“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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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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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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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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On the first day of a National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference, an accredited cannabinoid education program will offer a CRE to healthcare professionals. By Americans for Safe Access | January 25, 2013 At 2 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013 an accredited cannabinoid education program called “Cannabis in Medicine: A Primer for Health Care Professionals” [...]
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(Editor’s Note: Studies done with smoked cannabis ingestion methods may have different results from non-smoked ingestion methods) By Jeanie Lerche Davis | Published in WebMD Health News Cannabis may offer hope to people with autoimmune disorders such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Cannabis seems to decrease inflammation in the body by suppressing certain parts of the immune system. Researchers are hoping [...]
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By Dr. Michelle Sexton | December 11, 2012 Just as homebirth used to be a ‘hippy’ counterculture event in the 1970’s and now has an evidence-based safety profile, the use of Cannabis as medicine is going mainstream. And how, you may be thinking, do these two primitive practices wind up in the same sentence? It’s [...]
By Andres Jauregui | Published in HuffingtonPost Mykayla Comstock, a 7-year-old girl with leukemia, is one of Oregon’s youngest medical marijuana users. Mykayla, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia last spring, is one of 2,201 cancer patients– 52 of them children — authorized to use cannabis by the state, the Oregonian reports. The girl, who [...]
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