Marijuana’s official designation in the US as a Schedule 1 drug — something with “no currently accepted medical use” — means it has been pretty tough to study. Despite that, a growing body of research and numerous anecdotal reports link cannabis with several health benefits, including pain relief and the potential to help with certain forms of…
Who can legally use medical marijuana in Florida? Medical marijuana is a treatment option for Florida residents who have documented cases of Parkinson’s disease, PTSD, Crohn’s disease, glaucoma, AIDS/HIV, ALS, cancer, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic pain, seizure disorders, muscle spasms or any similar debilitating condition. It is also available to people suffering from any…
As of last June, more than one fifth of Americans live in states that have voted to legalize recreational marijuana use. A majority live in states that allow access to medical marijuana. Many say that cannabis oil is amazing for debilitating pains of neuropathy. Weed’s more legally accessible now than it has been since the “Reefer Madness” era;…
A group of more than 150 physicians, including a former surgeon general and faculty members at some of the nation’s leading medical schools, has formed the first national organization of doctors to call on states and the federal government to legalize and regulate the use of marijuana in the interest of public health. The group — which is announcing its…
The existing literature on the long-term effects of marijuana on the brain provides an inconsistent picture due to methodological differences across studies. We overcame these methodological issues by collecting multimodal measures in a large group of chronic marijuana using adults with a wide age range that allows for characterization of changes across lifespan without developmental…
Researchers looking for risk factors of heart disease tested the lung function of 5,115 young adults over the course of 20 years. Tobacco smokers lost lung function over time, but pot users actually showed an increase in lung capacity. It’s possible that the increased lung capacity may be due to taking a deep breaths while…
A new drug derived from marijuana just became the first of its kind to get the green light from the US government. Called Epidiolex, the drug is designed to treat two rare forms of childhood epilepsy using a cannabis compound called cannabidiol (or CBD). British-based GW Pharmaceuticals makes the drug. It does not contain THC, the well-known…
All Natural Health Certifications – Marijuana Doctors There are now over 200,000 patients in the Florida medical marijuana registry with many many more coming. Yet marijuana’s official designation in the US as a Schedule 1 drug— something with “no currently accepted medical use” — means it has been pretty tough to study. Despite that, a growing…
All Natural Health Certifications The devastating toll of deaths from opioid addiction keeps growing. All round the country – in the heartland, on the coasts, in cities and rural areas, death rates from overdoses of heroin or prescription opioid pain medications like OxyContin are shocking. At the beginning of this year – January, 2016 –…
Florida marijuana doctors and users claim the drug helps relieve pain and suppress nausea — the two main reasons it’s often used to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy. Researchers at Harvard Medical School suggested that that some of the drug’s benefits may actually be from reduced anxiety, which would improve the smoker’s mood and act…