Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed a law legalizing medical marijuana in the state. This brings the total number of states in the U.S. that allow marijuana for medicinal purposes to 24. The Pennsylvania law allows users who...
Whoopi Goldberg, in collaboration with Maya Elisabeth, has announced her own line of medical marijuana products specifically aimed at women. Goldberg will be the president of the company, 'Whoopi & Maya Brand,' and its four flagship products are: an infusion, a balm, a chocolate, and a...
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) has issued a statement approving the importation of marijuana-derived medicines for health treatments, with a prior medical prescription, and warning of the unknown effects they may have on patients. The approved products will contain...
One of the applications of medicinal marijuana is to alleviate certain types of pain, and after years of research, the Foria brand was born. Foria has invented vaginal suppositories using medicinal cannabis to relieve menstrual cramps. These suppositories are made with natural ingredients such as cannabis dioxide...
This Thursday, January 7, 2016, 18 months after the law was passed, eight of the twenty dispensaries planned to offer medical marijuana will open their doors to the public. Since December 23, 2015, patients have already begun registering to receive...
Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, has signed the decree regulating the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. This decree, created in November 2015, establishes the framework and rules for the use of medicinal cannabis and only required his signature.
After reviewing articles on the role of the endocannabinoid system in anxiety, fear, and stress, a team of researchers has proposed it as a viable treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, fragile X syndrome, and other conditions.
Cannabis sativa oil, administered to mice as a drug or dietary supplement, has been found to be effective in alleviating symptoms of fibromyalgia, such as neuropathic pain, anxiety, depression, and inflammation. This discovery was made by scientists from the group...
The Colombian government has created a decree to regulate cannabis for medicinal use. This decree has been signed by the Ministries of Health, Justice, and Agriculture, and only awaits the president's signature to become law. The decree establishes regulations for possession, cultivation of seeds...
The Jamaican government announced on Monday that it has granted a license to cultivate marijuana to a private Canadian company based in Kingston. The company is Timeless Herbal Care (THC), a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of cannabis products.
