Oct 31 2025
The campaign working to legalize marijuana in Florida has filed a petition with the state’s Supreme Court, accusing Secretary of State Cord Byrd and Division of Elections Director Maria Matthews of failing to follow legally mandated procedures required for ballot initiatives. In a writ of mandamus filed October 30, Smart and Safe Florida alleges that …
Oct 30 2025
A coalition of national and state gun rights organizations has filed a 24-page amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, pressing justices to review Harris v. United States, a case that challenges the federal prohibition on firearm possession by marijuana users. The brief, submitted by the Second Amendment Foundation, California Rifle & Pistol Association, Second …
Oct 30 2025
A grand jury report in Pennsylvania has uncovered what local prosecutors are calling a public health crisis driven by the sale of illegal, unregulated marijuana products in smoke shops, gas stations and convenience stores. The investigation, spanning Montgomery, Bucks, and Chester counties, found that 93.75% of 144 products purchased undercover and marketed as legal hemp …
Oct 30 2025
A study published today in Epilepsia Open provides additional evidence that highly purified CBD can help a wide range of patients with severe epilepsies beyond currently approved conditions. Researchers from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Delle Marche reviewed data from 107 individuals with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) who were treated with …
Oct 30 2025
The Massachusetts Senate Committee on Cannabis Policy voted today to advance a bill ordering a study of several marijuana proposals, including a temporary pause on certain license types, dedicating a portion of excise taxes to youth prevention, new product labeling rules, and limits on THC potency. Senate Bill 2677 directs the Cannabis Policy Committee to …
Oct 30 2025
A large study published in Cancer Medicine has found that medical marijuana can ease anxiety and depression in cancer patients, with outcomes influenced by dosage and method of use. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management analyzed data from 1,962 cancer patients enrolled in the Minnesota Medical Cannabis Program. …
Oct 30 2025
A new study published in the journal Biomedicines has found that inhaled cannabis can provide lasting benefits for patients suffering from painful diabetic neuropathy (DN), a common complication of diabetes that affects up to half of long-term patients. The five-year observational study followed 52 patients who had failed to respond to at least three conventional …
Oct 30 2025
According to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal American Surgeon, there’s no evidence that cannabis use increases the risk of blood clots or alters coagulation-related biomarkers in adolescent and adult trauma patients. For the study, researchers reviewed records of 302 patients admitted to a level one trauma center between October 2019 and December 2023, …
Oct 29 2025
A phase 2 clinical trial published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease suggests that low-dose THC-CBD extract may improve cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s-related dementia. “We designed this trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of low-dose THC-CBD balanced cannabinoid extract in the treatment of patients with AD-associated dementia”, states the research team consisting …
Oct 29 2025
A study published recently in the journal Pharmaceutics finds that combining thyme essential oil with cannabinoids could help treat inflammatory skin disorders such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and acne. Researchers from the Universidade de Lisboa focused on Thymus mastichina essential oil, which is rich in terpenes like thymol, linalool, eucalyptol, α-terpineol, γ-terpinene, and terpinolene. The …
