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Legislation To Produce And Research Cannabis Introduced

NORML

A bipartisan coalition of House lawmakers has introduced The Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2019 ( HR 601 ), to facilitate federally-approved clinical trials involving cannabis. Click here to send a message to your Representative and urge them to support the measure. .

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Medical Marijuana is Being Used to Treat Dementia With Success

FloridaMarijuana.net

Dementia cannot be confirmed until a patient is deceased. Dementia is hard on the patient, and often harder on the family or caregivers. The clinical trials for medications take years and to this date, there have been no effective medications to properly treat and/or cure Dementia. 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9-THC)

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1 in 5 Parkinson’s Patients Use Cannabis

CannaMD

As the study authors stated: The wider availability [of marijuana] means Parkinson’s patients have more of an opportunity now to experiment with it as a potential means of controlling their symptoms. However, little is known about these patients’ thoughts and experiences related to cannabis, or its perceived effect on the disease’s symptoms.

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South African Research Team Says Cannabis is ‘Very Promising’ as an Opioid Replacement

Veriheal

Clinical trials into cannabis’ potential as an opioid replacement are well underway in South Africa. We are currently recruiting patients, and data-capturing all the questionnaires and feedback from the patients for the live study. Quite frankly, the clinical trials couldn’t have come at a better time.

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Data Analysis Yields Insights Into Medical Cannabis Use, Efficacy

Cannabis Law Report

The most recent one , from June 2021, takes a look at patients using cannabis to relieve pain. It’s an interesting analysis of who is using which strains to help treat which types of pain. Over the prior three years or so, 41,260 RYAH-connected patients reported medical cannabis use for the treatment of pain.

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Medical Marijuana Can Be Used to Treat Neuropathy

FloridaMarijuana.net

Most commonly, patients report that tingling and numbness occur, usually in the hands and feet. Additionally, the ACPA reported on a clinical trial that suggests that inhaled cannabis may provide short-term relief from Neuropathy. Neuropathy, or nerve damage, effects over 30 million Americans.

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Terpene Spotlight: Nerolidol

FloridaMarijuana.net

In 2017, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a statement that the use of cannabis for the treatment of pain is supported by “well-controlled clinical trials and that there is substantial evidence that cannabis is an effective treatment for chronic pain in adults.”. The aroma is woodsy and herbal.

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