If you’re researching cannabidiol (CBD) oil, you’ll likely stumble across information about CBD tinctures, too. You may wonder if both terms describe the same product. They don’t, but it’s an easy mistake to make. “When the hemp/CBD industry began to r…
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Survey Says Cannabis Is America’s Favourite Way To Kick Opiates
Although opiates are meant to be a temporary tool, millions of people in the U.S. have not been able to kick opiate dependency after being prescribed the drug. With an estimated 10.3 million Americans using opiates in 2018, that’s almost four per cent …
DEA’s Latest Policy Change Another Burden on Cannabis Research
CANNABIS CULTURE – Dr. John Streicher of the University of Arizona says the DEA’s new regulations offer no help to researchers — and he’s not the only one. “From my point of view it makes no difference at all,” Streicher says under the new rules he w…
What To Know Before Giving Your Pet CBD
Pets are family, and their humans want to do everything they can to help them. So, as more people find relief from various physical and mental ailments through cannabidiol (CBD), it’s only natural that they’d want to allow their pets the same healing. …
Knee Injuries Forced Olympic Sprinter Michael Frater Into Retirement, But Cannabis Is Helping Him Get Back On His Feet
The world record holder has opened a medical cannabis dispensary in Jamaica. Sprinter Michael Frater represented Jamaica for more than a decade and was a member of the world record-setting 4×100 metres relay team from the 2012 London Olympics. But abou…
Alabama Man Launches Career As Medical Hemp Farmer After Mother’s Cancer Battle
As a child, Prattville native Jeffrey Lee remembers playing in cotton fields. These days, his own son and daughter run in a much different crop. “I’ve sat out there and watched my kids playing in all this hemp growing 10 or 11 foot high,” Lee said. Lif…
Older Adults Trying Cannabis For The First Time
Medical marijuana is now legal in over two-thirds of the country, plus Washington D.C., and its prevalence is reaching a new generation. Nope, not Gen Zers coming of legal age; older adults are turning to cannabis, many for the first time, as a medical…
Fibromyalgia And Cannabis: What The Latest Research Says
Even though pharmaceutical drugs and OTC pain-relievers are typically used to help manage fibromyalgia, cannabinoids like CBD and THC are being considered more now than ever before. If you had to guess, how many people in the United States do you think…
Acute And Chronic Pain Affects Millions — How Can Cannabis Help?
Acute And Chronic Pain Affects Millions — How Can Cannabis Help?
Nowadays, chronic and acute pain are at the forefront of many people’s lives, but alternative medicines like cannabis continue to gain popularity.
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Cannabis And Pain Management: Is Alternative Plant Medicine Becoming The New Norm?
As time goes on, alternative plant medicine, such as cannabis, are slowly changing the way pain management is viewed and executed. Did you know that in 2019, chronic pain impacted one-third of the U.S. population? This number continues to rise, and so …