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What Are The Most Common Conditions MMJ Is Prescribed For?

MMJ Recs

In recent years, a significant shift has occurred in the perception of medical marijuana, transforming it from a controversial substance to a recognized and, in some places, a legal form of medical treatment. Medical cannabis, with its anxiolytic properties, offers a potential solution.

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Study Examines “Encouraging” Evidence on Medical Marijuana Treating Psychiatric Disorders

The Joint Blog

Marijuana may be use “in the treatment of a range of psychiatric disorders”, according to a new study published in the journal BMC Psychiatry. The study is titled “Medicinal cannabis for psychiatric disorders: a clinically-focused systematic review.”

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What is CBD? Everything you need to know

The Cannigma

The first clinical research done on CBD as a potential treatment for epilepsy was in 1980, but the information gleaned didn’t make its way to the public eye until decades later. CBG, however, also has some medicinal potential that CBD doesn’t, for instance as a treatment for hypertension and insulin resistance.

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New U.S. Research Efforts Could Catalyze Medical Cannabis’ Adoption in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Veriheal

In particular, of all the components contained in the cannabis plant— including cannabinoids , terpenes , and flavonoids — the cannabis compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has proven to harbor medicinal benefits when used in specific formulations. The debate surrounding cannabis’ potentially therapeutic powers has ensued for decades.

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Pushing Cannabis into Modern Healthcare

CannaTech

But this gap restricts patient access to a medicine that can offer relief to a long list of conditions including chronic pain, seizures attributed to epilepsy, as well as mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. Cannabis medicine presents itself as an intimidating option despite patients requesting it as a form of treatment.

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Ringo’s Gift Cannabis Strain Review

Miss Marijuana

The world of CBD flowers has brought a whole new avenue of treatment to medicine. The rich smell provided by the pinene and myrcene terpenes make this flower a breath of fresh air for those looking for a strain with earthy tones for the nostrils. By Will Keever. Appearance. Ringo’s Gift may help with the following conditions: Anxiety.

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CBD: Everything You Need to Know

CannaMD

Designed to treat seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome , Epidiolex is a purified (> 98% oil-based) CBD extract administered via oral spray. Prior to receiving FDA approval, Epidiolex underwent a number of clinical trials establishing the medical efficacy of CBD.

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