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Cannabis Research For Health Conditions: Evidence Map Shows Promise
A recent publication in Frontiers in Pharmacology (November 2024) provides a comprehensive overview of medical cannabis research and an...

Ellen Anderson
Dec 17, 20243 min read
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Election Anxiety and Your Endocannabinoid System
As another election season reaches a fever pitch, many Americans are experiencing heightened anxiety and stress. This "election anxiety"...

Ellen Anderson
Nov 3, 20242 min read
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World Mental Health Day 2024: Mental Health at Work
As we observe World Mental Health Day 2024, with its focus on "Mental Health at Work," PTCannabisInfo is highlighting the emerging...

Ellen Anderson
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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Unveiling CBG Benefits: The Mother of All Cannabinoids
Cannabigerol (CBG) CBG is often referred to as the "mother of all cannabinoids," and for good reason. This important compound is the...

Lori Zucker
Aug 23, 20243 min read
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Exploring the Potential of CBD for Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, making it a great time to explore different strategies that may help support psychological...

Ellen Anderson
May 27, 20243 min read
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Lighting Up the Past: The Story of 4/20 and the Enduring Legacy of Cannabis as Medicine
This post tells the history of 4/20 as a cannabis holiday and a short history of cannabis as medicine.

Lori Zucker
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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Chasing Calm in 2024: CBD and Anxiety Relief
If your New Year’s resolution is already fading into the background and the prospects of 2024 bring about a touch of anxiety, rest...

Ellen Anderson
Jan 7, 20243 min read
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Cannabis And Older Adults: Is it Safe?
We are thrilled that an NPR story by Jim Zarroli included clips from his interview with Dr. Lori Zucker of PTCannabisInfo and one of her...

Ellen Anderson
Jul 15, 20235 min read
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Medical Cannabis and Chronic Pain: Two Important Resources for Clinicians and Patients
When people have chronic pain they often experience other problems such as anxiety, avoidance behaviors, depression and difficulty with...

Ellen Anderson
Apr 20, 20233 min read
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CBD is Everywhere- Is it Legal?
Ah, you are asking a very good question! And, of course, like many things surrounding cannabis, the answer isn’t a straightforward yes...

Lori Zucker
Apr 2, 20234 min read
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Your patient has chronic low back pain and asks you about CANNABIS: Part 2
For Part 1 go to https://www.ptcannabisinfo.com/post/if-your-patient-with-chronic-low-back-pain-asks-about-cannabis-what-would-you-say...

Lori Zucker
Feb 17, 20237 min read
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If your patient with chronic low back pain asks about CANNABIS, what would you say?
Here’s the case of a real patient (with a made-up name). Joe Smith is a 64-year-old cisgender male with a 10-year history of chronic low...

Lori Zucker
Feb 4, 20235 min read
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What is Cannabis Use Disorder?
Adults who have a medical marijuana card and use cannabis to treat symptoms of a medical condition are not the people who typically...

Ellen Anderson
Oct 3, 20222 min read
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Can CBD Help Athletic Performance and Recovery?
What’s all this craze about CBD? What is it? And how might it help with sports pain and performance? Cannabis has recently been getting...

Ashley Baird
Sep 3, 20227 min read
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Endo-cannabi- what?! An Introduction to the Endocannabinoid System
What is the “endo-cannabinoid system”? It has “cannabinoid” (aka cannabis, aka weed, aka pot, aka… you get the idea) in the name. But...

Ashley Baird
Feb 21, 20225 min read
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Doing Your Own Cannabis Research?
Imagine this scene…Your phone pings and it’s your older friend who’s a PhD in French literature, is still working, and always amuses you...

Lori Zucker
Jan 23, 20226 min read
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Now There’s Delta-8 THC?! What Happened to Delta-9?!
All of a sudden it seems that delta-8 THC also known as delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol has emerged onto the cannabis scene from nowhere. ...

Lori Zucker
Jul 16, 20214 min read
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The 50th Anniversary of "420"
How did 420 get to be slang for cannabis? Well, it started 50 years ago in 1971at San Rafael High School in California's Marin County...

Ellen Anderson
Apr 11, 20211 min read
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High Times in New Jersey!
On November 3, 2020, New Jersey voters approved a referendum to legalize marijuana. But don’t think New Jerseyans or their neighbors can...

Ellen Anderson
Nov 10, 20202 min read
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Marijuana Math
Ha! Who knew that when you walk into a dispensary to buy marijuana/cannabis/weed you’d have to manage metric system conversions,...

Lori Zucker
Nov 10, 20202 min read
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