Medical Marijuana

A spending bill is getting pushed through the Senate, and as always, the votes are tight. That means a sole Senator can have outsized power, as is the case typically with Rand Paul from Kentucky. Mitch McConnell, also from Kentucky,...

New week, new issue that marijuana can potentially help with in the body. This one is Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which isn’t much of a surprise because marijuana and CBD do a great job with helping bring down inflammation. A new study...

President Donald Trump has officially thrown his weight behind Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters (R) to chair the Republican National Committee (RNC), a move that could elevate marijuana legalization as a key issue within the GOP. In a lengthy social...

House lawmakers have reignited controversy over cannabis policy in the nation’s capital, advancing a federal spending bill this week that continues to block Washington, D.C. from establishing a regulated marijuana market—despite local voters approving legalization over a decade ago. The...

Views: 6 Although not as breakneck of a speed as the last time around, Trump’s administration is still pretty quickly shuffling around. There’s a new drug czar coming in to control the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and she...

Views: 13 A new study has found that a majority of patients are comfortable with their physicians using marijuana outside of work—particularly for medical purposes. The research, published in the Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online, surveyed 388 patients...

Views: 15 Washington, D.C. — The Trump White House has taken a firm stance against Washington, D.C.’s marijuana policies, calling decriminalization a “failed” experiment that has led to increased disorder in the nation’s capital. In a fact sheet released...

Views: 7 We’ve done a similar story a few months ago, but with the ever changing nature of the administration and the vagueness in which the topic is discussed, it’s worth checking back in on. So does cannabis have any...

Views: 14 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is backing an “Anti-420 Day” initiative aimed at discouraging youth marijuana use through a social media campaign. Organized by the nonprofit Johnny’s Ambassadors, the campaign recruits high school and college students to...

Views: 11 In 2012, Chris Emerson faced a career crossroads. Fresh out of the U.S. Navy, where he worked as a Chinese interpreter, and completing a postdoc in small molecule chemistry at Stanford University, Emerson was expected to follow...