Health News | Health News & Health Studies

marijuana

01/04/2018 / By JD Heyes

Natural News calls for Jeff Sessions to resign after the U.S. Attorney General declares war on legalized cannabis

With so much lawbreaking by Hillary Clinton and members of former President Obama’s inner circle that has severely harmed U.S. national security, while at the same time destroying the public’s trust in our justice system, you’d think that Attorney General Jeff Sessions would have more than enough of a caseload to keep him and his […]

01/03/2018 / By Russel Davis

Cannabis more effective than prescriptions: Seventy-year-old grandmother threw out all her pills, says smoking cannabis manages her ailments

Vancouver resident Carol Francey, 70, attributed cannabis use of more than five decades to her excellent health today. According to Francey, she smoked cannabis to alleviate various conditions such as arthritis, sciatica, and insomnia. Francey added that her previous medications used to affect her balance and slurred her speech. However, the use of various forms of cannabis proved helpful in […]

01/01/2018 / By Mike Adams

As California legalizes pot, few smokers realize cannabis is often contaminated with pesticides, mold, heavy metals and chemical toxins

As of yesterday, it’s now legal for adults in California to purchase recreational marijuana. This is being hailed as a breakthrough against marijuana prohibition, but the masses of would-be pot smokers in California seem to carry a popular delusion that rests on the false idea that marijuana is safe to smoke in unlimited quantities because […]

04/14/2016 / By JD Heyes

Study: Marijuana does not cause depression or anxiety

A new study says that marijuana use does not cause undue stress, depression or anxiety, in contrast to widely held belief in some social, scientific and political quarters, but does produce other ill-effects. The study by researchers at Columbia University and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Psychiatry refutes past research […]

03/14/2016 / By cbdsnews

Cannabinoids increasingly recognized as powerful medicine for pain control, Alzheimer’s prevention, stress relief and more

You may have noticed the flurry of new dietary supplements containingcannabinoids (CBDs) — active chemical constituents of the cannabis plant. People everywhere are discovering the power of CBDs to reduce pain, enhance mood, relax the nerves and even help prevent chronic disease. But what most people don’t know — thanks to the systematic suppression of […]

02/23/2016 / By Tara Paras

Strengthen and heal broken bones faster with marijuana

Do you want to have stronger bones? According to a study conducted by researchers from Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University and published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, a compound in marijuana known as cannabidiol (CBD) helps fractures heal faster while making bones stronger than they were before. Yankel Gabet, one of the study’s […]

01/27/2016 / By Greg White

Opioid-related deaths decrease by 25 percent in states with medical marijuana program

Illinois recently launched its medical marijuana program, providing patients with the option to choose cannabis over addictive, expensive and sometimes deadly prescription drugs. But it’s not just Illinois that is reaping the medicinal benefits of marijuana. According to a study published in the prestigious journal JAMA Internal Medicine, states where medical cannabis is legal report fewer deaths […]

01/22/2016 / By Greg White

Marijuana does not lower IQ and can reverse cognitive decline, according to recent studies

Marijuana has been paraded as the drug that makes you dumb. This caricature is rapidly loosing merit in 21st century. Multiple studies attest that cannabis does not lower IQ and can bolster cognitive performance. In the first study of its kind, scientists investigated the long-term effects of marijuana use in teens, comparing IQ fluctuations in […]

1 of 1