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Marijuana studied as treatment for tics of Tourette syndrome - Cannabis News

Marijuana is being studied as a treatment for Tourette syndrome’s involuntary movements and vocalizations.

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More Parents Are Looking to Marijuana to Help Kids With Autism - Cannabis News

For some parents who are at their wits' end finding ways to ease their kids' autism symptoms, medical marijuana has offered a relief other medications and treatments apparently can't.

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Add the Buckeye State to the list of those that have attracted medical marijuana growers.

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4 Tips to Navigate the Hemp Gold Rush - Cannabis News

Some lawmakers are backing a bill to legalize cannabis oil for medicinal purposes in the state of Tennessee.

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Study: Cannabis Component May Treat Psychosis - Cannabis News

LONDON — An ingredient in cannabis called cannabidiol or CBD has shown promise in a clinical trial as a potential new treatment for psychosis, scientists said Friday.

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Financial entities seek to expand California Cannabis banking efforts

A considerable majority of medical physicians would help children treat cancer with medical cannabis, a new study suggests.

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Mom of daughter with severe autism says cannabis therapy is 'heaven sent' - Cannabis News

After a series of violent episodes linked to autism, 19-year-old Dina Dedes struck her father. Her mother, Joanne, turned to a controversial therapy that she says saved her daughter's life — cannabis.

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Scientists call for research on medical pot for pets - Cannabis News

The American Veterinary Medical Association's policy-making body said last summer it wants the DEA to declassify marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug "to facilitate research opportunities for veterinary and human medical uses."

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Alcohol Sales Dropped Significantly in States With Medical Marijuana, Says Market Study - Cannabis News

A research team’s data dive suggests that alcohol industry fears about legal cannabis cutting into booze sales could be even more pressing than originally imagined.

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Medical marijuana has arrived in Maryland, and sales have begun - Cannabis News

At least 200 would-be customers were lined up outside Rockville’s first medical marijuana dispensary Friday afternoon when one of the owners announced that a cannabis shipment — including elixirs, tablets and flowers — had arrived.

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Long-term cannabis use doesn’t increase pain sensitivity: study

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, approximately 18 percent of Americans suffer from some form of anxiety disorder.

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Medical Marijuana Gains Momentum In South Carolina - Cannabis News

Candidates for SC House overwhelmingly embrace reform.

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How Vietnam veterans expanded America’s cannabis strains - Cannabis News

An intriguing preliminary report out of a prestigious research institute suggests cannabis may actually protect the brain.

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Can Medical Marijuana Help with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Marijuana and medicare: here's what the government tells us.

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Most French people in favour of legalising cannabis, parliamentary survey finds

Cancer patients are using marijuana to relieve a variety of symptoms. But even in states where it’s legal, patients are not getting the information they need.

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4 things to know about Delta-8-THC, the new cannabis drug

The first study medical competency study of physicians-in-training during the legalized marijuana era has found that doctors have a poor understanding of cannabis pharmacology.

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Teen Boy Explains How Cannabis Saved His Life - Cannabis News

Deryn Blackwell, a 14-year-old teen hailing from Norfolk, England, was in the midst of preparing his own funeral before cannabis saved his young life.

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AUSTIN -- Medical marijuana dispensaries are moving ahead quickly to begin operations in Texas, with at least three companies now expecting to be open by early 2018.

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Which To Choose: Pure CBD Extracts Or Cannabis-Derived CBD With Some THC?

The first crop in Maryland’s long-delayed medical cannabis program is mature and waiting for testing, but it is still unclear when patients might be able to buy it.

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Canopy maps out turnaround built on layoffs, drinks, U.S. CBD

Arkansas voters last year approved marijuana use by people with certain medical conditions.

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