A US appeals court will hear evidence that the drug has medical benefits – a claim with which the federal government disagrees

Michael Krawitz, from Elliston, Virginia, suffered a car accident while serving in the US air force which left him permanently disabled and in chronic pain.

CHEMICALS similar to those found in cannabis form the basis of a new drug that is being trialled in UK cancer patients for the first time by researchers at the Cancer Research UK and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre in Newcastle.

A cannabis user from Earley who claims the drug has changed his life is calling for it to be made legal.

Clark French, 26, of Sutcliffe Avenue, was diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in August 2010.

Natural cannabis-like chemicals in the brain may help combat the leading genetic cause of autism, research has shown.

Scientists linked blockages in a signalling pathway dependent on the compounds, called 2-AG endocannabinoid transmitters, with symptoms of Fragile X syndrome.

Concept Sheet Development for Cell Line Activity and Animal Model Pharmacokinetics for European Agency Review to be Initiated in 4Q

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sep 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cannabis Science (nasd otc:CBIS), a pioneering U.S. Biotech Company developing pharmaceutical products for global public health challenges, is pleased to announce preclinical investigations being initiated in Europe for Squamous/Basal Cell carcinomas and Kaposi's sarcoma based on inhibition of carcinogenicity utilizing cannabinoids that have been demonstrated in recent studies to significantly affect tumor necrosis.