Researchers at University of Michigan Medical School surveyed 878 fibromyalgia patients who were using cannabidiol (CBD) to gauge their reasons for doing so.Fibromyalgia, which affects many millions of people around the world, is a chronic condition that includes widespread pain in the muscles and bones among its various symptoms....

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed a pardon for a former ophthalmologist from Delaware County who grew marijuana as medical treatment for his dying wife.Paul Ezell was charged after his wife died when leftover plant clippings were discovered. He was sent to jail in 2014 and served six months...

UC San Diego Health are conducting what they say is the first known randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial examining cannabis as a treatment for acute migraines.Around 20 participants are already enrolled in the trial, with the aim to reach 90 participants aged 21-65. The participants are provided four different...

One of the USA's largest cannabis manufacturing and research facilities is to be established at Grants in the southwestern state of New Mexico.Up to this point, the National Center for the Development of Natural Products at University of Mississippi has been the only legal source for researchers engaging in...

New York and Michigan are the latest states to move to ban production of synthetic cannabinoids such as Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC from hemp.An important attribute of hemp that helped get it over the legal line in the USA is its very low levels of the intoxicating cannabinoid THC....

Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has received almost $700,000 to investigate the effectiveness, safe dosage and side-effects associated with THC and CBD.Around 770 children aged up to 14 years are diagnosed with cancer each in Australia, and sadly approximately 100 children under the age of 15 years die...

An interesting case study out of John Hopkins suggests medical marijuana may provide rapid relief from chronic itching for some.An itch can be annoying, but usually relieved with a quick scratch. Some people aren't so lucky. While the term "pruritus" just means itching, chronic pruritus  is a condition where...

Clinical outcomes of the first cohort of patients captured in the UK Medical Cannabis Registry are encouraging.One of the arguments against medical cannabis is the lack of quality evidence supporting its use. This is rapidly changing, with a bunch of studies being carried out around the world. One of...

That Mississippi's medical cannabis program appears to have been sunk just prior to it starting hasn't sat well with the state's voters.As we reported earlier this week, a voter-supported initiative to amend the state’s constitution to allow qualified patients with debilitating medical conditions to use medical marijuana has been...

It's been somewhat like pulling teeth, but the United States Drug Enforcement Administration has moved closer to allowing more growers to produce marijuana for research purposes.While hemp was made legal at a Federal level with the signing of the 2018 Farm Bill into law, cannabis not meeting the definition...