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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With the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana approaching their 20th year, making it the country’s oldest medical cannabis collective, Medical Marijuana 411 shares in their celebration by featuring Founder and Executive Director of WAMM Valerie Corral By Sam Sabzehzar | March 18, 2013 Founded in 1993, the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) is the [...]
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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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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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By Angel Raich | Published on AngelJustice.org I am very sad to report to you my brain tumor may be growing in areas doctors can’t see on the MRI again and I now have Ataxia. My brain stem and cerebellum were compressed way to long during the time the brain tumor was growing and from [...]
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By Melissa St. Aude | Published in Tri Valley Central Edited by The Daily Dose When Dr. Donald Hill, a Casa Grande-based oncologist, first heard of Proposition 203 — the 2010 ballot question that eventually legalized the use of medical marijuana in Arizona — he was opposed to the measure, despite having seen positive benefits [...]
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The non-psychoactive component of the cannabis plant known as cannabidiol (CBD) has recently been shown to have significant therapeutic value, and local medical marijuana dispensaries and collectives are now offering CBD-rich cannabis strains By David Jay Brown | Published in Santa Cruz Patch Sativex, the only whole-plant cannabis extract that is legal for medical purposes [...]
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By Bradley Bouzane and Jordan Press | Published in the Vancouver Sun When Nick Bala started chemotherapy, he asked his doctor for something to help with the nausea and vomiting that followed each treatment. After about four months, Bala asked his doctor for a prescription for medicinal marijuana. “I found that it made a huge [...]
