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Patients and families demand more and better information on medical cannabis
MD. Mariano García de Palau, medical director of Kalapa Clinic (Barcelona), Carola Pérez, president of dosemociones, Virginia Montañés from CERCA, and specialised lawyer César García Vidal led last September 30 the 1st Symposium of Therapeutic and…
The medical use of hemp: Therapeutic cannabis in Italy
The use of cannabis as medicine It is known that the use of cannabis as medicine has very ancient origins. The first records date back to the ancient texts from the Chinese medicine and Ayurveda…
Tetrahydrocannabivarin may be beneficial in typ 2 diabetes according to a clinical study
The plant cannabinoid THCV (tetrahydrocannabivarin) decreases glucose levels and may have further beneficial effects in patients with type 2 diabetes. This is the result of research by scientists from Nottingham, London and Oxford in the…
Cannabis may be useful in adults with epilepsy according to a survey
The use of cannabis may improve seizure control in adult patients with epilepsy. Scientists of the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences of Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, published a survey with 292 patients suffering…
Tra diritto alla cura e persecuzione legale. Storie all’italiana
Da alcuni anni la legge italiana permette l’uso terapeutico della cannabis. Il cammino per la legalizzazione dell’uso medico, iniziato attraverso delibere e leggi regionali, oggi permette in tutto il paese, che i medici possano prescrivere…
Presentation of the Spanish Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis (OECM)
All those interested in the advances within the sector of therapeutic cannabis in Spain have much to celebrate these months. Finally there is an institution dedicated exclusively to the study and promotion of the medicinal…
“THC induces programmed cell death in cancer cells” Franjo Grotenhermen
“Patients should have access to cannabis when they need it”, says Franjo Grotenhermen M.D., who is a medical doctor and IACM board member: “My main focus is to translate science to normal people and to…
Sweet dreams are made of CBD
Many proposals have been put on the table – out from the world of science and medicine- which are currently used in order to have more control over our circadian rhythms. To reach good quality…