by Steve Elliott | Sep 21, 2016 | Medical, News, Science
HelloMD, a digital healthcare platform for medical marijuana patients, on Wednesday announced they are launching that they called “the largest patient survey concerning pain, opioid use and cannabis ever performed.” In collaboration with University of...
by Steve Elliott | Sep 15, 2013 | Medical, Science
A study from the University of California, San Francisco suggests chronic pain patients may get more relief if marijuana is added to an opiates-only treatment regimen. The findings also suggest that combining the two medicines could result in reduced opiate dosages....
by Steve Elliott | May 28, 2013 | Medical
Next time someone tells you “There’s no reliable research” on medical marijuana, call BS. The results are in. Medical marijuana works. In a landmark report to the Legislature, the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research...
by Steve Elliott | Apr 15, 2013 | Medical
A scientific study published in Harm Reduction Journal suggests that marijuana is a safe and effective substitute for alcohol and prescription drugs. The 2009 study, published by researchers at the University of California, Berkley, showed that 40 percent of marijuana...
by Ron Marczyk | Feb 26, 2013 | Medical, Worth Repeating
Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer (and may even offer some protection against cancer!) (As reported by Fred Gardner on AlterNet, August 28, 2009) Conclusion/findings from “Marijuana Use and the Risk of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancers: Results of a...