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Endocannabinoids and Cannabis – Scientific Research on the Origins of Pain
September 12, 2009 — Endocannabinoids occurring naturally in the human body are closely related to the active ingredients of the cannabis plant. Cannabis has been used for thousands of years, for example to treat chronic pain. However, the fact that the endocannabinoids produced by the body itself can also be involved in the origin of…
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Cannabis May Help Fight Prostate Cancer says British Journal of Cancer
September 9, 2009 – LONDON – Chemicals in cannabis have been found to stop prostate cancer cells from growing in the laboratory, suggesting that cannabis-based medicines could one day help fight the disease, scientists said Wednesday. After working initially with human cancer cell lines, Ines Diaz-Laviada and colleagues from the University of Alcala in Madrid…
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Don't Bogart that Marijuana Research
September 6, 2009 – When the federal Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a request for proposals, seeking competitive applications for the production, analysis and distribution of “marijuana cigarettes,” the request might have seemed a bit unusual to those unfamiliar with Washington’s dance around cannabis research. The federal government, after all, is not…
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Doubt Cast on Cannabis, Schizophrenia Link
A British study has cast doubt on the supposed link between cannabis use and schizophrenia, but at least one Australian researcher says the study needs more evidence. Previous research has suggested cannabis use increases the risk of being diagnosed with either psychosis or schizophrenia. This latest study, led by Dr. Martin Frisher of Keele University,…
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Study: Alcohol Less Harmful when Paired with Marijuana
August 25, 2009 – A recent study conducted by University of California, San Diego researchers found some teenage binge drinkers had less brain damage when they combined their drinking with marijuana use. The study tested 42 adolescents between the ages of 16 and 19, broken into three groups: a control group, those with a history…
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Obama's New Drug Czar Doesn't Support Legalizing Pot
July 26, 2009-Yes, we know that the Drug Czar is required by law to lie, but given the abysmally low standards set by Gil Kerlikowske’s predecessor we certainly expected better than this. The federal government is not going to pull back on its efforts to curtail marijuana farming operations, Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White…
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Marijuana Use Can Damage DNA
June 17th 2009 – Using a newly developed highly sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method, the University of Leicester scientists say they have found clear indication that cannabis smoke damages DNA under laboratory conditions. The researchers are Rajinder Singh, Jatinderpal Sandhu, Balvinder Kaur, Tina Juren, William P. Steward, Dan Segerback and Peter B. Farmer from…
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North Dakota State University gets half of needed funds for hemp research
May 26, 2009 Industrial hemp growing in mid-summer in Saskatchewan. The beginnings of North Dakotans being able to grow hemp varieties that grow well in North Dakota is getting under way with the committal of APUC funding to building a security fence at NDSU where varieties will be developed. North Dakota State University needs to…