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Patient Stories: How MMJ is Changing Lives in West Virginia

MMJ Recs

The real stories around medical marijuana (MMJ) are those of the patients who have experienced life-changing benefits from cannabis therapy. The positive impact it’s having on the lives of patients across West Virginia is significant. Cannabis therapy can help reduce anxiety, improve mood, and offer a sense of calm.

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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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5 Medical Cannabis Strains That Can be Used to Treat PTSD

FloridaMarijuana.net

5 cannabis strains to treat PTSD? The National Academies of Sciences reports that PTSD is a stressor-related disorder which develops as a result of a patient’s exposure to a traumatic event. Medical marijuana can contribute to a patient’s overall health. 5 cannabis strains to treat PTSD: 1. Blue Dream.

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Meredith Fisher-Corn, MD…….”Are You Able to Answer Your Patients’ Medical Marijuana Questions”

TheAnswerPage

Are you able to answer your patients’ medical marijuana questions? Also, a recent systematic review of healthcare professionals’ “cannabis knowledge” reported “there was a unanimous lack of self-perceived knowledge surrounding all aspects of medicinal cannabis” (2). million medical marijuana patients nationwide.

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Is Medical Cannabis a Potential Alternative to Prescription Opioids?

United Patients Group

Is Medical Cannabis a Potential Alternative to Prescription Opioids? It’s no wonder that doctors are looking for new ways to treat patients with chronic pain without resorting to these highly addictive substances. Can cannabis help with pain relief? It’s important to note that cannabis is a plant, not a drug.

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Study Finds Marijuana Use Associated with Less Non-Prescription Opioid Use Among Pain Patients

The Joint Blog

The research was published in the journal PLOS One – the name of the study is Frequency of cannabis and illicit opioid use among people who use drugs and report chronic pain: A longitudinal analysis. who reported major or persistent pain from June 1, 2014, to December 1, 2017” In total 1,152 people were examined.

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Little Green Pharma takes delivery of first cannabis flower shipment from new Danish growing facility

Cannabis Law Report

Perth-based medicinal cannabis producer Little Green Pharma (ASX: LGP) has taken delivery of the first shipment of cannabis flower medicines from its new growing facility in Denmark. Cannabis flower is frequently prescribed as a breakthrough pain treatment or to assist with sleep, due to its rapid onset of therapeutic benefit.