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Cannabis Community Culture Health & Wellness NewsMedical Cannabis Helps Chronic Pain Patients Get Off Opioids, Study Shows

Oct 11, 2019by cultivatelvadmin

A new pilot study led by a Canadian chronic pain specialist is adding to the growing body of evidence showing that cannabis can help patients reduce their usage of addictive opioid painkillers. Lead researcher Dr. Kevin Rod recruited 600 chronic pain patients who visited his pain clinic in Toronto to participate in a new pilot study, which was recently published...

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Cannabis Community Culture Health & WellnessCan Cannabis Treat Dementia? New Australian Study Aims to Find Out

Oct 7, 2019by cultivatelvadmin

Australian researchers are preparing to conduct a 16-week study to explore whether cannabis can improve the quality of life in individuals suffering from dementia. The trial, which will be carried out at the University of Notre Dame Institute for Health Research (IHR) in Perth, Western Australia, will involve 50 participants, all aged 65 or older, who have...

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Cannabis Community Health & Wellness NewsScientists Are Starting to View Cannabis as a Treatment for Autism

Sep 30, 2019by cultivatelvadmin

When Dr. Sanjay Gupta and CNN premiered the medical cannabis documentary Weed six years ago, they introduced the world to CBD. After convincing the public that cannabis could treat otherwise untreatable seizures in young kids, the world went wild for CBD, which is now appearing in everything from sports bras to manicure gloves to breath strips. Now,...

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Cannabis Community Culture Entertainment Events Health & WellnessSeth Rogen Will Host 420 Comedy Carnival to Support Alzheimer’s Research

Sep 5, 2019by cultivatelvadmin

Actor and comedian Seth Rogen is hosting a weed-friendly, adults-only charity carnival to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. The Hilarity for Charity County Fair, which will be held in Los Angeles next weekend, will feature a range of comedians, celebrities, rides, food — and pot. Rogen gained first-hand familiarity with Alzheimer’s when his mother-in-law was diagnosed with it at...

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Cannabis Community Education Health & Wellness NewsMeet Some of the Young Heroes Advancing Marijuana as Medicine

Aug 20, 2019by cultivatelvadmin

As the legalization of marijuana continues to spread state by state, and the rising industry along with the culture of weed continue to evolve, it can be easy to forget that much of the legalization movement owes much of its progress to people from underrepresented communities. One of those communities is made up of young...

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Cannabis Education Health & Wellness NewsLegal Marijuana Leads to Fewer Opioid Deaths, Studies Conclude

Aug 12, 2019by cultivatelvadmin

Two new studies find that opioid-related deaths decline when states legalize access to marijuana. In fact, when adult-use cannabis laws are in place, the rate of opioid overdoses declines by at least 20%. Both papers, published in the journal Economic Inquiry, not only show the impact of passing such laws, but also how dispensaries play a...

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