Study: THC Encourages Neuroplasticity In The Brain
THC Can Protect From Brain Deficits Cannabis research has continued to grow in popularity in recent years, and it has recently been suggested that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) offers protection for the brain. In a study published in September 2012, researchers intentionally caused injuries to the brains of mice with: Repeated exposure to MDMA (ecstasy) Carbon monoxide […]
Neurogenesis Gives Birth To New Neurons In the Brain, Helps Relieve Stress
Research Suggests CBD’s Anxiety Relief Is Due To Neurogenesis Neurogenesis is responsible for creating new neurons within the brain. These neurons process and carry information to the necessary destinations in the body, improving overall function. For some time, neurogenesis was believed to be limited to childhood, but evidence now shows that the brain’s production of […]
Cannabidiol (CBD) Makes Its Way To The Forefront
It is no secret that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) received the most attention in the past as far as cannabinoids are concerned. Growers in search of strains with the strongest high used selective breeding techniques to build their plants’ THC levels over time. Interest In Cannabidiol (CBD) Research Is Rising As a result, cannabis testing labs across […]
The Endocannabinoid System Helps Maintain Homeostasis
Medicinal cannabis is routinely recommended for a wide variety of conditions. For example, in California, patients can qualify for cannabis medicine if they have AIDS, anorexia, arthritis, cachexia, cancer, chronic pain, glaucoma, migraines, muscle spasms, seizures, nausea, or other chronic symptoms. This begs the question – how can cannabis be recommended for so many different […]
Why Congress Did Not Stop Marijuana Legalization in Its Backyard
Despite a prohibitionist tantrum, pot is legal in the nation’s capital. Last Tuesday, the chairman of the House committee that oversees the District of Columbia warned D.C. officials that they could go to prison if they insisted on implementing Initiative 71, the marijuana legalization measure that voters approved by an overwhelming margin last November. “There […]
Colorado Publishes Trove of Pot Sales Data
The state’s Department of Revenue has published marijuana sales data, giving a detailed look at the footprint of the young industry. (TNS) No longer will backwards math be needed to determine marijuana sales in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Revenue on Tuesday published a mother lode of previously unreleased sales data for the state’s marijuana […]
Medical Marijuana: Physicians, Parents Want Epilepsy Treatments, But Government Impedes Progress
Long before Angus Wilfong started testing the nation’s first marijuana-based drug meant to treat epilepsy, a 4-year old boy and his parents came to him for help. The healthy child had suddenly begun suffering from as many as 210 seizures a day. He was diagnosed with febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome, a rare and potentially deadly […]
Obama backs pot decriminalization efforts
Washington CNN — President Barack Obama said states could overhaul their laws to discourage marijuana the same way “we’ve been able to discourage a lot of other bad things that people do” – like using tobacco. His comments to Kansas City-based KMBC during a series of interviews Thursday afternoon with local television stations, the same […]
Jamaica decriminalises marijuana
Lawmakers pass anticipated legislation that reduces possession of small quantities to a petty offence and paves way for medical cannabis industry Jamaican lawmakers have passed an act to decriminalise small amounts of marijuana and establish a licensing agency to regulate a lawful medical cannabis industry on the island. After several hours of debate legislators in […]
Marijuana Is Much Safer Than Alcohol And Tobacco, New Study Finds
A new study has quantified the risk of death associated with an array of legal and illegal drugs to find that alcohol was the deadliest of them all, followed by heroin and cocaine. Marijuana, on the other hand, was associated with the lowest risk of death. The study even suggests that we’ve been overestimating how […]
