When medical marijuana becomes available in Minnesota on July 1, two state-approved companies will begin selling cannabis in pill and oil form to patients who suffer from cancer, HIV, AIDS, ALS and other conditions. But although state lawmakers made dispensing the drug to those patients legal, federal law still bans marijuana. That’s led to some […]
Anti-Legalization Group Calls For Medical Marijuana Research Overhaul
In a groundbreaking move for a group of its kind, a leading organization opposed to marijuana legalization released a report Thursday that seeks a major overhaul of marijuana research in the United States, calling on the federal government to recognize the medical value of cannabis. Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), co-founder of Smart Approaches […]
Any dose of alcohol combined with cannabis significantly increases levels of THC in blood
Cannabis plus alcohol is one of the most frequently detected drug combinations in car accidents, yet the interaction of these two compounds is still poorly understood. A study appearing online in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows for the first time that the simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis produces significantly higher blood concentrations […]
Texas Just Approved A Limited Medical Marijuana Bill
Medical marijuana could be legal in Texas, sort of. The Texas House of Representatives voted 96 to 34 to approve the second reading of a Senate bill that would allow limited use of Cannabidiol oils, a marijuana derivative, Progress Texas said in a press release. Read more »