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Parkinson’s Patient Finds Only Marijuana to Improve His Quality of Life

Sam Sabzehzar — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:01:50 +0000

With Southern California cities closing down medical cannabis dispensaries, people like David are losing safe access to the medicine they need By Sam Sabzehzar | April 27, 2013 David has been a medical marijuana patient ever since his primary physician recommended he try it, and has experienced a much better quality of life. Currently, there [...]

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 [...]

Medical Marijuana Now On Sale in Czech Pharmacies

Sam Sabzehzar — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:59:50 +0000

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 [...]

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 [...]

Israeli scientists Create Medical Marijuana Strain With Low THC Levels and No High

Sam Sabzehzar — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:46:18 +0000

By Ryan Jaslow | Published in CBSNews.com Israeli scientists have reportedly created a new strain of marijuana with a catch: You won’t get high from smoking it. Reuters reports that Galilee-based company Tikun Olam has developed a marijuana strain called Avidekel that can be used medicinally to alleviate nausea, pain and other symptoms doctors may prescribe [...]

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: [...]

It’s MAGICAL!! It’s WONDEROUS!! Watch it happen right before your eyes within SECONDS!! Cannabis SAVES LIVES!!!

Shona Banda — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:55:17 +0000

This video is simply nothing short of amazing! Watch the short video… if your unsure this is a true medication… watch this just once, and THINK AGAIN! Do you have someone in mind you can share this with? If we want to have access to this medication, it’s up to us all to spread the [...]

“It Works”: Leticia Pepper’s Letter to the Editor

Stella Tyler — Thu, 12 May 2011 06:17:27 +0000

San Bernardino The Sun Newspaper Letter to the Editor | May 7, 2011 Can you imagine a county’s Board of Supervisors claiming they have no responsibility to make sure county residents have access to pharmaceutical drugs? Can you imagine them banning all pharmacies? Yet that’s equivalent to what San Bernardino County’s Board of Supervisors did [...]

United States Department of Health and Human Services Receives Patent for Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants

Daily Dose — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:04:50 +0000

"The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present invention" ~ US Patent #6630507