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What would my family have done without Americans for Safe Access?

Americans for Safe Access

Some of you may know me through the cannabis industry, but you may not know what brought me here and how Americans for Safe Access changed my family’s lives. In 2010, my family’s life was turned upside down when my son Logan began suffering from uncontrolled seizures. Doctors could not help him, and we felt powerless.

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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

In the absence of an answer — or a cure — treatment is the name of the game for fibromyalgia. But there’s another option that can address mood, pain, and more at once, all with fewer side effects: cannabis. It’s not a new idea.

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A New Treatment: CBD Oil For Autism?

Puff Puff Post

A sample of 120 patients aged between 5 and 29 years old with mild to severe autism are currently being given two different cannabis oil formulas or placebo. The Current Treatments for Autism. Most education-based autism treatment is focused on teaching developing children self-care, communicative, and social skills.

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Cannabinoids for Tinnitus?

Project CBD

The CBD she took may or may not have helped, but according to a recent survey of tinnitus patients, she wasn’t alone in trying — or at least in being interested in cannabis as a potential remedy. Among the 45 respondents, median age 55, only 10 said they were current cannabis users (19 had never used, and 16 had used in the past).

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From MMJ to Special K

Project CBD

But the quality of the government-issue reefer matters less than the fact that Uncle Sam has been supplying him with it regularly since 1982, when Rosenfeld won the right to smoke cannabis for reasons of medical necessity under the auspices of the federal government’s Compassionate Investigational New Drug (IND) program.

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The Effort to Decriminalize Psilocybin in California is Underway

Canna Law Blog

Much like cannabis, public perception of certain psychedelics like psilocybin is shifting rapidly, as people really the incredible potential for therapeutic benefits of entheogenic plants. A 2010 analysis of the harms associated with the war on drugs found Mushrooms to be the safest of all twenty drugs studied.

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Using Cannabis for Diabetic Nerve Pain

Veriheal

Fortunately, a study published in The Journal of Pain found that cannabis is effective against the pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. For this reason, doctors have gone to work conducting crucial studies on the prevention of nerve damage in diabetic patients—and some findings point to cannabis as a viable option.