"Why We Have Cannabinoid Receptors and what they mean for overall health"?

"Cannabis has been a part of human life for over 10,000 years. Here’s why we have cannabinoid receptors and what they mean for overall health".

Have you ever wondered why cannabis has such strong medicinal and psychoactive effects? The herb interacts with the body in ways that no other plant can. The plant contains chemical compounds that are unique to cannabis alone, making it an anomaly in the great wide world of flora. These compounds are called cannabinoids and they are able to engage with special landing locations on human cells. But, why do we have these cannabinoid receptors, anyway?

U.K Government announces that medicinal cannabis is legal

       Patients can be prescribed medicinal cannabis by specialist doctors 

       from 1 November 2018.

For the first time in the UK, expert doctors have been given the option to legally issue prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines when they agree that their patients could benefit from this treatment.

More than $2.2 billion invested in cannabis industry in October

This weekly series from Marijuana Business Daily and Viridian Capital Advisors provides the latest data on cannabis investment activity and M&A, along with key takeaways, analysis and trends based on recent market moves.

The data below, provided by Viridian Capital Advisors, is through the week ended Oct. 26.

Among the top highlights: Cannabis firms have raised more than $2.2 billion since the beginning of October as investors shift their focus from Canada and ramp up activity in the U.S.  Through Oct. 26, more than $8.2 billion has been invested in the industry this year.

Effect of Cannabidiol on Drop Seizures in the Lennox–Gastaut Syndrome

BACKGROUND

Cannabidiol has been used for treatment-resistant seizures in patients with severe early-onset epilepsy. We investigated the efficacy and safety of cannabidiol added to a regimen of conventional antiepileptic medication to treat drop seizures in patients with the Lennox–Gastaut syndrome, a severe developmental epileptic encephalopathy.

"Cannabis Coyld Be Reversing Damage To Arthritics Joints"

Patients report that cannabis puts arthritis into remission, so the Arthritis Society funds the research to find out if it’s true.There’s good news for the people who suffer from arthritis. A study commissioned by The Arthritis Society is investigating avenues toward developing breakthrough therapies using medical cannabis. Canadian researcher, Dr. Jason McDougall, received a Strategic Operating Grant from the organization to complete a three-year study on the ability of cannabis to effectively repair arthritic joints. McDougall is a professor of pharmacology and anesthesia at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and one of the world’s foremost pain researchers.

The study aims to discover if cannabis-based medicine does more than simply dulls pain for arthritis suffers—what if it can actually reverse the damage? It’s the first research funded by the organization to look directly into therapies derived from medical cannabis.