by adminTorusBrand | Jul 14, 2016 | Business
California’s recreational marijuana initiative, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, receives approval for placement on the ballot this fall. As goes California, so goes the nation. Or least when it came to medical marijuana, this was true. Passed in 1996, California’s...
by adminTorusBrand | Jul 13, 2016 | Business
Scientists and lawmakers have made public pleas for the United States government to reschedule cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule II substance to remove the regulations that are limiting research into cannabis’s efficacy as a therapeutic agent. Over the past...
by adminTorusBrand | Jul 13, 2016 | Scientific Research
A recent clinical trial has found that a drug containing cannabidiol reduces the frequency of seizures in children suffering from Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. A cannabidiol (CBD)-based drug effectively reduces the frequency of seizures caused by Lennox-Gastaut syndrome,...
by adminTorusBrand | Jul 12, 2016 | Scientific Research
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is set to launch research into efficacy of CBD in the treatment of epilepsy. The new study will look at the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on patients with intractable epilepsy. To be considered for the study, patients must have...
by adminTorusBrand | Jul 12, 2016 | Business
A board for the Democratic National Committee, responsible for drafting the Democratic party’s platform each year, approved a proposal to include marijuana reform. The Democratic National Committee panel has included marijuana law reform on the party’s...
