The federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is putting out a call for research on marijuana’s impact on migraines.

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, activism represents the use of direct and noticeable action to achieve a result, usually a political or social one.

If there’s one thing that history has taught us, it is that social change doesn’t just happen overnight.

Oppressed social groups that are experiencing severe discrimination and harassment have to fight long and hard to obtain and preserve their human rights.

But, thanks to these marginalized groups and their immense efforts, our society keeps evolving and allowing us to enjoy and practice our freedoms to a greater extent.

Whether O’Hare International Airport in Chicago is “the world’s busiest” terminal for airline traffic depends on how you gauge such superlatives. If it’s by number of passengers, the busiest airport is Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta; if it’s by the sheer number of airplanes taking off and landing, the United Airlines hub in Chicago remains “busier” than anywhere else on the globe.

This would be a significant change as the FDA has long held that Hemp CBD cannot be classified as dietary supplement.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon change its tune on hemp-derived CBD (Hemp CBD) thanks to a bill recently filed by chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) and cosponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), James Comer (R-KY) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME).

Even though marijuana stocks had a miserable 2019, cannabis momentum marches on in North America. For instance, by no later than April 30, we should see Mexico officially become the third country in the world to legalize adult-use weed. That follows the country's Supreme Court ruling mandating that Congress come up with rules to regulate a retail cannabis market in Mexico.

Chair of the USA’s House Agriculture Committee Collin Peterson has sponsored a bipartisan bill that would enable the FDA to allow marketing of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) dietary supplements.

At present it’s illegal to market CBD by labeling it as a dietary supplement according to the FDA’s interpretation of federal law. The FDA has concluded CBD products are excluded from the dietary supplement definition under a provision in a section of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).

The NFL is remaining open to CBD, but remains firm there’s not enough evidence and research to recommend it for players.

The National Football League announced last year its intention to study marijuana as a potential pain management tool for its players. This week, the NFL took its first steps into that process. The Pain Management Committee, a joint group between the NFL and NFL Players Association, met with manufacturers of CBD products to understand the efficacy behind the cannabinoid.