According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 in 3 adults isn’t getting at least seven hours of sleep per day. As stated in the report, not getting enough sleep is linked with many chronic diseases and conditions including type 2 diabetes,...
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#HowDareYou Coalition Brings Awareness of Cannabis Helping Suicidal Veterans
Forgotten Not Gone, a nonprofit organization working to end suicide among veterans supports the use of cannabis and CBD products. In response to the federal government and especially Veterans Administration's position on legalizing cannabis,...
California Bill Allowing Medicinal Cannabis in Hospice Facilities
California State Sen. Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) has introduced Senate Bill 305, The Compassionate Access to Cannabis Act (Ryan’s Law). If passed, the bill would allow terminally ill patients to use medicinal cannabis in a hospice facility with a...
Is Lab Grown and Synthetic Biology the New Cannabis Harvest?
Amyris, a California-based company focused on wellness products, announced its latest deal with biotech startup Lavvan to research and develop synthetic cannabinoids worth about $300 million. Canada’s Cronos Group closed a $122 million deal with...
Canadian Government Agency Approves Medical Research Using Cannabis
In 2018, Health Canada approved a Phase 1 study of vaporized cannabinoid-derived treatment for chronic pain. Canadian company Tetra Bio-Pharma announced the accelerated development of its second-generation drug inhalation program for fibromyalgia...
CBD and THC: FDA Approves First Drug Derived from Cannabis
Until recent years, with cannabis labeled as an illegal Schedule I drug, research has been limited. Now that over 30 states have legitimized medicinal cannabis, and given the current opiod epidemic, research into cannabis benefits in healthcare...
