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Does Cannabis Cause Heart Failure and Stroke?

Over the last week, we’ve seen many headlines about 2 new studies that found “marijuana use raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke.” In this article, I’ll review what we know and don’t know about the ...

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The Health Effects of Cannabis: The Reproductive System

Most human male and female reproductive tissues, such as uterus and testis, manufacture and degrade endocannabinoids to control hormones, fertility, implantation and development of the embryo, and inflammation.  The plant...

The Paradoxical Power of Medicinal Microdosing

The risk-benefit ratio of cannabis use is influenced by a variety of factors, including genetics and environment. Even with microdosing, there is no one-size-fits-all prescription. However, according to a growing...

How a Lack of Dispensary Attendant Training Puts Patients at Risk

The dearth of well-trained dispensary attendants can make using medicinal cannabis more complicated and frustrate patients. This article, How a Lack of Dispensary Attendant Training Puts Patients at Risk, on...

How to Get the Health Benefits of Cannabis Without Getting High

Many people who may benefit from cannabis are hesitant to use it because they are worried about “getting high.” The good news is that just a little bit of THC...

The Health Effects of Cannabis: Soft Tissue and Joints

Cannabinoids can modulate bone remodeling, often promoting bone growth and inhibiting bone resorption, and some are currently being studied for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.  Our bodies increase the number...

The Health Effects of Cannabis: The Immune System

The immune system is partially controlled by our body’s own cannabinoids, and using cannabis can certainly affect immune function in complex ways, often suppressing certain aspects of the immune system...

The Health Effects of Cannabis: Cardiovascular System Research

Cannabis exerts bidirectional effects on the cardiovascular system – it can increase or decrease both heart rate and blood pressure.  Typical doses of cannabis slightly decrease blood pressure and increase...

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Everything We Know About Weed Strains is (Kinda) Bullshit

Despite being the most well-known elements of cannabis, THC and CBD aren’t the only components that provide therapeutic benefit. Terpenes and other trace constituents play an important role, too. This...

What Is Microdosing?

Precision dosing with cannabis –or microdosing– is the best way to address health symptoms. MedMen talked with Dr. Sulak about why microsing works, what benefits you can expect and how...

Can Legal Cannabis Help Slow the Opioid Drug Epidemic in the U.S.?

Cannabis can boost the pain relief and other benefits of opioid medicines when used in conjunction with them. The therapeutic window, or the interval between an effective dose of opioids...

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Medical marijuana is becoming a popular alternative to prescribed painkillers among both doctors and patients. In animals, when opioids are combined with cannabis, the efficacy of the opioid is increased...

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