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A Tale of Equanimity: Cancer and Cannabinoids

A Tale of Equanimity: Cancer and Cannabinoids Translational Science suggests that the balance your…

Medical Marijuana as Disease-Modifying Therapy?

Medical Marijuana as Disease-Modifying Therapy? Naturopathic Doctor Michelle Sexton discusses the Endogenous Cannabinoid System…

Medical Marijuana and the Chemical Reactions that Sustain Life: Eat, Sleep, Relax, Forget

In Part II of our recap at the IACM 6th Conference on Cannabinoids in Medicine and…

CBD-Rich Tinctures Hit Shelves in Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

By Buds & Roses |  July 12, 2011 Using an organic process, CBD Science…

THC Tunnel Vision Limits Therapeutic Cannabis Variety

Originally published in Freedom is Green The most common plant varieties of Cannabis in North…

Medical Marijuana Saves Life of Child, but Doctors Reluctant to Make Life Better for Many Others

Two-year old Cash Hyde was weened off of 125mg of various prescriptions after father…

Medical Marijuana Collectives Participate in Cannabonoid Research Project

The non-psychoactive component of the cannabis plant known as cannabidiol (CBD) has recently been…

Inhaled Cannabis May Keep Brain Cancer in Remission

Inhaled Cannabis May Keep Brain Cancer in Remission By Jahan Marcu |  Published in…

Fighting The Damage Caused By Radiation

Fighting The Damage Caused By Radiation By Rick Simpson |   Run from the Cure…

What Would Lou Do?

What Would Lou Do? By Apryl Burnett, Caregiver to a Medical Cannabis Patient I…

Trying to Connect With Pot's Cancer-Fighting Properties

Trying to Connect With Pot’s Cancer-Fighting Properties By Dana Nichols | Published in RecordNet.com…

Dr. Mark Ware Discusses Cannabis As Medicine - Part Two

Dr. Mark Ware Discusses Cannabis As Medicine – Part Two    

Another Study Confirms Anti-Cancer Effects of THC and CBD

Another Study Confirms Anti-Cancer Effects of THC and CBD Certain types of brain cancer…

Project CBD's Sarah Russo - Patient Story

Sarah Russo, Outreach Coordinator for Project CBD, explains why CBD-rich medical marijuana helps her function throughout the day without some of the negative experiences sometimes associated with medical cannabis lacking Cannabidiol and that is THC-rich.

The CBD Story To Date

In the spring of 1998, the British government licensed a company called GW Pharmaceuticals to grow Cannabis and develop a precisely consistent plant extract for use in clinical trials. GW’s co-founder Geoffrey Guy, MD, was convinced —and had convinced the Home Office— that by using CBD-rich plants, GW could produce a Cannabis-based medicine with little or no psychoactive effect.

Medical Marijuana Without the ‘High?’

New research shows that marijuana, long a symbol of tie-dyed inebriation, could one day become a respectable prescription drug with no intoxicating effects.

A Chapman University scientist reveals in two recent studies that nausea-reducing chemicals in marijuana can be separated from the chemicals that produce euphoria.

While use in humans is years away, the findings by Keun-Hang Susan Yang and her fellow researchers could be especially good news for chemotherapy patients, she says. Separate research has shown that marijuana sharply curbs the nausea induced by chemotherapy.

Her recent work focuses on two major chemicals found in marijuana — THC (tetraydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol).

Low-Cannabidiol Strains of Cannabis May Impair Memory

According to a report in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, the low- and high-cannabidiol cannabis strains smoked in the study contained a similar about of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is known to impair memory.

“This study shows apparent protection from THC-induced memory deficits by cannabidiol,” Nadia Solowij, PhD, of the School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, in New South Wales, Australia, who was not involved in the study, told Medscape Medical News. “Further research could potentially lead to the development of therapeutic cannabidiol for memory-related disorders,” she added.

Marijuana Compound Shows Promise In Fighting Breast Cancer

A compound found in cannabis may prove to be effective at helping stop the spread of breast cancer cells throughout the body

The study, by scientists at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, is raising hope that CBD, a compound found in Cannabis sativa, could be the first non-toxic agent to show promise in treating metastatic forms of breast cancer.

