Colorado marijuana research grants: Studies would include epilepsy, PTSD
Colorado health officials have recommended funding two studies on childhood epilepsy, two studies on post-traumatic stress disorder and four other studies as part of the largest-ever state research...
View ArticleMarijuana researcher Sue Sisley in line for $2M Colo. grant, PTSD study
Former University of Arizona professor Sue Sisley has received a $2 million grant from the state of Colorado to continue a marijuana research study on PTSD.
View ArticleBest of 2014: Whoopi, Dr. Drew and 13 other pot op-eds that defined the year
The conversations on cannabis we had in 2014 helped shift our future relationship with the marijuana plant. Here are 15 opinion pieces and editorials that were among our favorites -- and they're all...
View ArticleColorado seeks federal OK for state colleges to grow pot
Colorado has made an unusual plea to federal authorities: Let our colleges grow pot. The state attorney general's office has asked federal health and education officials for permission for Colorado's...
View ArticleObama administration cuts red tape on medical marijuana research
The Department of Health and Human Services is eliminating what many see as a redundant clearance step for medical marijuana research that can take months to complete.
View ArticleStudy: Medical pot unproven for many illnesses OK'd by state law
Medical marijuana has not been proven to work for many illnesses that state laws have approved it for, according to the first comprehensive analysis of research on its potential benefits.
View ArticleAmid debate on medical marijuana research, Colorado taking charge
Researchers and advocates rail against federal government barriers in medical marijuana research, but Colorado is opening door for more studies.
View ArticleRescheduling marijuana: House GOP rejects proposal to boost research
A rare bipartisan pot proposal died a quiet death in the U.S. House that would have reclassified marijuana so that national laboratories could conduct “credible research on its safety and efficacy as a...
View ArticleColorado bid to add PTSD to medical pot list rejected
The Colorado Board of Health voted 6 to 2 — amid shouts, hisses and boos from a packed house — not to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the medical conditions that can be treated under the state's...
View ArticleEditorial: Science should trump anecdotes on medical pot for PTSD
The Colorado Board of Health made the right call Wednesday when it rejected a proposal to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the conditions that qualify for medical marijuana.
View ArticleOp-ed: Congress has ignored need for marijuana research for too long
Members of Congress are often eager to admit they're not scientists. The trouble is, they also don't like listening to scientists. Now, America's ignorance-is-bliss Congress has come to fear what...
View ArticleMigraines reduced with medical marijuana, Colorado study finds
For the first time, Colorado researchers have proof that medical marijuana can help ease the pain of migraines and reduce their occurrence.
View ArticleCSU researcher goes to crowdfunding for study on pot and MS patients
A Colorado State University researcher is launching a crowdfunding campaign to study the effects of long-term marijuana use among multiple sclerosis patients in northern Colorado.
View ArticlePot and PTSD: Colorado-funded study finally gets federal OK to proceed
A groundbreaking, Colorado-funded study looking at whether cannabis can treat post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans has received the final go-ahead from federal authorities.
View ArticleMarijuana: Is it safe? Is it addictive? Sorting fact from fiction
Clashing portrayals of cannabis have endured through decades of research and a gradual easing of public resistance to the drug’s use.
View ArticleStudy: States with medical marijuana have lower prescription drug use
New research found that states that legalized medical marijuana saw declines in the number of Medicare prescriptions and dips in Medicare Part D spending.
View ArticleJudge orders health officials to rethink adding migraines to Illinois medical...
A judge has ordered health officials to reconsider their decision not to include migraine headaches on the list of conditions that qualify for use of Illinois medical marijuana in the state.
View ArticleThis New England state wants researchers to begin studying its medical marijuana
This state's encouraging its hospitals, universities and licensed pot producers to embark on research that could improve marijuana's medicinal qualities.
View ArticleU.S. drug czar: The feds have dragged their feet on pot research
The U.S. government hasn't really done what it could to further medical marijuana research, the nation's drug czar said recently.
View ArticleJake Plummer auctioning off Broncos game-day experiences to raise money for...
Former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer is auctioning off 16 game-day experiences to fund a series of studies on cannabinoid treatments for traumatic brain injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy...
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