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03/06/2017 / By Natural News Editors

The chemistry behind cannabinoids explains how CBDs are saving lives

Scientists are finally beginning to uncover some of the chemical mechanisms underlying the powerful medical benefits of marijuana and its cannabinoid compounds. The breakthrough came with the discovery of the body’s endocannabinoid system, a biological system based around signaling molecules highly similar to many of the phytocannabinoid (plant-based cannabinoid) compounds found in marijuana (cannabis). Cannabinoid […]

01/17/2017 / By Vicki Batts

US reclassifies CBD as schedule 1 drug as UK reclassifies it as medicine

While the United Kingdom has recently made a tremendous leap forward by acknowledging the unparalleled medicinal benefits of CBD oil, the good old United States continues to lag behind at an embarrassingly slow, essentially backwards pace. Prior to the UK unveiling its decision to reclassify CBD oil as a medicine, the Drug Enforcement Agency in […]

01/04/2017 / By Daniel Barker

States with medical marijuana laws show decline in traffic fatalities

The common belief that marijuana users are, if anything, more careful than the average driver when behind the wheel appears to hold true, according to recent research. A study conducted by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City found that, on the average, traffic fatalities have dropped in states that have […]

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