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International Psychedelic Science Conference Returns to California

Sam Sabzehzar — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:22:00 +0000

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 [...]

Maryland Medical Marijuana Makes Move: House Of Delegates Approves

Sam Sabzehzar — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:38:26 +0000

By Matt Sledge | Published in The Huffington Post The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill that would make medical marijuana legally available through academic medical research centers in a 108-28 vote on Monday. The bill will now head to the state Senate, where supporters expect passage. Maryland’s marijuana bill is limited, compared to [...]

Cannabinopathic Medicine

Sam Sabzehzar — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:32:30 +0000

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 [...]

The Healing Power of Marijuana Has Barely Been Tapped

Sam Sabzehzar — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:46:48 +0000

Medical marijuana is now legal in 18 states, but it’s clear we’ve discovered a fraction of its potential for health By Allan Badiner | Published in AlterNet.org There are now legal medical cannabis programs in 18 states plus Washington, DC, with pot fully legal for adults in two other states. Ironically, however, the actual healing [...]

Dad Gives 6-Year-Old Medical Marijuana

Sam Sabzehzar — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:50:18 +0000

A 6-year-old boy with epilepsy has been suffering fewer seizures since taking medical marijuana. By Kyung Lah | Published by CNN The video with this story is hard to watch. In it, Jayden is having an epileptic seizure. His father, Jason David, explains what it’s like to hold his son when he’s screaming. “I would [...]

Medical Marijuana as Disease-Modifying Therapy?

Sam Sabzehzar — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:28:20 +0000

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: [...]

Cannabis could be used to treat epilepsy

Daily Dose — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:00:10 +0000

Cannabis plants are being grown at a secret facility in the south of England in the hope of producing a new treatment for epilepsy. By Richard Gray | Published in The Telegraph Researchers at the University of Reading have discovered that three compounds found in cannabis leaves can help to reduce and control seizures in [...]

Apothecary Senior Citizens Project

Daily Dose — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:39:39 +0000

By Kandice Hawes | OC NORML Chapter President Roughly ten thousand people are becoming Senior Citizens everyday for the next 19 years, according to USA Today magazine. In response to this growing population and the need for education about alternative medical solutions, the Apothecary Senior Citizens Project was started. The purpose of the project was [...]

Cannabidiol Exerts Anti-Convulsant Effects in Animal Models of Temporal Lobe and Partial Seizures

Daily Dose — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:37:33 +0000

We have recently shown that the phytocannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) reduces seizure severity and lethality in the well-established in vivo model of pentylenetetrazole-induced generalised seizures, suggesting that earlier, small-scale clinical trials examining CBD effects in epileptic subjects warrant renewed attention.

Here, we report the effects of pure CBD (1, 10 and 100mg/kg) in two other established rodent seizure models, the acute pilocarpine model of temporal lobe seizure and the penicillin model of partial seizure. Seizure activity was video recorded and scored offline using model-specific seizure severity scales. CBD (all doses) significantly reduced the percentage of animals experiencing the most severe pilocarpine-induced seizures.

What’s in Your Weed?

Daily Dose — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:30:26 +0000

When Valerie Curran asked college students to put her in touch with their doobie-smoking friends, she was being serious. Curran is neither a drug dealer nor abuser, but she does tote a license to carry marijuana. She is a scientist at University College London, where she’s studying the impact of drugs on memory. Her most recent research explored marijuana use in a naturalistic setting: college-aged kids, in their own homes, smoking from their own stashes. That may sound controversial, but Curran has a pragmatic outlook on illegal drug use: “Cannabis is the world’s most popular illegal substance,” she said. “If people are going to use it, they should be safe and we should know the possible impacts.”