Folks over 75 who took medical marijuana report less pain, their use of pot-based capsules, tinctures and e-cigarettes allowed a third of these patients to reduce their use of opioid painkillers, researchers found. The study tracked 204 elderly patients who had been prescribed medical marijuana to deal with pain through New York state’s medical marijuana Read more about Study: Medical marijuana helped elderly with chronic pain and reduced opioid use[…]

An Israeli clinic is experiencing encouraging results with the use of medical cannabis to treat children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a safety and efficacy study. The two-year study, “Real Life Experience of Medical Cannabis Treatment in Autism; Analysis of Safety and Efficacy,” was conducted at the Soroka University Medical Center, which treats Read more about Israeli study on Medical Cannabis and Autism[…]