Tuesday March 31, 2015 By Chad Sivad The chemical compounds found in the Cannabis plant, called cannabinoids, offer a variety of health benefits. While there are over 80 different cannabinoids in marijuana, only a handful have been researched and are known to provide positive effects on the huma...

The image of marijuana ingrained in the minds of many people is that it leads to addiction and its users are unemployed individuals who are always red-eyed and on the verge of turning into psychopaths. This image might exist thanks to several movies and commercial media materials which showcase m...

BY LEONARD LEINOW AND JULIANA BIRNBAUM CBD for Health Concerns The ancient doctors and healers across the globe who prescribed cannabis thousands of years ago did so because they witnessed its medical benefits firsthand. In the last half century, modern science has begun to shed light on the biol...

By Kathleen Doheny April 20, 2018 — Like many of her friends, Alexandra Callner, now 58, experimented with recreational marijuana when she was younger. “I had tried it, and hated it, in my 20s,” Callner says. “When I was around pot smokers, I thought, ‘Ugh, losers.’ ” But, that was before her kn...

Bill Lukitsch and Monique GarciaContact ReporterChicago Tribune Patients with a prescription for opioids would temporarily qualify for the state’s medical marijuanaprogram under a bill the Illinois Senate passed Thursday. Supporters say the idea is to give those in pain alternatives amid th...

Cannabis oil is widely beneficial and is considered as one of the most effective oils for the alleviation of certain conditions and illnesses. Researchers believe there are at least two active chemicals in cannabis that have medicinal applications:  cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol. Cannabidi...

A 2014 study published by the Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health highlighted pain management as a potential benefit of medical marijuana. Participants in the study reported a 64 percent decrease in pain while using marijuana. Many also experienced a decrease in anxiety and better sleep wh...

More than half of U.S. states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana in some form, and more are considering bills to do the same. Yet while many people are using marijuana, the FDA has only approved it for treatment of two rare and severe forms of epilepsy, Dravet syndrome ...

As the once-vilified drug becomes more accepted, researchers around the world are trying to understand how it works and how it might fight disease. BY HAMPTON SIDESPHOTOGRAPHS BY LYNN JOHNSON THERE’S NOTHING NEW about cannabis, of course. It’s been around humankind pretty much forever. In Sib...

BY JESSICA FIRGER ON 7/22/15 AT 1:26 PM fter a successful surgery to remove a cancer-ridden section of Jeff Moroso’s large intestine in the spring of 2013, the oncologist sat down with his patient to prepare him for what would come next: 12 rounds of punishing chemotherapy, once every two wee...