“Federally-regulated Marijuana research must be implemented…” Senator Carolyn Allen (R-AZ) By Sam Sabzehzar | Americans for Scientific Freedom Watch Dr. Sisley discuss how medical marijuana may help symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Calling it a disorder is about as accurate as the scheduling of cannabis in the CSA, especially when it is war-related. [...]
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With its decision, the Court has ensured that the debate over the medical use of marijuana will continue to take place through political battles rather than through scientific research. By Brad Burge | Published in MAPS.org The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected University of Massachusetts-Amherst Prof. Lyle Craker’s lawsuit against [...]
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Over 1,600 attendees from 33 countries are gathering in downtown Oakland to demonstrate the successes, the strength, and the spirit of the new wave of psychedelic science and medicine. By Brad Burge | Communications Director, MAPS Psychedelic Science 2013 starts tomorrow. It is a genuinely historic moment. At Psychedelic Science 2013, over 100 of the [...]
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The US Patent & Trade Office granted GW Pharma a medical patent covering all plant-based phytocannabinoids for use in the treatment and prevention of basically all forms of human cancer. By Ron Marczyk | Published in Toke Signals In January of this year, the National Cancer Institute updated its Cannabis and Cannabinoids PDQ® webpage with [...]
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By Sunil Aggarwal | Published in Safe Access Now In August 2012, I published an article based on my PhD research in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine which documented symptom relief and health-related quality of life in a surveyed series of medical cannabis using patients in Washington State who were recruited from [...]
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Order a copy of the DVD Today! By Steph Sherer | Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access Americans for Safe Access first ever National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference was a huge success! More than 250 patients, advocates, and others from thirty-four states met in Washington, DC, for three days of education, strategy, and skills building, [...]
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By Sunil Aggarwal | Published by Americans for Safe Access I am honored and delighted to be able to publish here a new comprehensive piece written by Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, entitled “Cannabinopathic Medicine”. Dr. Grinspoon started writing this piece in 2012, when I was privileged to read [...]
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Can this concept explain therapeutic benefits of cannabis in migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and other treatment-resistant conditions? Published in PubMed.Gov This study examines the concept of clinical endocannabinoid deficiency (CECD), and the prospect that it could underlie the pathophysiology of migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and other functional conditions alleviated by clinical cannabis. METHODS: [...]
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After erroneous claims made by a San Diego DEA Agent, the spokesperson for Mr. Sherman clarified he “is not a doctor and was not stating science, just stating the position of the DEA.” By San Diego Americans For Safe Access William R. Sherman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) San [...]
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By Michael Robin | Published in USASK.CA University of Saskatchewan researchers have discovered the chemical pathway that Cannabis sativa uses to create bioactive compounds called cannabinoids, paving the way for the development of marijuana varieties to produce pharmaceuticals or cannabinoid-free industrial hemp. The research appears online in the July 16 early edition of the Proceedings of [...]
