While the use of cannabis is becoming increasingly acceptable, the BMJ Open online journal recently published a study focusing on the negative effects of smoking cannabis while pregnant. Like smoking cigarettes while pregnant, babies born to mothers... Read More
Can Marijuana Help Reduce Opioid Addiction?
“Imagine jumping off a table and landing with one foot on a three-inch nail sticking out of a piece of wood.” Now imagine that you feel this pain over and over all throughout your day without any real sense of relief. This is how one... Read More
Cannabinoids Have Shown Promise at Killing Cancer Cells
According to a recent National Institute of Health (NIH) study, scientists have discovered that cannabis has the ability to kill cancer cells. The study was conducted by Dr. Christina Sanchez, a molecular biologist from Compultense University in... Read More
Canadian Research Team Delves into Cannabis Genome
Even though cannabis was one of the first plants to be domesticated, we haven’t spent much time studying it – which means the plant still has plenty of secrets to reveal to us. Cannabis’ status as illegal has kept researchers from being able to... Read More
National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Shows Support for Expanding CBD Research
The director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Nora Volkow, recently showed support for redoubling research efforts on cannabis. She particularly wants further research done on cannabidiol (CDB) and its therapeutic effects. Volkow feels that CBD... Read More
