“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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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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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 [...]
By Paul Armentano | Published by NORML Adults with a history of marijuana use have a lower prevalence of type 2 diabetes and possess a lower risk of contracting the disease than those with no history of cannabis consumption, according to clinical trial data published in the British Medical Journal. Investigators at the University of California, Los Angeles [...]
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Pot-smokers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your pipe dreams. By Martin Lee | Published in Alternet.org Marijuana legalization is a beginning, not an end. When residents of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize the adult use of cannabis, it felt like a momentary rush of sobriety in a country dazed [...]
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New book by the author of Acid Dreams stirs controversy, garners national media attention. By Buds and Roses | December 7, 2012 Meet and talk with Martin Lee and DJ Short following the lecture and book signing at Buds and Roses Collective Sunday, Dec. 9, 7 pm, 13235 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, Los Angeles, CA Can [...]
By Robin Wilkey | Published in The Huffington Post A pair of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has found that a compound derived from marijuana could stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer, potentially altering the fatality of the disease forever. “It took us about 20 years of research to [...]
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By Jennifer Lance | Published in Eco Child’s Play I have the fortune of working in a school district in northern California in the heart of marijuana country. In the late summer at our back to school staff inservice, our superintendent told us we had yet to have a student come in with their Proposition 215 [...]
Join the Don’t Take Away Our Medicine campaign in support of these seriously ill patients. Published by The Drug Policy Alliance Today, more than 3,000 New Mexican residents with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are actively enrolled in our state’s Medical Cannabis Program. Many of them are military veterans, patients living with disabilities, and victims of serious [...]
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