Medical Marijuana

President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill Thursday afternoon, signaling the official nationwide legalization of industrial hemp—a moment long-awaited by the cannabis industry. Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell inserted language from his Hemp Farming Act of 2018 into the Farm Bill to federally legalize the cultivation and sale of industrial hemp, which is defined …

euroscientist Dr. Michele Ross says she believes everyone can benefit from ‘vitamin weed’, or daily cannabis oil use.  “Cannabis is the key to unlocking preventative medicine,” says Dr. Ross.  “It helps protect your DNA from damage so it can actually slow down the aging process. I think everyone should use …

A Gulf War veteran who was arrested for selling less than $30 of marijuana will be released from prison soon, according to his attorney. Derek Harris was arrested in 2008 after selling .69 grams of marijuana to an undercover police officer in Louisiana. His stepson led the undercover poilce officer …

Michael Thompson has been in prison for 24 years, serving what his attorneys say is essentially “a death sentence.” The 69-year-old was convicted in the late 1990s following a marijuana sale that spurred a search in his home, where officials found weapons. Due to prior convictions, the judge handed Thompson …

Cannabis consumption while away from the job is not associated with any lingering adverse effects on workplace performance, according to data published in the journal Group & Organization Management. A pair of researchers from San Diego State University and Auburn University in Alabama compiled data from 281 employees and their direct supervisors with respect to …

A recent survey of millennial and baby boomer cannabis consumers suggests that baby boomers use cannabis for medicinal purposes at twice the rate of millennials. A survey by cannabis company Verilife found that baby boomers – people aged 56 to 76 – use cannabis medically at twice the rates of millennials – …

In the city of Doraville, a small suburb in northern DeKalb County, Black residents make up less than 10% of the population. Last year, however, Black people accounted for nearly 75% of the marijuana-related arrests made by the Doraville Police Department. They were among more than 100 people arrested in …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ new governor delivered on a top campaign promise Tuesday by signing legislation legalizing small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, making the state the 11th to do so and the first to implement a statewide cannabis marketplace designed by legislators. Legalization in Illinois also means that …

Oklahoma regulators levied a $541,000 fine on a medical marijuana business and ordered it to cease operations after allegedly exceeding pesticide limits and committing other violations. The Edmond-based processor of concentrates and extracts, Moon Mix, was the subject of the state’s first product recall in May. A recent KWTV investigation “showed four different pesticides …

A mother-of-two claims she has cured her aggressive breast cancer by taking one drop of cannabis oil every day.Dee Mani, 44, refused chemotherapy when she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer – deemed the deadliest form – and instead opted to try CBD. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is one of …