The cannabinoids in cannabis — cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — interact with your body by way of naturally-occurring cannabinoid receptors embedded in cell membranes throughout your body. In fact, scientists now believe the endocannabinoid system may represent the most widespread receptor system in your body.1 There are cannabinoid receptors in your brain, lungs,
Jeff sessions comment that people with chronic pain should “take an aspirin and tough it out” drew fury from people coming from various shades of life especially chronic pain sufferers. Social media platforms were abuzz with shock and scorn at the callous remarks made by U.S Attorney General. During an address at the U.S. Attorney’s
Western medicine has some good points, and is great in an emergency, but it’s high time people realized that today’s mainstream medicine (western medicine or allopathy), with its focus on drugs, drugs, radiation, drugs, surgery, drugs and more drugs, is at its foundation a money spinning Rockefeller creation. People these days look at you like
by Julia Nelson The Food and Drug Administration has just issued what’s called a “Medwatch Alert” warning that Epidural steroid injections or “ESIs” for back and neck pain can be extremely dangerous. The alert says: “Injection of corticosteroids into the epidural space of the spine may result in rare but serious adverse events, including loss of vision, stroke,
By Pat Anson, Editor There are signs – very tentative signs – that the U.S. is making progress in the so-called opioid epidemic. Attorney General Jeff Sessions alluded to some of them in a speech on Friday. “New CDC preliminary data show that last fall, drug overdoses finally started to decline. Heroin overdose deaths declined
(NaturalNews) Statins, the widely prescribed class of drugs said to lower “bad” cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart problems, has recently come under fire after a study revealed that they destroy human health more than they work to improve it. Sadly, many people take statin drugs, which are commonly known by brand names including
(CNN)Dear Honorable Jeff Sessions, I feel obligated to share the results of my five-year-long investigation into the medical benefits of the cannabis plant. Before I started this worldwide, in-depth investigation, I was not particularly impressed by the results of medical marijuana research, but a few years later, as I started to dedicate time with patients and
Atlanta, Georgia – In a horrific scene that was meant to raise awareness about the cruel treatment he endured from the Department of Veterans Affairs, an Air Force Veteran used a combination of fireworks and gasoline to set himself on fire. John Michael Watts, 58, approached the Georgia Capitol in downtown Atlanta around 10:45 a.m.
Can you guess how many Americans take prescription drugs? Did you guess one in 20 or maybe one in 10? Or did you possibly guess as many as one out of every five Americans? If you guessed any of those you would be wrong. A new report published by the CDC shows nearly half of
One of the not-so-secret aspects of the fight against marijuana legalization is that pharmaceutical companies are actively campaigning against it out of fear they’ll lose money. Well, according to a new report, Big Pharma actually does have a lot to fear. A recent report found that Big Pharma stands to lose as much as $4 billion per year if medical marijuana
