All Stories
How does marijuana affect different parts of your brain?
Marijuana — or indeed, any substance you introduce into your body — can have different effects on different parts of your brain, and their corresponding functions. Every component of the...
What is the best way to consume medical marijuana?
Patients can consume cannabis in more ways than just smoking a joint. In short, medical marijuana can be inhaled, eaten, taken under the tongue, or applied via topical creams. Some...
The connection between cannabis and multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, also known as MS, is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS) — brain and spinal cord — by damaging the fatty myelin sheaths...
How effective is marijuana in treating IBS?
One of the worst parts of suffering from a debilitating disease is not knowing for certain where it comes from or what causes it. Such is the case of individuals...
Side effects of marijuana versus conventional medications
The fact that "a teaspoon of sugar helps the medicine go down" is really telling. Clearly medicine provokes memories or an expectation of a horrible experience that demands sugar to...
Ask a doctor: Can marijuana enhance my yoga routine?
Maybe you have decades of yoga experience under your belt. Maybe you've never attempted a yoga pose in your life. Maybe you're somewhere in between. Whatever level of mastery you've...
Will I need to keep using medical marijuana forever?
How long is too long to be taking prescribed medication? It's a question that's not so easy to answer. Some medications are meant for short-term use, others are intended for...