Can Medical Cannabis Treat Stress-Induced Depression?

The House of Representatives in Cyprus have passed a law regulating the production, use and import of medicinal cannabis.

A bill to legalize cannabis-based medicines that was approved last month by the Portuguese Parliament officially went into law July 1.

Many people who use cannabis and CBD for well-being or to deal with their medical issues prefer different delivery systems and even different cannabis strains depending on the specific effects and mood they want to feel.

After opening offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Cannabis Access Clinics has opened Queensland’s first cannabis clinic in the Brisbane suburb of Belmont.

Retailers across Canada are struggling with a shortage of all cannabis, but there’s one product they’re especially desperate to keep on shelves: cannabidiol or CBD, a non-intoxicating extract praised for its purported health benefits.

In early October, Canopy Growth Corporation announced a six-month study tracking and monitoring the effects of medical cannabis as an alternative to other forms of pain management. Canopy partnered with the Ontario Long Term Care Association for the...

Researchers at John Hopkins Medicine have uncovered a possible explanation for how marijuana may damage the teenage brain using experiments involving adolescent mice.

Cannabidiol, or CBD, has recently peaked in popularity in the world of holistic medicine, but what do people really know about this seemingly miraculous plant? While there are many misconceptions about cannabis and CBD oil, it’s safe to say the two h...

As more states legalize cannabis, a new study has found many patients are choosing medical cannabis to supplement and even replace pharmaceutical drugs.

Chronic insomnia sufferers in the Australian state of New South Wales are being invited to join a research study that involves testing a cannabis medication.

B.C. Cancer will lead a first-ever national clinical trial to determine whether cannabis plant extracts truly help with symptom relief. The trial will examine how cannabis properties affect and possibly reduce cancer-related symptoms including pain,...

Many cannabis users and businesses are invested in the idea of cannabis as an anxiety treatment. The position invites skepticism: cannabis companies have a financial interest in promoting a maximalist view of the drug’s benefits, and in patients it c...

For decades, cannabis, even for medical uses, was demonized or questioned. When states like Colorado legalized it for recreational use, more studies began to determine provable efficacy for its use as a medicine. The Federal government still classifi...

Treating a psychiatric or personality disorder can be isolating and frustrating. The commonly prescribed medications on the market claim to level mood and help with impulse control. In the case of bipolar disorder, these mood-stabilizing medications...

"You live nine months with this little person inside of you. You go everywhere together. You’re never alone. The little person starts to move and hiccup and kick you. You know this little person. He is part of you," explains a mother who asked not to...

For some, it might mean feeling a little uneasy when matched with an unknown entity that catches them off guard when they least expect it, or a looming dread of a weekly editorial meeting that keeps them from wanting to get out of bed. Hey, we’ve bee...

When you hear about senior conditions, what comes to mind? What are you suffering from? A little arthritis here and there? Maybe some anxiety? Insomnia? Sciatica pain? Whatever it is, you probably have a pill for it, and that pill is most likely maki...

CBD, an abbreviation of cannabidiol, a non-intoxicating compound found in cannabis and hemp plants, is going viral across the globe. Hailed for its natural anecdotal anti-inflammatory and pain relieving properties, CBD is being added to everything fr...

Designed to dissolve under the tongue, sublingual cannabis tablets would be absorbed quickly into the bloodstream and could provide another alternative to smoking or vaping.

While medications exist to control symptoms of Tourette syndrome, patients have reported side effects such as insomnia, depression and weight gain.