In this year’s legislative session, one of the more controversial topics to be discussed is whether or not the state should allow any kind of cannabis products to be available for medical use.

The administration of cannabis oil extracts high in cannabidiol reduces seizure frequency in children with intractable epilepsy, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the journal Seizure.

Israeli researchers retrospectively evaluated the effects of CBD oil in a multicenter cohort of 74 patients with intractable epilepsy. Participants in the trial were resistant to conventional epilepsy treatment and were treated with CBD extracts for a period of at least three months. Extracts in the study were provided by a pair of Israeli-licensed growers and were standardized to possess a CBD to THC ratio of 20 to 1.

Endocannabinoid drug research is booming, but why?

An early stage drug trial of an experimental medication meant to act on the body’s endocannabinoid system ended in disaster last week after the drug left one person dead and five others seriously ill.

Abby Epstein and Ricki Lake, the documentarians behind The Business of Being Born, will likely debut their new film Weed the People in late 2016. Described as an “unflinching look at the underground world of herbal medicine,” the movie follows families who turned to cannabis when traditional medicine offered little hope. One of the film’s principles is Sophie Ryan, diagnosed with a brain tumor while only months old, leaving her parents scrambling for any answers they might find. Desperate, the Ryan family said yes when the filmmakers wanted to give Sophie cannabis-based treatments and document the results.

Former Super Bowl champion and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon says an unfairly demonized drug helped him recover from the pain of his football career: medical marijuana.

Every two months, Chris Skidmore crushes about half a kilogram of dried marijuana, soaks it in isopropyl alcohol, then strains the liquid through a coffee filter and into a rice cooker to burn off the remaining fumes – creating his own cannabis oil. He swallows a few drops of the oil every morning before breakfast, along with a cocktail of vitamin, fish oil and glucosamine chondroitin pills, to treat his HIV symptoms.