It has long been known that vaporizing cannabis is an inherently healthier ingestion method than the traditional smoking of it, but it never hurts to have some published scientific research to back up the claims. Just over a week ago, a Swiss team of researchers published such findings in a scientific journal called PLOS One. […]
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CBD Benefit Update – New Information on CBD’s Health Benefits
CBD, or cannabidiol, is quickly changing the debate surrounding the use of marijuana as a medicine. CBD has been found very beneficial for humans and animals for a variety of health conditions and for health maintenance. Patient surveys from September 2015 have this to say: Medical marijuana patients are using CBD-rich cannabis for a wide […]
CBD Deemed Safe with Increasing Evidence of Medical and Nutritional Benefits
CBD in marijuana does not get you “high.” The chemical in marijuana that causes the high (and many of its other effects) is delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. But there are over 100 other cannabinoid chemicals in the plant; CBD is one of those. Different cannabinoids can have very different biological effects; CBD is not intoxicating (see […]
Safety of Vaping Marijuana and Cannabis Medicine
Portable electronic devices, known as “vape pens,” are increasingly popular among medical marijuana patients because they provide a convenient, discreet, and presumably benign way to administer cannabis. But how safe are they and e-cigarettes really? Jahan Marcu, PhD of ProjectCDB.org recently reported that there may be hidden dangers from vape pens that smolder or use […]
Huge New Development – President Obama’s Staff Clear the Way for Marijuana Research in US
WASHINGTON — The White House took a major step forward on Monday to support research into the medical properties of marijuana, lifting a much-maligned bureaucratic requirement that had long stifled scientific research. By eliminating the Public Health Service review requirement, the Department of Health and Human Services will help facilitate research into the drug. A bipartisan group […]
Why Big Pharma is Opposed to America’s Fastest Growing industry – Medical Marijuana
We predict at some point in the not too distant future some Big Pharma conglomerate teams will begin voicing support for medical marijuana, if they are not already doing so quietly. There is little doubt Big Pharma will be very acquisitive in the industry once federally legal, and spearheading a wave of US based studies […]
CBD and Hemp Seed Oil Nutrition – Journal of Nutraceuticals, Functional & Medical Foods
“Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) seed oil is valued primarily for its nutritional properties as well for the health benefits associated with it. With a complete source of all essential amino and fatty acids, hemp seed oil is a complete nutritional source. In addition, constituents exist within the oil that have been known to exhibit pharmacological activity […]