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Researchers Find Study of Medical Marijuana Discouraged
January 19, 2010 – Despite the Obama administration’s tacit support of more liberal state medical marijuana laws, the federal government still discourages research into the medicinal uses of smoked marijuana. That may be one reason that — even though some patients swear by it — there is no good scientific evidence that legalizing marijuana’s use…
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Pot Shows Promise for Reducing Multiple Sclerosis Patients’ Symptoms
Doses of cannabis might help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients subdue their body spasms and move about more easily, according to a new review of recent studies. However, the authors of the paper note, the patients’ apparent relief could also be a matter of perception. After reviewing six trials that tested the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)…
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Big Pharma Eyes Medical Marijuana
November 24, 2009 – Marijuana. It’s a small word that generates a large reaction (for better or for worse). People are polarized on the topic. Yes, there is a definite social stigma surrounding this infamous, leafy plant. Consequently, the potential for cannabis-based drugs has been greatly hindered by legal and political considerations – obstacles that…
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Medical Research-Marijuana/Cannabis, Memory Loss & Alzheimer’s-Video
November 17, 2009 – The active ingredient in marijuana may stall decline from Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzDpf_aRVE&feature=player_embedded] Scientists showed a synthetic version of the compound may reduce inflammation associated with Alzheimer’s and thus help to prevent mental decline. They hope the cannabinoid may be used to developed new drug therapies. The research, by Madrid’s…
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Cannabinoid System in Neuroprotection-Video
Professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Dr. Mechoulam describes the role of Cannabinoids as anti-inflammatory for arthritis, as neuroprotectant for brain injury and as a possible treatment for PTSD. Dr. Mechoulam first isolated THC in 1964. Conference hosted by Patients Out of Time. DVDs are available. http://MedicalCannabis.com
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The American Medical Association Urges Feds to Re-Classify Marijuana
November 10, 2009 – The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods. The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal government to reconsider its classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use, a significant shift that puts the…
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Canadian Research into Hemp Could Sprout New Industry
November 1, 2009 – Edmonton, Canada— As combines mowed farmers’ fields across Canadian prairies this fall, there was a scene near Edmonton right out of a time warp: – a crew of workers actually using their hands to harvest plants. The workers were taking down three-metre-tall hemp plants at a breeding nursery outside of Vegreville,…
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5 Things the Corporate Media Don't Want You to Know About Cannabis
September 23, 2009 – Writing in the journal Science nearly four decades ago, New York State University sociologist Erich Goode documented the media’s complicity in maintaining cannabis prohibition. He observed: “[T]ests and experiments purporting to demonstrate the ravages of marijuana consumption receive enormous attention from the media, and their findings become accepted as fact by…
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Cannabis Cancer Treatment Successes Being Ignored. Why?
September 22, 2009 – The healing properties of cannabis have long been touted amongst the British cannabis community, who have done everything in their power to bring word of the cancer curing properties of cannabis to a wider audience. And at face value it would be fair to expect the worlds press to get pretty…
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Scientists Find The Gene That Produces THC
September 16, 2009 – Scientists at the University of Minnesota have identified the genes in cannabis that allow the plant to produce THC. Finding the genes opens the path to either create drug-free hemp plants for industrial purposes, or to develop plants with much higher concentrations of the psychotropic chemical. Publishing in the Journal of…