Trends & Articles Study Finds No Strong Evidence to Support Marijuana Can Relieve Chronic Nerve Pain by Sophia Vida March 14, 2018 According to a meta-analysis that was published last week by Cochrane, marijuana may be able to reduce neuropathic pain, but not by a lot and not by much more than a placebo would. The authors of the meta-analysis had evaluated...
Trends & Articles A Historic Lunatic Asylum Wants to Grow Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida March 13, 2018 The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (TALA), is a historic landmark in West Virginia that is known for ghost tours and the paranormal. Constructed between 1858 and 1881, it is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North ...
Trends & Articles Iowa’s Medical Marijuana Program Gets 21 New Applications by Sophia Vida March 10, 2018 Seven companies are interested in opening medical marijuana shops in the state of Iowa. The state's Department of Public Health has said that seven companies have filed a total of 21 applications for dispensaries by the Thursda...
Trends & Articles Charlize Theron Admits to Marijuana Use on Jimmy Kimmel by Sophia Vida March 09, 2018 It was on Wednesday's taping of Jimmy Kimmel that Charlize Theron, one of the stars of the new movie "Gringo" that hits theaters on Friday, admitted that she uses marijuana. The blonde bombshell said that she and her mother Ger...
Trends & Articles This is How Joe Kennedy III Feels About Marijuana by Sophia Vida March 09, 2018 Massachusett's rising political star Joe Kennedy III had some words to say about marijuana in a recent podcast interview. The 37-year old Democratic congressman said this week on a podcast interview with Ezra Klein of Vox.com, ...
Trends & Articles Health Giant UPMC Clears Doctors to Certify Patients for Cannabis by Sophia Vida March 07, 2018 UPMC, the number one ranked hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has created new guidelines for the hospital's doctors who would like to certify patients for medical marijuana. The vice chair of pain medicine at UPMC, Dr. Ajay...
Trends & Articles A Corrections Officer from South Carolina Faces Charges For Selling Marijuana to Inmates by Sophia Vida March 06, 2018 Joshua Jerome Glover, a South Carolina corrects officer, is facing multiple charges on allegations that he sold tobacco and marijuana to prison inmates. According to the S.C. Department of Corrections., Glover is charged with p...
Trends & Articles Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Are Running Out of Marijuana by Sophia Vida March 06, 2018 It looks like Pennsylvania residents with medical marijuana cards are taking advantage of them. The state's tens of thousands of patients are able to get relief from a new dispensary called Squirrel Hill but the place is alread...
Trends & Articles New Data Reveals Marijuana is Viable Solution to Opioid Epidemic by Sophia Vida March 06, 2018 According to new data that was released by the Minnesota Department of Health, 63% of patients surveyed in a study were able to reduce if not eliminate opioid usage from their life after six months of being registered with Minneso...
Trends & Articles One City in Vermont is Warning About Marijuana by Sophia Vida March 03, 2018 Barre, Vermont, has seen seven drug overdoses in the last week and one of them lead to a death. The police have now issued a cautionary warning for people to be careful but they are not exactly sure what people need to be looki...