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Posted on 2006-01-23 08:52:52 in Medical Marijuana |

Marijuana -- or more specifically its active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol -- has a well-documented tendency to stimulate hunger. And while scientists have traced this property to cannabinoid receptors in the brain, they have had little understanding of the neural circuitry underlying this effect. Continue reading…

University Of Saskatchewan Research Suggests Marijuana Analogue Stimulates Brain Cell Growth

Posted on 2005-10-24 08:42:47 in Medical Marijuana |

A synthetic substance similar to ones found in marijuana stimulates cell growth in regions of the brain associated with anxiety and depression, pointing the way for new treatments for these diseases, according to University of Saskatchewan medical research published today in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. Continue reading…

Good News For The Medical Marijuana Movement: pot Proliferates Brain Cells And Boosts Mood

Posted on 2005-10-24 08:36:57 in Medical Marijuana |

Most drugs of abuse decrease the generation of new neurons in the brain, but the effects of marijuana on this process, called neurogenesis, had not been clear. In a JCI paper researchers show that a potent and synthetic cannabinoid promotes neurogenesis. This drug also exerts anti-anxiety and antidepressant-like effects. Cannabinoids are perhaps the only illicit drug that can enhance adult neurogenesis and subsequently modify behavior. Continue reading…

Cannabis-based drugs might relieve bowel disease (Reuters)

Posted on 2005-08-19 06:22:06 in Medical Marijuana |

Reuters - Derivatives of the active compound in cannabis -- cannabinoids -- may have the potential for treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, UK researchers report. Continue reading…

Medical Marijuana: US Supreme Court Upholds Federal Prohibition

Posted on 2005-06-08 10:55:33 in Medical Marijuana |

Without directly invalidating State marijuana laws that allow for medical use, the US Supreme Court has decided that "federal law trumps state law" and that therefore, federal prosecutions of individuals using marijuana cannot be countered by reference to state laws allowing its use, be that medical or otherwise. According to this article, the court said the regulation of illicit drugs is a matter of interstate commerce, reserved exclusively to the federal government by the Constitution. Continue reading…

First-ever Safety Study Of Medical Cannabis Use In Canada Launched

Posted on 2004-12-17 03:34:05 in Medical Marijuana |

A first-of-its-kind study of safety issues surrounding the medical use of cannabis has just been launched. Known as the COMPASS study (Cannabis for the management of pain: assessment of safety study), the research initiative will follow 1400 chronic pain patients, 350 of whom use cannabis as part of their pain management strategy, for a one-year period. Continue reading…

Marijuana As Medicine - Prohibition kills the patient

Posted on 2004-07-28 14:35:35 in Medical Marijuana |

Marijuana has been used as medicine for centuries, even millennia, research has shown that THC, the active ingredient in the herb, has anti-cancer properties, but courts in the US (and elsewhere) say no. Patients who use marijuana to ease pain or cure an illness are arrested, humiliated, bankrupted and some die as a consequence. Continue reading…

Police seize cache of marijuana plants

Posted on 2004-02-21 13:10:44 in Medical Marijuana |

HUGO - Police seized 1,200 marijuana plants found growing in a large underground operation outfitted with electrical power, climate control, watering devices and fertilizing systems. The discovery was made Thursday in a raid of the home of Robert Akim "Joshua" Leen in Hugo, about 10 miles north of Grants Pass. Continue reading…

Police Ordered to Return Confiscated Pot

Posted on 2004-02-09 05:44:06 in Medical Marijuana |

Santa Cruz, Calif., police pulled over a car with tinted windows — a no-no in California — last September, reports the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Inside they found two men and 18 ounces of "Purple Haze" brand marijuana worth about $3,000. Leo Beus, 47, and his friend, Jon Balesteri, 54, were charged with transporting marijuana with intent to sell, but after they said they'd bought the weed at the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Club — and produced medical prescriptions to prove it — the charges were eventually dropped. Continue reading…

Police chief won't work with feds in pot busts

Posted on 2004-02-06 09:21:38 in Medical Marijuana |

When it comes to legitimate use of medical marijuana, the San Diego Police Department won't be cooperating with the feds, according to a Jan. 28 memo from police chief William Lansdowne. In the memo, sent to Mayor Dick Murphy and the San Diego City Council, Lansdowne says his officers, if asked, will not participate in any federal investigation or drug bust where qualified medical marijuana patients and caregivers are the target. Continue reading…