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...

Boy, two, with brain cancer is ‘cured’ after secretly being fed medical marijuana by his father

A desperate father whose son was suffering from a life-threatening brain tumour has revealed he gave him cannabis oil to ease his pain. And he has now apparently made a full recovery. Cash Hyde, known as Cashy, was a perfectly healthy baby when he was born in June...

A review of the published literature into cannabis withdrawal symptoms in human users

Neil T. Smith, “A review of the published literature into cannabis withdrawal symptoms in human users,” Addiction 97, issue 6 (June 2002): 621-632. We hear regularly from prohibitionists that marijuana is addictive, but some experts consider the evidence unconvincing....