A first-in-class pocket-sized metered-dose cannabis inhaler helps patients and doctors control, monitor and fine-tune dosages By Ruthie Blum Cannabis growing in Israel. Photo by Flash90. As medical marijuana debates heat up across the globe, a government-backed Israeli startup has developed the first device of its kind to administer cannabis as a pharmaceutical. Unlike the current…
We were delighted to be a part of the launching of Weed the People last night. As he tells it so beautifully, Takoma Wellness Center’s story is a key part of Bruce Barcott’s new book. APRIL 5, 2015 “Pot is really not my thing,” says award-winning science author and Bainbridge Islander Bruce Barcott. As the father…
Takoma Wellness Center is a family-run medical marijuana dispensary in Washington. Stephanie Kahn sets up the dispensary room before business hours. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) By Steve Hendrix April 4 Twice a week at the office of Patrick Fasusi, District residents line up to ask the pain specialist to approve their use of medical…
Marijuana Bill Gains Cosponsors in House and Senate BY: CJ Ciaramella March 31, 2015 2:25 pm A bill legalizing medical marijuana at the federal level gained several new bipartisan cosponsors Tuesday, with four Democrats and three Republicans in the House adding their names as cosponsors of the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS)…
CBD Better With Other Entourage Cannabinoids | Your Brain On Bliss CBD, the medically remarkable cannabinoid from marijuana works much better with other cannabinoids in ‘entourage.’ YOURBRAINONBLISS.COM
‘Marijuana refugees’ seek help for sick daughter In a sixth-floor room at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Kristy Frederick gives her daughter a dose of cannabis oil. Then she climbs gingerly into her child’s bed. CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM|BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Takoma Wellness Center‘s Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn addressing Senate staffers today seeking support for the CARERS Act – the first Senate bill in favor of medical marijuana. Thanks, Americans for Safe Access, for making this happen!
Lobby Day On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, learn from the leading advocates, policy makers and legal professionals on how to successfully lobby your elected officials and their staffers before heading out to meet with our Representatives. The National… NATIONALMEDICALCANNABISUNITYCONFERENCE.ORG
Medical Marijuana Advocates to Host 3rd Annual National Conference in Washington DC Medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will hold its third annual national Unity Conference, “Wellness is Winning,” in Washington,… THEDAILYCHRONIC.NET
Scientists have discovered a molecule in the brain that may limit the effects of too much cannabis. Marijuana has never been linked to an overdose death, and new findings may explain why. Published in the journal Science, French researchers have identified a natural hormone that reverses marijuana intoxication in rats. In an interview with WebMD,…
Pot for the Old Timers, advocates for people 50 and older to have access to cannabis to make the aging process more palatable and to fend off depression. Israel leads the way! MARCH 20, 2015 – כט אדר ב’ תשעה BY MARC SHAPIRO | PHOTO BY DAVID STUCK Israel is widely known as the “startup nation”…
Marijuana “edibles” are poised to go way beyond the scope of these funky cookies. Stephanie Kahn, co-owner with her husband Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn of the D.C. medical marijuana dispensary Takoma Wellness Center, says they “advise those planning on making edibles at home to start with low doses and understand that they won’t feel anything immediately.”…
