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How The Honigs Keep Their Son’s Story Alive To Help Kids Just Like Him

Mike, Janet and Gianna Honig stood with newly inaugurated Gov. Phil Murphy in Trenton as he announced one of his first acts as governor in January 2018: a 60-day review of the New Jersey’s strained medical marijuana program. But missing, for the first …

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Give Cannabis To Elderly People With Chronic Pain, Doctors Say

Experts say cannabis-based medicines, including those that contain THC, should be used instead of opioids. Elderly people with chronic pain including back and joint injuries should be prescribed cannabis instead of conventional painkillers, doctors hav…

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Here’s How Cannabis Can Help Fight Chronic Gut Problems

Though cannabis provides therapeutic value for those with IBD, its primary benefit doesn’t really seem to have to do with pain. A primary reason that many patients turn to medicinal cannabis is to treat chronic pain. In fact, a 2019 study published in …

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Focus on the family: How the War on Drugs destroyed America’s foster care system

Child protective service agencies should protect children. But the War on Drugs incentivized child removal based on unreliable drug tests.
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‘Healing With Cannabis:’ New Book Delves Into Medical Marijuana, Endocannabinoid System

Science writer Cheryl Pellerin recently launched a new book titled “Healing with Cannabis.” The book is divided into two parts. The Endocannabinoid System The first one consists of a scientific (but not too technical) story of the endocannabinoid syste…