Discovery The cannabis plant has been used for centuries; however, the psychotropic compound responsible for the reported “high”, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), was isolated in 1964. It is now believed that this hydrophobic compound works on a distinct family of receptors in the brain and other tissues. The first of these receptors were discovered in 1988 using...

Convulsions Seizures in dogs and cats are often caused by abnormal brain activity. They can be subtle or cause violent convulsions. Some seizures only occur once, but repeated seizures require treatment to prevent larger areas of the brain from becoming affected. Our Strategy IGC has applied for a U.S patent based on a novel therapy...

About 1.3 million humans in the United States are affected each year by Cachexia, which is a weakness and wasting away of the body due to severe illnesses such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, HIV/AIDS and other progressive diseases.  Cachexia is secondary to an underlying disease such as cancer or AIDS and is a...

Drug Resistant Epilepsy Refractory Epilepsy or Drug Resistant Epilepsy typically refers to Epilepsy wherein a person has failed to become seizure free with adequate trials of two seizure medications. About 50 million people worldwide are affected by Epilepsy (Sander, 2003). Epilepsy is due to multiple factors including Sodium, Potassium, GABA and NMDA. Modulating one or...

Cost Of Pain Health economists writing in The Journal of Pain in September 2012 reported that the annual estimated national cost of pain ranges from $560 billion to $635 billion, which is more than the cost of the nation’s priority health conditions. Debilitating Pain The treatment of pain is a great challenge for health care...

Producers, Processors, Dispensaries We are interested in licensing our products to processors in medical states in the U.S. We are also interested in partnering with Canadian growers and processors to market our products in Canada as well as exporting to Europe. If you are an interested grower, processor, dispensary in the U.S., or in Canada,...

Strains Cannabis is grown in many strains. Each strain has a different level or ratio of cannabinoids that are a class of compounds that act on the cannabinoid receptors. Phytocannabinoids are naturally occurring cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant. There are over 60 different cannabinoids that have been isolated from the cannabis plant that exhibit...

Cannabis History An understanding of the subspecies of the cannabis plant is imperative for a well-rounded comprehension of the history of cannabis and the role it plays in today’s modern era. Cannabis sativa, often described as “marijuana,” has psychoactive properties. On the contrary, Cannabis sativa L., commonly referred to as “hemp,” is a non-psychoactive form of cannabis. Further psychoactive...