Category: Marijuana Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – After injuring his back while working as an elevator mechanic, Wayne Skinner suffered from chronic back pain for more than six years.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLESTON, W. Va. — A medical marijuana bill received final approval in the West Virginia Legislature on Thursday and is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK, April 5, 2017 — Columbia Care NY, LLC, (“Columbia Care” or the “Company”) an affiliate of Columbia Care, LLC, one of the nation’s leading medical marijuana companies, announced the successful launch….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Five patients have confided to Key West internist John Norris III, MD, that they use marijuana to relieve painful, persistent muscle spasms resulting from strokes or multiple sclerosis.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – San Diego, CA: The enactment of statewide legislation permitting medical cannabis access by qualified patients is associated with a reduction in opioid-related hospitalization

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer suggested that the Trump administration will step up enforcement of federal laws against recreational marijuana

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC: Record numbers of voters support regulating the marijuana market and oppose federal efforts to interfere or undermine state laws permitting….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Research Triangle Park, NC—Pot brownies may be a thing of the past as there are new edible marijuana products, or edibles, on the market, including chocolates, candies, and cookies.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Augusta, ME: Maine became the eighth state to eliminate criminal penalties specific to the adult possession and personal use of cannabis

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 17, 2017 — Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr.Karen Murphy today announced applications for medical marijuana growers/processors and dispensaries are now available…

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Marijuana use significantly increased and its perceived harm decreased among eighth- and 10th-graders in Washington state

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Currently, 29 states and Washington, DC, have passed laws to legalize medical marijuana.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The recent legalization of recreational marijuana (cannabis) use in California, Colorado, and Washington reflect the sweeping changes in the attitudes and perceptions towards marijuana use in the United States.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS, Nov. 16, 2016 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report the most detailed 3-D structure to date of the brain receptor that binds and responds to the chemical at the root of marijuana’s high.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As the world warms up to cannabis, the bouquet of more than 200 chemicals found in the plant’s buds are finally getting the research they deserve.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Currently 25 states and the District of Columbia have medical cannabis programs. On Nov. 8, Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota will vote on medical cannabis ballot initiatives, while Montana will vote on repealing limitations in its existing law

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A study conducted at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that there were fewer drivers killed in car crashes who tested positive for opioids in states with medical marijuana laws than before the laws went into effect.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR-College student marijuana use continues its nearly decade-long increase, according to the most recent national Monitoring the Future study.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Newswise – ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Most people would get a little ‘rush’ out of the idea that they’re about to win some money. In fact, if you could look into their brain at that very moment, you’d see lots of activity in the part of the brain that responds to rewards.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The likelihood adolescents will try marijuana rises steadily from age 11 to age 16, then decreases before hitting another peak at age 18, according to a new University of Florida study.