Medical marijuana patients Ladd and his friend Barbara live in Iowa. Both have been ill with multiple sclerosis (MS) for decades. Years ago, Ladd discovered that the US government was giving medical cannabis to a handful of patients for their illnesses through the federal Compassionate Investigational New Drug (IND) program. Ladd had already determined that […]
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Cannabis Might Be The Perfect Food
We all know that lack of food makes us feel weak and tired with a loss of stamina and short term energy. Humans have long sought food from our earth’s bounty and have found protein and carbohydrates and sugars in large enough quantity to sustain and enlarge the human race. But what is the best […]
Training A Generation Of Health Care Professionals About the Endocannabinoid System
In May, my wife and I attended my 50th high school reunion at a new campus of the St. Sebastian’s School. In an opening event, the headmaster briefed us on the recent accomplishments of the school from its academic excellence to having more graduates playing in the NHL than any other school. For a student […]
Medical Marijuana For Veterans Depends On What State They Live In
Some US military Veterans are allowed to use cannabis medicinally. Some are not. In the current patchwork of Medical Marijuana laws and regulations across the country, clinical cannabis use is not decided by the military patients’ need for medicine, but rather where they live. This practice is, of course, totally illogical. Realizing that Veterans are […]