All posts tagged "opiods"

Cannabis

Cal NORML Issues Report, Survey on Legalization & Opioid Crisis

California NORML is working to end discrimination of cannabis users in the workplace.

Politics

Investors Are Pressuring Big Pharma To Stop Opiate Crisis

Last week, a group of large investment funds sent letters to pharmaceutical corporations warning them about...

Cannabis

Federal Lawmakers Push VA to Initiate Medical Marijuana Research

Cannabis advocates continue to battle against Big Pharma.

Cannabis

Opioid Advocates: Cannabis Not Enough to Cut Through Pain

Advocates of opioids argue medical marijuana does not go far enough to relieve pain.

Industry Events

Physicians Join in Pennsylvania Cannabis Expo

Event geared towards health care providers takes place in Pennsylvania as the state establishes its medical...

Politics

U.S. Attorney General: Marijuana Is No Gateway Drug

By now, the “gateway” theory has been pretty well exploded. Data from the federal government shows...

Joint Opinions

Consider Cannabis to Treat Opioid Addiction

Although recent studies have shown that overdose deaths from prescription painkillers are on the decline in...

Current Events

Marijuana & Prescription Drugs: Addressing a Health Crisis

Essentially, there could be a significant drop in opioid abuse when states allow medical marijuana.

Legal

Warren To CDC: MMJ Can Treat Opioid Crisis

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote Centers for Disease Control Director Tom Frieden this week. Her message:...

In History

Veterans on the Front Lines in Fight for Medical Cannabis

Ricardo Pereyda discovered the medicinal benefits of cannabis to treat his PTSD after serving in Iraq.