“researchers in Colorado gave 121 adult migraine patients medical marijuana and charted the results over a 4 ½-year period. Forty percent of the patients who received cannabis saw the frequency of their migraines cut by more than 50 percent”
“Cannabis researchers say medical-grade THC and CBD – isolated and sold by pharmaceutical companies in pill form – may not be as effective as whole-plant formulations ingested by smoking, vaping or edibles”
“One of the primary benefits of cannabis in the battle against muscle spasms is that cannabis reduces inflammation. And inflammation is one of the primary direct causes of muscle spasms. Cannabis compounds, including CBD and THC, are known to deactivate inflammatory proteins in the body“
“University of Pennsylvania researchers reported in March 2017 that cannabidiol (CBD), a component of marijuana that does not produce the “high” commonly associated with the ingestion of the plant, showed considerable promise in fighting insomnia”
“Recent studies have suggested that cannabis has an important role to play in dealing with nausea and vomiting. British, American, Canadian and Australian health organizations have studied the treatment of nausea and vomiting with cannabis oil and have issued generally positive findings”
“One of the Halloween traditions scaring gullible parents is that their trick-or-treating children will receive cannabis-infused candy while trick-or-treating….This has never happened. Not even once, based on all available evidence”
“states permitting the use of cannabis for medical purposes had 2.21 million fewer doses of opioids prescribed per year under Medicare Part D compared with those states without the availability of medical marijuana”
“Cannabis products and the cannabinoids contained within are showing great promise in alleviating the mental and physical symptoms that lead to veteran suicide”
“Full-spectrum CBD products contain additional cannabinoids – such as CBG and CBN – and terpenes which have shown to work together to provide better healing performance”
“researchers at the University of Kentucky and Canada’s Dalhousie University … both determined that CBD was safe and useful as an arthritis treatment. In Canada, two of three patients licensed under the pre-legalization medical cannabis regime were enrolled for arthritis pain”
“Reports suggest that scientists exploring the benefits of marijuana vis-à-vis cancer are getting the best results in the lab or in animal model while using a combination of purified THC and CBD”
“A lot of consumers seem to be under the false assumption that more THC is always better. Our study shows that CBD is also a very important ingredient in cannabis and may augment some of the positive effects of THC”