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Physician Explains How Cannabis Relieves Pain & Reduces Anxiety
March 19th, 2015 – Kamloops B.C. – Dr. Ian Mitchell says that in an ideal world, physicians would learn about the medicinal properties of cannabis in medical school. Doctors would be trained about different extracts from marijuana plants, including cannabidiol, aka CBD, and tetrahydrocannabinol, aka THC. But the Kamloops emergency-room physician says that the vast majority of…
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The 5 Types of Cannabis Companies Most Likely to Get Investment Money
August 11th, 2014 – Many startups in the cannabis industry are seeking capital as the “green rush” intensifies, promising to make investors wealthy in exchange for some much-needed cash. But a fair share of these businesses struggle to find money, even though the financing pool is as deep as its ever been. Seasoned investors in…
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Cannabis Effects on PTSD: Can smoking Medical Marijuana Reduce Symptoms?
May 22nd, 2014 – Clinical research from New Mexico supports a conclusion that smoking cannabis [marijuana] is associated with PTSD symptom reduction in some patients. The study, published in the newest special issue of Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, was mentioned in a presentation on the topic of medical marijuana to the New Mexico Legislative Health…
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South African Hemp/Cannabis Activist Missing
February 28, 2011 – A South African humanitarian and marijuana activist whose cultivation case was recently thrown out of court has been missing for more than 72 hours under suspicious circumstances. Peter Charles Freeman Miller has been well known as a cannabis and industrial hemp activist in South Africa for a number of years. Peter…
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California: The Color of Pot Legalization Campaign is Green
June 20, 2010 – Win or lose, the marijuana legalization measure on November’s ballot proves one thing: The pot industry has arrived in California politics. Oakland’s most prominent purveyor of medical cannabis has almost single-handedly financed the Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign — a once-unthinkable occurrence. Election experts say it’s a sign that the pot industry…
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Don’t Call It ‘Pot’ in This Circle; It’s a Profession
April 27, 2010 – OAKLAND, Calif. — Like hip-hop, health food and snowboarding, marijuana is going corporate. As more and more states allow medical use of the drug, and California considers outright legalization, marijuana’s supporters are pushing hard to burnish the image of pot by franchising dispensaries and building brands; establishing consulting, lobbying and law…
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Celebrating 4:20 a little early – San Francisco gears up for the International Cannabis and Hemp Expo
April 16, 2010 – Catch the International Cannabis & Hemp Expo this weekend at Cow Palace The Cow Palace is notorious in these parts. It’s been the site of many events over the years, hosting everything from roller derbies to Dicken’s fairs and even last years gun show. This weekend, the Cow Palace in Daly…
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Canada: Protesters Demand Legal Access to Cannabis after Police Shut Down Clinic
April 12, 2010 – Some lit up bongs, some blasted Bob Marley and others waved flags emblazoned with the marijuana leaf in a Sunday afternoon protest outside police headquarters to protest the shuttering of Cannabis as Living Medicine. Officers raided the Queen St. E. clinic of CALM, an organization that sells marijuana to medicinal users,…
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Canada: Cannabis Holy War
March 10 2010 CANNABIS CULTURE – Chris Bennett is preparing for battle in his quest to become the first Canadian legally permitted to use marijuana for religious purposes. The 47-year-old entrepreneur, religious history buff and cannabis activist from British Columbia is on a crusade through the Canadian federal court system, fighting the government for an…
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Cannabis for Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Treatment
December 22, 2009 – Chemicals found in cannabis could prove an effective treatment for the inflammatory bowel diseases Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease, say scientists. Laboratory tests have shown that two compounds found in the cannabis plant – the cannabinoids THC and cannabidiol – interact with the body’s system that controls gut function. Crohn’s Disease…