A double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found cannabidiol can decrease the frequency of convulsive seizures. 120 patients with Dravet syndrome were given orally administered cannabinoids. During the 14-week study, the cannabidiol groups average seizure frequency per month decreased from 12.4 to 5.9. On ...
Israel has started the first clinical trials in the world to determine if cannabis can provide a treatment for autism. Specifically, researchers are focusing on cannabidiol. Israel originally approved medical cannabis in 1992 and has since been at the forefront of cannabis research, with government backed grants and research. This ...
“Oxford will seek to identify new medical therapies through research into the molecular, cellular and systems mechanisms of cannabinoids,” according to a news release from the university.
Neil Mahapatra, manager partner of Kingsley, said in the news release that medical marijuana already benefits patients around the world in dealing with “distressing ...
Original Publication; December 19, 2016
New clinical trial will study use of oral cannabinoids for fibromyalgia pain
TORONTO – December 19, 2016 – The Arthritis Society has announced the winner of its latest research grant for the study of medical cannabis and arthritis. McGill University’s Dr. Mark Ware, who has garnered a ...
Update from Springfield; November 2, 2016:
"The Illinois Department of Public Health has approved applications for approximately 12,000 qualifying patients which includes 94 patients under the age of 18, since the program began accepting applications for the Medical Cannabis Registry Program on September 2, 2014. Approximately 14,600 individuals have submitted a ...
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A Cook County Judge has ordered the Illinois Department of Public Health to add Post-Operative Chronic Pain to the list of disorders treatable with medical cannabis.
In a blistering order, Cook County Judge Neil Cohen told the Director of the State Department of Public Health, Dr. Nirav Shah to add ...
"The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday it will not call for reclassifying marijuana, dashing the hopes of advocates of legalization and rejecting calls from some states and members of Congress who say growing knowledge and public acceptance should result in looser regulations.
In a notice for the Federal Register, the ...
Crohn's disease, one of several inflammatory bowel diseases, achieved "complete remission" in nearly half the subjects of one study that were exposed to smoking medical marijuana on a regular basis.
Published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the study examined the effects of consistent marijuana use on Crohn's patients who suffered ...
"Getting caught with small amounts of marijuana will result in citations akin to a traffic ticket instead of the possibility of jail time under legislation Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law Friday. Rauner's approval of the decriminalization measure comes after he used his amendatory veto powers last year to rewrite ...
In a ruling that could significantly expand the use of medical marijuana in Illinois, a judge has ordered state officials to reconsider adding migraine headaches to the list of conditions that qualify a patient to buy the drug.
Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Rita Novak overturned Illinois Department of Public ...
