The medical benefits of the non-psychoactive cannabinoid CBD, or cannabidiol, are many. From all forms of epilepsy and seizure disorders to cancer, Crohn’s, and lupus, this highly effective chemical compound is being leveraged by an increasingly large number of patients and medical professionals to treat a wide range of diseases and conditions.

‘Stoner sloth’ anti-drug campaign gets reality check as medical experts walk away

A leading drug research centre has distanced itself from the NSW government’s bizarre “stoner sloth” campaign, which attempts to warn teenagers against the dangers of sustained marijuana use by depicting them as disturbingly oversized versions of the South American mammal.

In a pyrrhic victory for the NSW government, the stoner sloth campaign has gone viral but the anti-drug message appears to have lost out to the internet’s dual love of mocking failed ad campaigns, and sloths.

The endocannabinoid system is fundamentally important to the regulation of digestive processes including appetite, salivation, hunger, and satiety. Cannabinoid receptors are widely distributed throughout the digestive system, as well as in the brain regions considered to be crucial to the gut-brain axis.

The endocannabinoid system is fundamentally important to the regulation of digestive processes including appetite, salivation, hunger, and satiety. Cannabinoid receptors are widely distributed throughout the digestive system, as well as in the brain regions considered to be crucial to the gut-brain axis.

Recently, a study published by King’s College, London caused a media frenzy as it associated heavy use of potent cannabis with structural changes to the brain, most notably a decline in the quantity and integrity of the white matter.

As is so often the case with such studies, certain media outlets immediately leapt to wild  assumptions that cannabis was to blame for this perceived difference in brain structure, and that policy changes needed to be immediately made to reflect this. But is this truly the case?

Again, as so often occurs with these studies, when we look a little deeper into what is said in the text, we find that there is a lot more to the story than these simplistic media articles would have you believe.

A shortage of doctors willing to sign medical marijuana cards has put the program in trouble in Illinois, barely before it gets off the ground.

Only 3,600 patients statewide have obtained them, according to David Friedman, who heads a firm that invests in and reports on the medical cannabis industry. Friedman had predicted that Illinois would have 30,000 patients with medical marijuana cards by now, and that 70,000 would have them by the end of 2017.

"By any stretch of the imagination we are well under those estimates," said Friedman, who heads up MJIC Inc. in Chicago. "Even with 30,000 or 70,000 patients, we're going to struggle to break even" before the pilot program ends.

PORTLAND, Maine — A terminally ill New Hampshire woman who won a court's permission to get a medical marijuana card received her medication in Maine Friday.

New Hampshire passed a law that allows patients with certain conditions to use medical marijuana, but no dispensaries have opened yet. Supporters of medical marijuana say the case is an important step toward increasing access and giving terminal patients more options for end of life care.

Linda Horan, 64, was beaming Friday afternoon at the Wellness Connection of Maine's Portland dispensary. She had just picked up some cannabis tinctures, capsules and cookies to help treat symptoms associated with her lung cancer.

"My god, I'm over the moon," she says. "Completely over the moon."

By Tom, the Founder

The CannaSafety™ mission is centered around promoting the safe and conscious use of cannabis. It is an ancient, magical plant and healing herb that has been used for 1000’s of years, and now with the end of prohibition we are again beginning to uncover the true potential and spectrum of its therapeutic effects. There are 111 cannabinoids in cannabis (7 new discovered in 2015!) and we still have so much to learn.

A medical marijuana company in the US has developed a new strain of cannabis that could lead to cheaper and more effective products for people suffering from seizures and inflammation. The company Minnesota Medical Solutions created a new type of cannabis that contains more cannabidiol (CBD), a compound used in medical products.

The company said on its announcement on Wednesday the new high-CBD strain is aimed to make its medical products easier and cheaper to refine. CBD currently appears in lower ratios in most marijuana strains.

AUBURN — The School Committee approved the first reading of a new policy Wednesday night that would allow students to have medical marijuana administered in school under a physician's orders and under certain conditions.

Any medical marijuana would have to be approved by a physician, and it would have to be administered in school by a parent or guardian, Assistant Superintendent Michelle McClellan said. Because medical marijuana is allowed under a certificate from a physician but not a prescription, nurses may not administer the drug.

Marijuana doses would have to be in a nonsmoking form, such as being edible.

By Naser Pajaziti

Ministry of Health in FYR Macedonia has drafted a bill on the legalization of the use of cannabis for medical purposes. According to this ministry, this bill is expected to be enacted in February 2016.

Based on the bill, cannabis will be produced and used only in FYROM and will only be produced by legal persons.

Minister of Health, Nikola Todorov said that once this bill is approved by the government, public debates will take place to hear proposals or criticism by stakeholders.

So far 13 EU countries have allowed the use of cannabis for medical purposes.