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Treating Depression with Cannabinoids
Kurt Blass, "Treating Depression With Cannabinoids," Cannabinoids 3, issue 2 (2008): 8-10. Prohibitionists sometimes claim marijuana causes depression and scoff at marijuana as a treatment for depression. Here a Viennese doctor describes repeated clinical successes...
Cannabis Treatment: Glaucoma
In 1971, during a systematic investigation of its effects in healthy cannabis users, it was observed that cannabis reduces intraocular pressure. In the following 12 years a number of studies in healthy individuals and glaucoma patients with cannabis and several...
What if Cannabis Cured Cancer, Documentary Film
“What if Cannabis Cured Cancer summarizes the remarkable research findings of recent years about the cancer-protective effects of novel compounds in marijuana. Most medical doctors are not aware of this information and its implications for prevention and treatment. If we need more evidence that our current policy on cannabis is counterproductive and foolish, here it is. An excellent film. ” ~Andrew Weil, M .D
ABC News: Marijuana and Autism
Struggling with a cocktail of prescription medications which left her 10 year old autistic son fighting to keep on weight as he withered away at just 46lbs. As a result she began giving her son medicated brownies under a doctors supervision and not only has Joey...
BBC NEWS: Cannabis effects on MS trialled
Patients are being recruited for a trial to determine whether chemicals in cannabis can slow the impact of multiple sclerosis. Evidence suggests the drug may relieve symptoms but the three-year national trial is also to determine whether it slows the disease's...
Cannabinoids for Treatment of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain; a Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.
Abstract Effective therapeutic options for patients living with chronic pain are limited. The pain relieving effect of cannabinoids remains unclear. A systematic review of RCTs examining cannabinoids in treatment of chronic non-cancer pain was conducted according to...
Autism and Medical Marijuana
Some families have found marijuana (mmj) to be nothing short of miraculous. Some of the symptoms MMJ has ameliorated include anxiety--even severe anxiety--aggression, panic disorder, generalized rage, tantrums, property destruction and self-injurious behavior. One...
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Neuropsychiatry: Schizophrenia, Depression and Anxiety
Scientific consensus on the role of marijuana in psychological disorders is still lacking, after hundreds of years of speculation and study. Recent evidence of dysregulation of the body's endocannabinoid system in schizophrenics is beginning to shed new light on some...
District of Columbia: Medical Marijuana Laws
SUMMARY: D.C. Council Members enacted legislation in May 2010 authorizing the establishment of regulated medical marijuana dispensaries in the District of Columbia. On Monday, July 26, members of Congress allowed the measure to become law without federal interference....
Arizona: Medical Marijuana Laws
SUMMARY: Just over 50 percent of voters (50.13 percent) approved Proposition 203 on November 2, 2010. The law removes state-level criminal penalties on the use and possession of marijuana by patients who have "written certification" from their physician that marijuana...
Delaware: Medical Marijuana Laws
SUMMARY: Governor Jack Markell signed legislation -- Senate Bill 17, The Delaware Medical Marijuana Act -- into law on May 13, 2011. State regulators have up to one-year to draft regulations to formally govern the program. The law removes state-level criminal...
Cannabinoid Administration Delays Huntington’s Disease Progression In Animals — Time To Initiate Human Trials
June 20th, 2011 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The combined administration of the plant cannabinoids THC and CBD (cannabidiol) provide neuroprotection in rat models of Huntington’s Disease (HD), according to experimental data to be published in theJournal...
Cannabinoid Administration Halts Disease Progression, Decreases Mortality In Primate Version of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
June 14th, 2011 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The long-term administration of delta-9-THC, the primary psychoactive compound in marijuana, is associated with decreased mortality in monkeys infected with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a primate...
Predictors of Marijuana Use in Adolescents Before and After Licit Drug Use: Examination of the Gateway Hypothesis
This prospective, decade-long study finds no support for the “gateway theory” that marijuana causes youth to move on to hard drug use. The study found that some youth followed the traditional gateway paradigm, starting with tobacco or alcohol and moving on to...
A pilot clinical study of 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
M. Guzman et al., “A pilot clinical study of 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme,” British Journal of Cancer 95, issue 2 (July 17, 2006): 197-203. THC and other cannabinoids have been shown to have marked anti-cancer action in...
Cannabis Treatment: Psychiatric Symptoms
An improvement of mood in reactive depression has been observed in several clinical studies with THC. There are additional case reports claiming benefit of cannabinoids in other psychiatric symptoms and diseases, such as sleep disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar...
Maryland: Marijuana Laws
SUMMARY: Maryland's legislature passed a medical marijuana affirmative defense law in 2003. This law requires the court to consider a defendant's use of medical marijuana to be a mitigating factor in marijuana-related state prosecution. If the patient, post-arrest,...
Nevada: Marijuana Laws
SUMMARY: Sixty-five percent of voters approved Question 9 on November 7, 2000, which amends the states’ constitution to recognize the medical use of marijuana. The law took effect on October 1, 2001. The law removes state-level criminal penalties on the use,...
Multiple sclerosis changes man's outlook on marijuana
Today, at age 54, Timmons is mostly bedridden and rarely sees the outside of his Garland home. What he lacks in physical ability, however, he more than makes up for with his ardent support for legalizing marijuana for seriously ill people. In fact, he has become the...