“Federally-regulated Marijuana research must be implemented…” Senator Carolyn Allen (R-AZ) By Sam Sabzehzar | Americans for Scientific Freedom Watch Dr. Sisley discuss how medical marijuana may help symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Calling it a disorder is about as accurate as the scheduling of cannabis in the CSA, especially when it is war-related. [...]
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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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The US Patent & Trade Office granted GW Pharma a medical patent covering all plant-based phytocannabinoids for use in the treatment and prevention of basically all forms of human cancer. By Ron Marczyk | Published in Toke Signals In January of this year, the National Cancer Institute updated its Cannabis and Cannabinoids PDQ® webpage with [...]
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By Sunil Aggarwal | Published in Safe Access Now In August 2012, I published an article based on my PhD research in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine which documented symptom relief and health-related quality of life in a surveyed series of medical cannabis using patients in Washington State who were recruited from [...]
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With a myriad of major announcements surrounding San Bernardino’s budget crisis, could well-regulated and controlled medical marijuana dispensaries be the solution? By Sam Sabzehzar | April 8, 2013 The City of San Bernardino is going through a crisis few cities in the U.S. have ever seen. Scandal after scandal among the elite circles of San [...]
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 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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The National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference will take place in D.C. later this month and it is clear Americans for Safe Access is taking a strategic approach to bridging the gap between public and policy and bringing in experts from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition as well as medical experts to discuss harm reduction, science, public [...]
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Numerous cases show clinical cannabis is effective on illnesses in children By Dr. William Courtney | Published in US News and World Report The courage and fortitude of parents who have chosen cannabis compounds to treat their children facing life-threatening illness have raised eyebrows. Some live in terror that their government will take their child [...]
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By Ruth Ann Monti | Published in the Examiner.com A faculty member at the University of Arizona College of Medicine who researches the role of marijuana in relieving post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has formed a lobby group to persuade the Legislature to allow her to restart her research. Sue Sisley, MD, already received permission from [...]
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