“Right now we have a limited range of options in treating aggressive forms of cancer,” says Sean D. McAllister, Ph.D., a cancer researcher at CPMCRI and the lead author of the study. “Those treatments, such as chemotherapy, can be effective but they can also be extremely toxic and difficult for patients. This compound offers the hope of a non-toxic therapy that could achieve the same results without any of the painful side effects.”

The researchers used CBD to inhibit the activity of a gene called Id-1, which is believed to be responsible for the aggressive spread of cancer cells throughout the body, away from the original tumor site.

Project CBD - Introducing Cannabidiol (CBD)

Project CBD is a not-for-profit, educational service dedicated to promoting and publicizing research into the unique medical properties of cannabidiol (CBD) and other components of the cannabis plant. As described in Summer 2010 O’Shaughnessy’s, CBD is a non-psychoactive compound that doesn’t make people feel “stoned.” The reduced psychoactivity of CBD-rich cannabis strains makes it an appealing treatment option for patients seeking anti-inflammatory, anti-pain, anti-anxiety and/or anti-spasm effects without disconcerting euphoria or lethargy.

Cannabis Reduces Infant Mortality - Surprising Connections Between "Failure-to-Thrive" and Cannabinoids

Cannabis Reduces Infant Mortality Surprising Connections Between Failure to Thrive and Cannabinoids (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA)…

GW Announces UK Launch of World’s First Prescription Cannabis Medicine

Sativex®, available as a prescription only medicine, was developed by GW in specific response to calls from people with MS for a prescription cannabis-based medicine. Today’s launch means that MS patients suffering the spasms and cramping associated with spasticity have access to a new treatment option which has been shown to improve their symptoms where current treatments have failed.

Sativex® is manufactured by GW under Home Office licence at an undisclosed location in the UK. The medicine is being marketed in the UK by GW’s UK licensee, Bayer Schering Pharma.

Not Just a High - Scientists Test Medicinal Marijuana Against MS, Inflammation and Cancer

Medical use of cannabis has taken on momentum of its own, surging ahead of scientists’ ability to measure the drug’s benefits. The pace has been a little too quick for some, who see medicinal joints as a punch line, a ruse to free up access to a recreational drug.

But while the medical marijuana movement has been generating political news, some researchers have been quietly moving in new directions — testing cannabis and its derivatives against a host of diseases. The scientific literature now brims with potential uses for cannabis that extend beyond its well-known abilities to fend off nausea and block pain in people with cancer and AIDS. Cannabis derivatives may combat multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease and other inflammatory conditions, the new research finds. Cannabis may even kill cancerous tumors.

Form of medical marijuana won't get you high, but it's creating a buzz

(Original article can be found in the June 1 issue of the Washington Post)

WILLITS, CALIF. — The one-armed man loitered in the waiting room for much of the morning, flipping through magazines with impressive dexterity, quietly waiting for word that the doctor would see him. Now.

William Courtney, MD, offered the chair to the right of the desk, the one occupied during regular office hours by a steady stream of patients seeking a doctor’s recommendation for marijuana. In California, such a recommendation means an adult may grow, buy and smoke marijuana, all while remaining safely within the confines of state law.

The singular peculiarity of Courtney’s “pot doc” practice here in Northern California is what he recommends: Don’t smoke the stuff, he tells patients. Eat it.

Patient Story - Bill Britt

Medical Marijuana 411 https://medicalmarijuana411.com interviews William Bill Britt who suffers from polio and epilepsy. Due to his conditions, Bill suffers from: pain, depression, nausea and insomnia. Bill talks about CBD or cannabidiol which is the major extract of cannibinoid or marijuana. CBD has been proven to be a non steriod medication anti inflammatory medicinal herb that counteracts: depression, nausea and pain. Also a mood elevator, CBD is a natural way to treat these symptoms. Bill goes on to state: “it is so wrong that this [medical marijuana] is illegal when so many people are suffering”.