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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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 Phillip Smith | Published in StopTheDrugWar.Org Medical marijuana became legal Monday in the Czech Republic and is now available for sale in pharmacies. Monday was part of the Easter holiday there, so it didn’t actually go on sale until Tuesday. Medical marijuana is available by prescription only and has been approved for people suffering [...]
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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 Tamsyn Burgmann | Published in HuffPost Canada Ottawa’s decision to snuff its role in dispensing medical marijuana has ignited a debate over how the move will impact public health and safety. A range of groups — including those representing law enforcement officials, physicians and medical cannabis advocates — were reacting Sunday after the federal health [...]
Dr. Gabor Mate, author of many books on stress and addiction, speaks at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference to the idea that incarceration creates an atmosphere of stress, and stress is the toxic root that can lead to addiction. Criminalizing drug use can create an addition in large part because the very deterrent societies [...]
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With roughly 300,000 people attending the three-day “Protestival”, Seattle’s Hempfest celebrated their 20th Year Anniversary, making the world’s largest cannabis rally an emotional, and at times cathartic, event held with great reverence. By Sam Sabzehzar | August 22, 2011 With cleanup coming to completion, the end of the 20th year of Hempfest will be remembered as [...]
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Meanwhile, the DEA declares cannabis has no medical value. By David Downs | Published in East Bay Express Public health researchers say the federal government is slowing the search for cures to breast, colon, prostate, and brain cancer, as well as Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and HIV because the research involves pot. That’s the takeaway from [...]
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After an international body called for the debate on the War on Drugs is refuted without the use of science, Democracy Now! speaks with Dr. Gabor Mate. A high-level international panel has concluded the so-called “war on drugs” has failed and that governments should consider legalizing substances, including marijuana. The Global Commission on Drug Policy [...]
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Medical marijuana would be a huge payday for U.S. drug companies By Barry Cowen | Published in InvestorPlace If the U.S. government ever legalizes marijuana, sales of the drug would probably make the $11 billion Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) raked in on Lipitor worldwide last year look like chump change. Consider that medical marijuana sales in the U.S. [...]
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