The mystery that is Fibromyalgia has long kept pharmaceutical companies from being able to create a legalized prescription drug that is effective, but for those who suffer from the syndrome it seems that marijuana still proves to be the most effective. In fact, research studies have long shown that marijuana is the best treatment for Fibromyalgia. Even celebrities have testified to the use of marijuana for help with Fibromyalgia pains. Most recently the celebrity example of legalization of marijuana is Morgan Freeman, a beloved actor by many. With all of the evidence and testimony piling up for marijuana and pain, it seems that while Fibromyalgia may be a mystery, the way to get help for it certainly is not.

It finalised the application to the Ministry of Health today, although it also needs approval from the Associate Minister of Health.

In a statement, Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) deputy chief medical officer Dr Grant Pidgeon said Alex Renton was suffering from "refractory status epilepticus", which caused him to suffer from repeated seizures.

"It is unknown for sure what is causing his seizures but it is thought to be due to his body's immune system turning against itself, which is known as an auto-immune disorder."

Dr Pidgeon said the hospital had exhausted all standard treatment options and was now applying for approval to use a non-standard medicinal cannabinoid treatment.

A great deal of previous research has suggested a link between cannabis use and psychotic episodes. New research suggests that this association is due mostly to shared environmental factors rather than direct causation or shared genetic risk factors.

A teenager who has been in an induced coma for weeks can be given medicinal marijuana, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has decided.

Nineteen-year-old Alex Renton is suffering from refractory status epilepticus, which causes him to suffer from repeated seizures. It is not known what is causing them but it is believed his body's immune system is turning against itself.

Capital and Coast District Health Board applied to the Ministry of Health and Mr Dunne to use Elixinol, a cannabidiol product from the US that had been shown to relieve some forms of epilepsy.

Mr Dunne today said he was approving its use for Mr Renton on compassionate grounds.

A survey conducted last week by the Minnesota Medical Association is causing angst among a large number of patients who were hoping to take advantage of the state’s long-awaited, though cumbersome, medical marijuana program.

A high-profile Hollywood stuntman claims to have cured his Stage IV colorectal cancer using cannabis oil.

Mark Chavarria was offered the oil to help with the pain he suffered from the advanced cancer, which had spread from his colon into his liver.

He says, ‘Once I got on this oil, I was able to get rid of everything. All the Oxycontin, everything.

Chavarria faced a gruelling regime of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, but says he believed that the cannabis oil actually helped beat the cancer.

‘It’s kind of gross, but I literally felt like I was pooing the thing out every time I went to the toilet.

VANCOUVER -- A British Columbia company has pledged to donate $1 million to a university researcher studying medical marijuana's potential for treating HIV-AIDS.

National Green Biomed Ltd., partly owned by former MP Herb Dhaliwal, is awaiting Health Canada's approval of an application to produce and sell cannabis.

University of B.C. assistant professor of medicine M.J. Milloy says the company has so far donated $200,000 toward his work, with a promise to contribute the rest of the money within five years.

Milloy was the lead investigator of an ongoing observational study that looked at the cases of 88 people infected with HIV and living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

As new studies are released showing just how miraculous the compounds of marijuana are, the argument for legalized marijuana or at least legal access to medicinal marijuana seems to build a little more each month. One new study, from researchers with Saint George’s University of London and published in Anticancer Research, reveals how various compounds within cannabis are able to work together to kill human leukemia cells.

State health officials plan to let the public know early next week which companies, nonprofits or other entities bid for licenses to grow and distribute medical marijuana.

Before Friday’s application deadline closed, several bidders had announced proposals, including some now running similar programs in other states. New York’s health department is expected to grant up to five licenses this summer, with each recipient allowed to establish up to four dispensaries.

Often MMPR applicants don’t know what to expect from Health Canada when reporting on a monthly basis. We’ve had the pleasure of working with several licensed producers and developing an extensive record keeping and seed to sale traceability system, to make your monthly reporting a breeze. In fact, Grow One allows for “one click” Health Canada reporting, doing all the investigative work for you and your team.

In this article, we outline a monthly Health Canada report at a high level, and what information you will be expected to collect.

Cannabis Produced & Transferred
Total amount of marijuana produced and ready to be sold, and the amount of marijuana transferred from licensed producers.