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Cannabinoid-Pharmaceutical Interactions: What You Need to Know
Interactions between medications are very common, especially in elderly populations that medicate for pain, diabetes and high cholesterol. The geriatric population is also the fastest-growing group of...
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CBD Beauty and Skincare Products in California’s Shifting Regulatory Landscape
CBD and skin care: it’s complicated. As I read this week’s Forbes article titled, “Cannabis Could Be The Most Profitable Ingredient In Skincare, If The U.S. Government Allows It,” it felt like déjà...
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Green Rush Blues: California Cannabis After Legalization
The huge underground cannabis economy was woven into the commercial fabric of California long before the 2016 passage of Proposition 64, which legalized marijuana for adult use. Transforming a...
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Thank you Dennis Peron
To accommodate a deluge of new members, Dennis Peron moved the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club in 1995 to a converted five-story warehouse at 1444 Market Street, a busy locale near the San...
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New Oregon Cannabis Rules: Part 4 – Industrial Hemp
In the three previous entires to this series (here, here, and here), we have discussed the major changes in the packet of rules amendments that the OLCC adopted at the end of 2017. Those changes cover...
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Epilepsy, Endocannabinoids and Phytocannabinoids
Cannabidiol and several other cannabis components can help patients with seizure disorders, and sometimes it’s best to combine CBD with conventional anti-epileptic meds. By Stacey Kerr, M.D. On...
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Epilepsy, Endocannabinoids and Phytocannabinoids
Cannabidiol and several other cannabis components can help patients with seizure disorders, and sometimes it’s best to combine CBD with conventional anti-epileptic meds. By Stacey Kerr, M.D. On...
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Black Markets Matter
PART 2. BLACK MARKETS MATTER This article originally posted …: Project CBD
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Green Rush Blues: California Cannabis After Legalization (Part 1)
The huge underground cannabis economy was woven into the commercial fabric of California long before the 2016 passage of Proposition 64, which legalized marijuana for adult use. Transforming a...
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Growing Pains: Can Sustainable Farmers Survive Legalization?
The California counties of Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity, which comprise the Emerald Triangle, emerged as the epicenter of domestic cannabis cultivation in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. After the...
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Oregon Cannabis Laws: The 2018 Draft Bills Are Here
Just the facts on pending Oregon cannabis laws. The Oregon legislative session began on Monday. Because 2018 is an even-numbered calendar year, this session is a short session, lasting just 35 days....
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Washington Marijuana: State May Allow CBD Additives
The Washington State House of Representatives is considering House Bill 2334, which would allow licensed marijuana producers and processors to use cannabidiol (CBD) from a source not licensed by the...
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Managing Nausea with Cannabis
A patient’s perspective Laura was a physician who spent much of her clinical time treating substance abuse disorders, and she had no recent experience with cannabis herself. Her aversion to using...
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Is CBD Legal? Hemp Industry Case Ruling Due Soon
As noted before in this blog, Hemp Industries Assoc. v. DEA, pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, appeals the DEA’s final administrative rule creating a new drug code number for...
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CBD User’s Manual
Many health professionals have little to no experience with cannabis therapeutics and are not able to guide people on this subject. So Project CBD has created a beginner’s guide to cannabidiol &...
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California Cannabis: Industrial Hemp Bill Moves Ahead
On Thursday, SB 1409, which proposes changes to California’s industrial hemp laws, was referred to committee. This piece of legislation proposes some much-needed updates to California’s industrial...
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Cannabinoids
Charlie Wedemeyer was one of Hawaii’s greatest athletes when he attended Punahou School in the 1960’s. He was the quarterback for the football team, but also excelled at basketball and baseball....
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Cannabis and Humulus: A Family Reunion
Once upon a time, cannabis and humulus (hops) were the same plant. About 27 million years ago, cannabis and hops diverged from their common ancestor and evolved as separate botanical species. Today,...
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CBD and the Psychedelic Receptor
In a shorthand that drives scientists mad, serotonin is often called ‘the neurotransmitter of happiness.’ This tag is especially troublesome as more and more flaws become apparent in the ‘serotonin...
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Drug Memories: CBD and Addiction
Marijuana smokers have been stereotypically mocked for short-term memory loss, and there is genuine concern about memory impairment due to cannabis consumption, particularly among seniors who are...
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