Medical Marijuana - Cannabis in Australia

Ultra CBD Introduces CBD Tinctures Legal In All 50 States

Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most medically beneficial compounds in cannabis, with applications for a wide range of diseases. It is also useful as a natural dietary constituent.

Awareness of CBD’s benefits has dramatically increased demand for quality, pure supplements. To meet this demand, Ultra CBD has entered the market...

Systematic Review: Cannabinoids in the Management of Chronic Nonmalignant Neuropathic Pain

What is Chronic Nonmalignant Neuropathic Pain?

Chronic nonmalignant pain is pain defined as an “unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage” lasting either (1) 3 months or longer or (2) longer than expected given a certain injury. It can result from trauma, a disease process,...

Study: Daily Cannabis Use Has No Effect on Brain Volume or Shape

A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has found that daily cannabis use has no effect on the volume or shape of an individual’s brain.

For the study, researchers at the University of Colorado “examined brain morphology in a sample of adult daily marijuana users versus nonusers and a sample of adolescent daily users versus...

Health of Mernda preschooler Cooper Wallace on the line after medicinal cannabis supply problems

Cassie Batten and Rhett Wallace fear for their son Cooper’s health after a break in supply of the medicinal cannabis that keeps him from having seizures. Picture: Hamish Blair

THE health of preschooler Cooper Wallace is delicately poised due to a break in supply of the medicinal cannabis that is keeping him seizure-free.

The four-year-old’s parents Cassie Batten and Rhett Wallace are rationing their remaining batch of cannabis oil in the hope it will last until their preferred supplier’s latest marijuana crop matures in about three weeks.

The Mernda couple said the situation highlighted why the legalisation of the substance was a critical issue.