Research and Studies

Should Recovering Addicts Consider Medical Marijuana?

04/03/2019

With the opioid epidemic raging, you probably know someone affected by opioids, the class of drugs that includes prescription pain relievers such as oxycodone (Percocet, Oxycontin, Vicodin), synthetic opioids (fentanyl) and (illicit) heroin. Regular opioid use, even when prescribed by a do Read More

Cannabis and Cancer: Your Essential Guide to a Holistic Approach

03/28/2019

Marijuana and cancer—it’s a subject with growing interest around the country. Cancer is a topic with high emotional resistance, and rightfully so. Just in the United States, an estimated 1,762,450 cancers will be in diagnosed in 2019, which equates to more than 4,800 new cases each day Read More

Top Marijuana Research and Studies of 2018

01/10/2019

This past year has seen some exciting developments in groundbreaking cannabis studies. As researchers continue to unlock the plant's incredible therapeutic potential, they help us deepen our understanding and see old misconceptions about cannabis die away. In this post, we will explore so Read More

First Medical Cannabis Trial for Brain Cancer

11/26/2018

Australian researchers will conduct the world's first clinical trial to examine cannabis and tumors. A team from Endeavour College of Natural Health plan to investigate whether marijuana medicine helps brain cancer patients. If they find positive results, we could move one step closer to c Read More

Thomas Jefferson University Medical Marijuana Patient Database

06/04/2018

We've covered small-scale studies on the impact of cannabis medicine such as the Connecticut Hospice's research and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia study on autism. But, due to research restrictions in the United States, not many researchers have had the chance to work with large s Read More

Medical Marijuana Could Be the Answer to the Opioid Crisis

04/18/2018

On Monday, April 2, 2018, two new studies were released that contained evidence of medical marijuana having the ability to stop the opioid crisis currently affecting thousands of people throughout America. Specifically, the studies found that the number of opioid prescriptions has decrease Read More

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Study on Medical Marijuana and Autism

01/10/2018

There’s a fair amount of research on medical marijuana’s ability to treat conditions like pain and seizures, but what about autism? Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) want to find out how medical marijuana can treat autism symptoms. CHOP is working with Au Read More

PA Seeks Labs to Test Medical Marijuana

05/22/2017

Pennsylvania’s Department of Health continues to push towards its 2018 implementation goal of the state’s Medical Marijuana Program. Already, the state has developed its Medical Marijuana Physician Workgroup, reviewed applications for both growers and dispensaries and accomplished seve Read More

New Marijuana Research Study Promising

04/04/2017

Oxford University and Kingsley Capital Partners are teaming up to develop new medical treatments from cannabis. The research project aims to understand the therapeutic properties of cannabis and apply them to both chronic and acute conditions. The initial investment from the private equit Read More

New Comprehensive Study Examines the Health-Related Effects of Medical Marijuana

01/23/2017

A new report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date look on the health benefits of marijuana. The committee behind this report considered more than 10,000 scientific abstracts published since 1999 that examine Read More

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