Sunday Seminar: Know your cannabinoids…. …meet CBG… CBG is another of the scores of unique phytochemicals (plant- made substances) found in the whole cannabis plant which shows indications of having much potential medical promise – and more to the point of the current debate – CBG is another constituent of cannabis you won’t see in…
2014 New York Times op-ed: “Although few marijuana users develop dependence, some do,” according to the study. “But they appear to be less likely to do so than users of other drugs (including alcohol and nicotine), and marijuana dependence appears to be less severe than dependence on other drugs.” See full article –…
Florida finally passes enabling legislation for 2016’s ballot initiative – lawsuits from dissatisfied advocates to follow….. Developments and disputes around aspects of implementation of laws and initiatives continue to play out in many states – and while many highlight interesting issues, there are far more than we can cover in this blog without posting 10-15…
What conditions are allowed for using medical cannabis? Each state is different, here’s the Minnesota list. It includes “intractable pain”, or pain that is not controlled with other medications. See full article – Medical Cannabis Qualifying Conditions – Minnesota Dept. of Health
Advocates facing the crazy-quilt of emerging state laws and decades of bitter political struggles – each of which has to be crafted with federal prohibition and medically bizarre drug schedules in mind – in ways that distort what would otherwise be best practices – and often without reciprocity between states making travel or moving between…
Dr Sanjay Gupta points out the benefit of using whole-plant cannabis See full article – Learn About Weed With Dr. Sanjay Gupta
There are so many branching aspects of rolling back a century of prohibition laws (the first anti-cannabis state laws were passed near the beginning of the 20th Century) that extend into restoring the once near universal medicinal use of cannabis into the 21st. Here’s one interesting side light – integrating legal medical cannabis back into…
Yes, cannabis is an effective sleep aid, with fewer side effects than prescription medications– #utpol #MMJ #GetSerious #TRUCE See full article – Medical marijuana for insomnia