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Rheumatoid arthritis patients are using medical marijuana — Here’s why

Posted on 12/07/2015 by Stoner Bot |

As the greying of America occurs, more and more baby boomers are retiring, and the country is facing a deluge of health-related costs from its aging population. Chief among those…

Cannabis crusader, 71, is given a suspended jail term after admitting growing and supplying the drug

Posted on 11/12/2014 by Web Team |

A West Wales pensioner who campaigned over three decades to have cannabis legalised as “a medicine” has been given a one year suspended jail term after admitting two counts of…

‘Designer strains’ of cannabis could cure more ills

Posted on 11/12/2014 by Web Team |

Two Israeli companies that have been working to improve medical marijuana have submitted applications for the approval of two new cannabis strains genetically bred to manage medical conditions more effectively…

SAS hero smuggled cannabis into UK for suffering ex-soldiers after Government failed them

Posted on 06/11/2014 by Web Team |

An SAS hero who smuggled cannabis into the UK for his suffering ex-army colleagues after claiming the Government had failed to care for them has been spared jail by a…

Study: Cannabis May Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis

Posted on 27/08/2014 by Web Team |

A new study being published in the upcoming issue of the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, and e-published ahead of print by the National Institute of health, has found that a…

Medicinal cannabis and the caregiving community giving it away for free

Posted on 20/08/2014 by Web Team |

In the heart of Cumbria stands a two-bedroomed cottage wrapped in ivy that for half a century has been home to a lady named June. She makes a pot of…

Health Canada Approves Medical Marijuana Trial To Treat Osteoarthritis

Posted on 03/06/2014 by Web Team |

SASKATOON, May 22, 2014 – Prairie Plant Systems Inc., parent company of CanniMed Ltd., announced today that Health Canada has formally approved a clinical trial application for a randomized, double…

‘Without cannabis, I might not be alive today’

Posted on 14/05/2014 by Web Team |

August 28, 2013 – In our ongoing series of profiling medical marijuana users, we look at how cannabis is making one man’s life bearable in the face of unimaginable suffering. …

New Study Finds Cannabinoids May Treat Osteoarthritis

Posted on 14/02/2014 by Web Team |

A study published in this month’s issue of the European Journal of Neuroscience has found that cannabinoids may be an effective treatment for osteoarthritis. According to the study; “Osteoarthritis is…

Cannabis Can Treat Osteoarthritis, According to New Study

Posted on 03/12/2013 by Web Team |

A new study published in the journal PLOS One, as well as by the National Institute of Health, has found strong evidence that activation of our body’s cannabinoid receptors –…