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Can medical marijuana replace pharmaceutical pain medications?
Cannabis has been used medically to treat pain for centuries Latest study conducted on cannabis as a pain treatment found 97% of patients “strongly agreed” that they were able to decrease the number of opiates they consume when they also used cannabis Findings could pose serious risk to the future of pharmaceutical opioid-based [...]
Billy Caldwell Unites Northern Irish Politicians for Parliament Protest
Every political party in Northern Ireland have “been united” by Billy Caldwell, the first patient to be legally prescribed cannabis oil on the NHS Hundreds are expected to protest outside Northern Ireland’s Parliament next week for the legalisation of medicinal cannabis Members from Shin Fein, the Ulster Unionist Party, the Green Party and [...]
Philippines House Committee Approves Medical Cannabis Bill
“Philippine Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act” could legalise cannabis in the Philippines for medical purposes The Committee on Health approved proposals for cultivation, regulation and sale of medicinal cannabis Raw cannabis would be banned under the proposals More than 10,000 have been killed in the country’s vicious “War on Drugs” over the past year [...]
Impact of legalisation: Cannabis legalisation lowers teenage use to 20-year low in America
Teen use of cannabis has dropped to lowest level since 1994 Adult use of recreational has increased Is legalisation the only way to prevent children from accessing cannabis? New data from the most recent report on cannabis use amongst teenagers may have just debunked the argument that legalising cannabis will lead to more [...]
Largest survey on CBD finds nearly half of users are able to stop taking traditional medications
Survey found that 42% of new CBD users were able to stop taking pharmaceutical medicines 80% of respondents found CBD to be "very or extremely effective" in treating conditions 55% of respondents were female Can CBD become the UK's main medicinal cannabis product? Evidence from the largest ever survey on CBD is suggesting [...]
Cannabinoids in combination with chemotherapy found “most effective” at killing cancer cells
New research confirms that cannabinoids can be effective in killing leukaemia cells, particularly in combination with chemotherapy The study also found that cannabinoids are most effective when used after chemo treatment It also confirmed that cannabinoids possess anticancer properties on their own St. George’s University of London may have just proven that cannabis [...]
Billy’s story: How one young boy from Ireland is removing the stigma surrounding medical cannabis
Billy Billy Caldwell, a young boy from Ireland, made history earlier this year by becoming the first person to be prescribed cannabis oil on the NHS. The company which made the oil, 710 Pharmaceuticals MNE, then decided to name their CBD oil “Billy’s Bud.” The story of a young, 11-year-old Irish lad's battle [...]
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