Cannabis and Sleeping Disorders
Roll roll roll, flip flip flip, and an hour later, you are still on your bed with your eyes wide open? Want a good night's sleep? Cannabis may be able to help. A study published in June 2015 tried to find out the mechanism of how cannabis improves sleep...
Difficulties Facing Cannabis Businesses
Now home to more than 500 marijuana stores, Colorado has produced over $50 million in tax revenue and lowered unemployment rates and growth statewide. However, there remain large hurdles for business owners who are pioneers in this burgeoning new segment of the...
Cannabis & Obesity
“In this large cross-sectional adult survey with high prevalence of both substance use and obesity, cannabis use in the past year was associated with lower BMI, lower percentage fat mass, lower fasting insulin, and HOMA-IR (insulin resistance). As a result,...
Short-Term Memory Loss & Cannabis
Do you ever get blamed for being forgetful? Long-term cannabis use has been associated with poor short-term memory. Why is that? Let’s go through some fast facts about the mechanisms. What are the receptors in the endocannabinoid system? There are three...
Another View of Marijuana Clinics and Dispensaries
In the ideal world, patients think physicians are magicians. Once they pay a visit to the doctor and take the prescribed medication, conditions would improve. Our health care system expects physicians to know patients by a short period of time, but this is...
Cannabis & Bone Health Magic Tricks
Bones frame our bodies, providing protection to our organs. Bone density and strength decrease as we grow older, frequently resulting in broken bones. Cannabis to the rescue — at least in rats! Bones are made up of calcium, phosphorus, sodium, other minerals, and...
The Brain Protective Power of Cannabis
Many brain functions are still a mystery. Thanks to scientific studies, we know that medicinal cannabis can help regenerate our neurological cells, not kill brain cells! “The medicinal benefits of cannabis and cannabinoids are immense, and it’s time everyone is...