Scientists are also looking for way to suppress or modulate inappropriate brain signals, spurring development of new drugs with novel brain targets, such as cannabinoid receptors.

Tree of Knowledge International Corp. announced last week it had entered into a distribution agreement with Dr. Sanjay Gupta for a line of hemp-based products bearing his name.

This mechanism has potential to be therapeutically exploited."

A new clinical trial involving medical marijuana is seeing one patient with multiple sclerosis walking with strength she hasn't had in years.

In a release issued Thursday by Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s office, La Fortaleza, it was announced that an online platform “that seeks to significantly streamline the licensing processes and the registration of patients who benefit from the Medicinal Cannabis Program” will be fully operational next week.

Canadian pets are a few steps closer to getting their paws on pot-based medical treatments in Canada as more cannabis companies research marijuana’s efficacy for companion animals.

A cannabis oil that includes a small amount of the drug that gives pot smokers a high appears to be effective in helping kids with a severe form of epilepsy, a new Canadian study has found.

 Scientists say CBD could boost the effect of drugs used to treat pancreatic cancer – a disease with a bleak prognosis. 

The active ingredient in pot that gets you high can calm agitation in people with advanced Alzheimer's disease, a small new study suggests.