Canadian pediatricians who are licensed to prescribe medical cannabis can do that for kids as well, and (not) shockingly half of them don’t even know about this option. This post from GreenCamp highlights why there so many misconceptions regarding cannabis. The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program conducted a survey among 835 pediatricians across the provinces and found ... Continue Reading
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FDA Approved: First Cannabis Medicine for Epilepsy
The first cannabis medicine, approved by FDA, will target two severe forms of epilepsy. This article from The Washington Post discusses how this may be a step closer to CBD reclassification. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first drug derived from marijuana, which will be used to treat two rare and severe forms of childhood epilepsy. The drug, called ... Continue Reading
The First Cannabis Medicine Awaits FDA Approval
A cannabis-derived medicine may soon become the first to be approved by FDA. Then CBD would probably be reclassified by the DEA within 90 days. This article from The Washington Post sheds more light. At 3 months old, Marissa Parsons began having frequent seizures, some lasting a half-hour. For almost two decades, her desperate parents tried drug after drug to treat her rare ... Continue Reading
Most Cannabis Research Progress in These 6 Countries
The most advanced countries for cannabis research are using science to defeat the stigma while getting people the medicine they need. Read about the top six in this post from High Times. It is commonly known that the U.S. is not apart of the most advanced countries for marijuana research. Due to its legal status, receiving funding for cannabis research has been proven quite ... Continue Reading
Cannabis Medicine Saved This 6-Year Old’s Life
In this post from Reset.Me, Mitchell Colbert speaks with Jason David, a CBD expert and star of the Discovery Channel show ‘Weed Wars’, about how cannabis medicine saved his 6-year old son’s life. The following story first appeared in The Leaf Online: Jason David is a CBD expert (CBD is the non-psychoactive compound in marijuana that has shown to have significant health ... Continue Reading