Old Dope, New Tricks: The New Science Of Medical Cannabis
Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 16:40
in Health & Medicine
Somewhere in this much-incinerated plant lies valuable medicine: perhaps a treatment for cancer or an antidote to obesity.Prensa 420/Flickr, CC BY-NCBy David J. Allsop, University of Sydney and Iain S. McGregor, University of SydneyMedicinal cannabis is back in the news again after a planned trial to grow it in Norfolk Island was blocked by the federal government last week. The media is ablaze with political rumblings and tales of public woe, but what does science have to say on the subject? read more