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CHILD THOUGHT DRINK WAS JUST APPLE BUT IT WAS THC

WORCESTER, MASS, Sunday 31st March – AP The child thought it was just a regular juice box, but the beverage contained 100 mg of THC, the part of marijuana that gets you high, an estimated 20 times the…

Five Ways Cannabis can be Deadly – PART TWO

TOXICITY Although Cannabis is the least dangerous of all recreational drugs, it carries a low level of risk. Death from cannabis cardiotoxicity is rare but it does happen. German researchers found that cannabis triggers heart problems that can…

CBD could make your eyeballs pop out

A new study warns that cannabidiol (CBD), a major compound in marijuana, may cause an increase in eye pressure. This is bad news for glaucoma patients currently taking medical marijuana and highlights the need to further study this…

UK patient survey exposes failings of doctors

A major survey of nearly 2000 medical cannabis patients shows it is seen as highly effective compared to conventional medicines. Medicinal cannabis consumption was reported by patients with a wide range of primary conditions including Chronic Pain (20%)…

Cannabis through the back door

The University of Mississippi is the only college in the USA permitted to grow marijuana for research purposes. But until recently we heard of no cannabis research reports from the pharmacology department, or any other department come to…

Commercial CBD Products sell well, break law

The CBD market for tinctures, oils and food additives is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and it’s projected to surpass $1 billion in the USA alone by 2020. Yet CBD is illegal under the federal 1970 Controlled…