Treatment Is Underway
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.