THREE and a half years ago, on my 62nd birthday, doctors discovered a mass on my pancreas. It turned out to be Stage 3 pancreatic cancer. I was told I would be dead in four to six months. Today I am in that rare coterie of people who have survived this long with the disease. But I did not foresee that after having dedicated myself for 40 years to a life of the law, including more than two decades as a New York State judge, my quest for ameliorative and palliative care would lead me to marijuana.

Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana

A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has shown that smoked cannabis may be an effective treatment for spasticity – a common and disabling symptom of this neurological disease.

The Connecticut Senate gave final approval to a medical marijuana bill early Saturday morning, and Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) said in a statement later that same day that he will sign it. The bill, House Bill 5389, passed the House last week.

This video conveys the a basic knowledge of he endocannabinoid system inside the human body.

During recent visits to my GP I discovered that not only does she think that Cannabis is “really bad” but would rather me risk being suicidal.

As a child, like many young boys, I loved to climb trees, particularly during conker season.  Every Autumn  my brothers and I would go to our favourite park to harvest the nuts for our playground game. 

Cannabis can cure cancer! It's true! If you never knew then have a wee look through these studies from around the world. Outside of the online cannabis community very few people have even heard about this so don't forget to tell everyone you know,  their life or yours may depend on it.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has given Health Canada one year to respond to his ruling that it is unconstitutional to restrict medical marijuana patients to just using dried pot.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--Cannabis Science, Inc. a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is pleased to announce we are in final negotiations to purchase 50% of a 10,000 square foot Cancer Centre in Arizona.

(CBS/AP) The garden state is about to get a whole lot greener. New Jersey has issued its first permit to grow medical marijuana legally. The permit was issued to nonprofit Montclair-based Greenleaf Compassion Center on Monday.

People authorized to use medical marijuana can bake it in brownies and drink it in their tea, not just smoke it in dried form, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Justice Robert Johnston concluded that the restriction to dried marijuana in the Health Canada’s Marijuana Medical Access Regulations is unconstitutional as it breaches Section 7 of the Charter of Rights.