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 Chris Joseph | Published in New Times Back on February 25, cops raided the home of president of the Florida Cannabis Action Network Cathy Jordan, like a SWAT team crashing into Pablo Escobar’s mansion. Law enforcement officials swarmed Jordan’s home after a government employee who was visiting a neighbor spotted some marijuana plants on [...]
By Charles Billi | Published in WTSP.com You may not know the name Cathy Jordan, but you will soon. Jordan is the woman at the center of the battle to legalize medical marijuana in Florida. She suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease and she grows and smokes marijuana to help alleviate her pain. Ironically, police raided [...]
Published in Tenth Amendment Center The Iowa Senate will consider a bill legalizing medical marijuana during the 2013 legislative session. Democratic Senators Joe Bolkcom, William Dotzler, Thomas Courtney and Jack Hatch filed (SF79) on Jan. 29. The complex bill would set up a framework legalizing and regulating the medical use of cannabis for pain management. [...]
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In our third segment of the International Association of Cannabinoid Medicine’s 2011 Cannabinoid Conference in Europe, Naturopathic Doctor Michelle Sexton discusses the Endogenous Cannabinoid System from the perspective of pain management, inflammation, and toxicity, and how dis-ease may be modified by the use of Phytocannabinoids. By Dr. Michelle Sexton | September 26, 2011 IACM Program: [...]
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The 21st Annual Symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society will be held at St. Charles, Illinois USA Arrival: July 5, 2011 Symposium: July 6 – 9 Departure: July 10 ICRS2011 FEATURES Presidential Plenary Speaker “Huntingtin From Evolution to Pathology” Elena Cattaneo, Ph.D. Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Center for Stem Cell Research Università degli [...]
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Having survived Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) for 22 years using cannabis (marijuana) as medicine, Cathy Jordan of Florida explains how it works to keep her alive – as a neuroprotective, cough stimulation, and the “cottonmouth” effect that controls the excess saliva so dangerous to ALS patients. Cathy also cites proven efficacy for Multiple Sclerosis and [...]
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By NORML | Published in Opposing Views Some people might cheat the medical marijuana system to smoke pot! They’ll pay the state fees and shop at taxed dispensaries! And we won’t be able to lock them up and pay their food, clothing, and shelter costs! Horrors! When you follow the reporting on marijuana reform issues every [...]
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By Andy Coghlan | Published in New Scientist Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has elevated a drug based on cannabis to the big league by signing a deal to sell it in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The drug combines two active components of cannabis to combat involuntary muscle movements in people with multiple sclerosis. [...]
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By Amy Cavanaugh, Palm Beach, Florida People ask me all the time why I fight for therapeutic cannabis, especially since I don’t use it therapeutically or recreationally. Some days the fight seems to be such an uphill battle, I wonder the same thing, but I fight it because it is the right thing to do. I [...]
