Article by David Downs, SF Gate Marijuana can be an effective medicine in some cases for treating pain, nausea, muscle spasms and other conditions, but the drug that is wafting into the mainstream is not harmless, and more research is needed, the nation’s top scientists concluded in a landmark report released Thursday. The nonprofit National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and ...

Article by Beth Mole, Ars Technica In a new 400-page analysis that blows through the current state of scientific knowledge on the health risks and benefits of marijuana, one of the strongest conclusions is that it can effectively treat chronic pain in some patients. The sweeping report, released Thursday by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, covered more ...

Article by Mike Hager, The Globe and Mail A new U.S. government-funded report showing clear evidence cannabis is an effective remedy for those with chronic pain underscores the need for more research into how marijuana can help fight the deadly opioid crisis ravaging North America, according to one of Canada’s leading pain researchers. A report released Thursday by the National ...

Article by Snoop Article Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. MS affects approximately 3.0 million people globally, with about 300,000 cases in the United States. Twice as many women as men have MS. The average ages for onset of MS is 20-40 years. In MS, cells in the immune system attack and destroy ...

Article by All Bud As long as people have gone to war, the warriors and victims have suffered horrors to their bodies and minds. Their bodies have often proven more resilient than their psyches. War has not monopoly on trauma. The loss of loved ones, the loss of property in a natural disaster, the affliction with pain and suffering – ...

Article by John Flint, PerthNow Perth researchers are to test whether medical cannabis can pave a breakthrough in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal diseases on the planet. Curtin University’s School of Biomedical Sciences is poised to start testing cannabis formulations against human pancreatic cell cancer lines grown in the laboratory. The project is in collaboration ...

Article by John Ingold, The Denver Post via The Cannabist Recreational marijuana legalization had no impact on how many Colorado teens use pot or on whether they think it is dangerous, but that could be because years of medical marijuana sales already had brought about changes in those measures, according to a new study. The study, posted on the website ...

Article by Paul Armentano, AlterNet. While no psychoactive substance is completely harmless, modern science continues to prove that cannabis is one of the safer and more effective therapeutic agents available. Here’s a look back at some of the most significant marijuana-centric studies published over the past year. 1. Pot Use Doesn’t Adversely Impact IQ The cumulative use of cannabis by ...

Article by Johnny Green, Weed News I will never forget the first time that I discovered Craigslist. It was well over a decade ago. Craigslist has existed since 1995, but it wasn’t until the 2000’s that I found out about it. The first thing I searched for was a no-brainer for me – arcade games. It led to a lot ...

Article by Cheyenne MacDonald, Daily Mail Scientists may soon be able to achieve ‘unthinkable’ strains of marijuana thanks to new efforts in DNA sequencing. Spearheaded by former HIV researcher Mowgli Holmes, Phylos Bioscience is attempting to map the genetic data for every strain in the world. The team has so far sequenced over a thousand different kinds, and they’ve plotted ...