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....
U.S, January 16, 2020 (GREENENTREPRENEUR) Some say CBD knocks them out, others says it's snake oil. What's really going on?
How tired are you right now? If you're like many Americans, your answer probably leans more toward the sleep-deprived side.
U.S, August 13, 2019 (ANALYTICALCANNABIS) Cannabis users are more likely than non-users to forget to carry out tasks when operating under acute stress, according to new research from researchers at Washington State University.
The study, published in the journal Psychopharmacology, compared the performances of forty cannabis users versus forty-two people with...
U.S, November 22, 2019 (MERRYJANE) New Mexico has been aggressively expanding its medical marijuana program lately, and a new proposal may make it the first US state to admit canines into its medicinal cannabis registry.
Dogs, humans’ best friends, suffer from many of the same ailments we do. One of...
U.S, October 30, 2019 (CANNABISTECH) The chemical reaction that removes a carboxyl group, releases carbon dioxide, and activates the potential of cannabinoids.
UNDERSTANDING DECARBOXYLATION
The raw cannabis plant consists of cannabinoids in their acidic form. When one states that cannabinoids are in their “acidic form,” they are referring to the chemical...
U.K, December 03, 2019 (ANALYICALCANNABIS) The first national charity to support medical cannabis patients in the UK is to be launched next year by the team behind Sapphire Medical Clinics, the first British medical cannabis clinic to be approved by the Care Quality Commission.
U.S, January 9, 2019 (HEMPGAZETTE) Showing just how much we are yet to learn about cannabis, another two cannabinoids have been identified.
A cannabinoid is a chemical compound that acts on cannabinoid receptors in the body. Endocannabinoids are produced in the body of...
AUSTRALIA, December 6, 2019 (HEMPGAZETTE) Australia’s THC Global (ASX:THC) announced on Wednesday the first medicinal cannabis had been processed at its Southport, Queensland facility.
The company has wasted little time in getting things moving at the site after being granted a Medicinal Cannabis Manufacture Permit for the facility last month....
U.S, February 03, 2020 (ANALYTICALCANNABIS) We often hear that cannabis is a gateway drug. And in the case of edibles, there’s a little truth to that. Those gates open to reveal things like cheesy Doritos, chewy candies, and chocolate-dipped pretzels. Cannabis’ ability to induce a serious case...
BRITAIN, November 11, 2019, (INDEPENDENT) Approximately 1.4m British people are using “street cannabis” to treat medically-diagnosed chronic health conditions, a poll has found.
Previous research estimated between 50,000 and 1.1m people in the UK regularly use cannabis bought illegally as a form of medicinal treatment.
However, according to a new study of the “largest ever polling sample”,...