Medical Cannabis Information & Education Resource

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The Natural Benefits of Black Pepper Oil in Fighting Dis-Ease

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/09/14/the-natural-benefits-of-black-pepper-oil/

Sometimes, if you look close enough, you can find tiny miracles in plants and herbs, and even in your everyday table spices

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Breast Cancer, Cannabis, and Tamoxifen: Understanding the Dangers of Drug-Drug Interactions

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/08/31/breast-cancer-cannabis-and-tamoxifen-understanding-the-dangers-of-drug-drug-interactions/

For many people living with life-limiting and life-threatening diseases like cancer, medical cannabis has long been hailed as a gift, both for symptom control and for its potential to limit the disease process itself.

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Cannabis: Gateway Drug or Life Preserver?

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/08/21/cannabis-gateway-drug-or-life-preserver/

Critics have claimed for decades that cannabis is a “gateway drug.”

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Opiate Orphans: The Sad Consequences of America’s Opioid Addiction

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/08/07/opiate-orphans-the-sad-consequences-of-americas-opioid-addiction/

You may have heard the statistics about opioid addiction in the United States.

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Apoptosis: What is it and what is the role of cannabinoids?

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/07/20/Apoptosis-Cancer-Cannabinoids

By now you have probably heard a story or two about how medical cannabis helped heal cancer.

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Why Laughter and Cannabis May Be The Best Medicine

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/06/26/why-laughter-and-cannabis-may-be-the-best-medicine/

Have you ever heard the saying, “Laughter is the best medicine?”

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Lab Testing Medical Cannabis: Who? Where? What? How? And Other Critical Questions

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/06/08/lab-testing-medical-cannabis-who-where-what-how-and-other-critical-questions/

In February 2017, a Los Angeles television news team broke a story that caused immediate ripples of concern across the medical cannabis community in California.  The team collected 44 cannabis flower and vape cartridge samples from 15 different dispensaries, then sent them out to Steep Hill Labs for testing.

Of the samples, 41 (an astonishing 93 percent) were found to have levels of pesticide contamination...

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Medical Cannabis and COPD: What’s the Real Story?

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/05/19/medical-cannabis-and-copd-whats-the-real-story/

Sixteen million Americans are currently living with a diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates up to another 11 million people have the disease but have not yet been formally diagnosed with it. A blanket diagnosis for a group of diseases of the lungs that slowly robs sufferers of the ability to breathe through a vicious cycle of inflammation, tissue damage...

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United Patients Group Presents “Science of Cannabis” Conference On Capitol Hill in Cooperation with Congressional Cannabis Caucus

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/united-patients-group-presents-science-of-cannabis-conference-on-capitol-hill-in-cooperation-with-congressional-cannabis-caucus/

Medical cannabis education leader United Patients Group, in cooperation with the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, will spearhead a comprehensive bipartisan seminar on the science of cannabis on Capitol Hill on Monday, May 15th.

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A 1,000 thanks to United Patients Group for giving me the key to defeating my Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma by Donna Esposito

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/05/08/1000-thanks-to-united-patients-group-for-giving-me-the-key-to-defeating-my-stage-4-metastatic-melanoma-by-donna-espositio/

I have been fighting this new challenge since 2013, when 6 lesions were found in my right lung and claimed inoperable. Doctors predicted I would be dead by that December...

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Are You Stressed? Journaling Can Help! By Dr. Veronique Desaulniers

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/05/03/are-you-stressed-journaling-can-help-by-dr-veronique-desaulniers/

Let’s face it…we are ALL feeling stress now more than ever. Financial stress. Relationship stress. Stress about the state of the world in general.  And, of course, stress about our health and the health of our family members affects many. Luckily, there are also a LOT of tools out there that can help you manage stress before it starts to manage you.

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Seniors and Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) – A Better Choice?

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/04/28/seniors-and-complementary-alternative-medicine-cam-a-better-choice

Did you know that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of individuals 65 years or older is expected to climb to 2 billion worldwide by 2050?

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Thinking About Cannabis Edibles? Weigh the Pros and Cons Before You Purchase!

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/04/12/thinking-cannabis-edibles-weigh-pros-cons-purchase/

According to an article published by the Medical Marijuana Review, both medical and recreational cannabis users are interested in edibles now more than ever.

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Debbie Wilson: The Journey Back from Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia, with a Side of Disappearing Diabetes

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/04/03/debbie-wilson-the-journey-back-from-traumatic-brain-injury-and-dementia-with-a-side-of-disappearing-diabetes/

“In 2013, I had been diagnosed with dementia, and I could tell I was disappearing. I couldn’t even remember how to make myself coffee—or tell you how I take that cup of coffee.”

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7 “Need To Knows” About Hemp Powerhouse Health Foods

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/03/28/7-Need-To-Knows-About-Hemp-Powerhouse-Health-Foods

Hemp is a nutritional powerhouse.

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Undeniable Evidence: Cannabis, Alzheimer’s and Dementia

In 2014, a ground-breaking pre-clinical study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease proved that small amounts of THC can help reduce (and in some cases, even reverse) the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease.

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/03/15/undeniable-evidence-cannabis-alzheimers-and-dementia/

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Top 8 Health Benefits of Consuming Raw Cannabis

https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2017/02/25/top-8-health-benefits-of-consuming-raw-cannab

Cannabis is one of the oldest herbs on earth. In fact, people have been using cannabis for over 2,000 years. While you may know that smoking cannabis can provide relief, did you know could be eating it too?