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Cannabidiol researchers discover the switch to turn off aggressive breast cancer gene
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Information, Medical, News. No Comments »
In the Sixties hippies turned on with marijuana. In the very near future they may be using the same plant to turn off.
Turn off the bad gene that promotes the spread of aggressive breast cancer that is!
Sean McAllister, Ph.D., and Pierre Desprez, Ph.D. at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute in San Francisco have been testing cannabidiol. Read the rest of this entry » -
Slowly, US states are lessening limits on marijuana
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, Information, Legalization, Medical. No Comments »
By William M. Welchand Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — James Gray once saw himself as a drug warrior, a former federal prosecutor and county judge who sent people to prison for dealing pot and other drug offenses. Gradually, though, he became convinced that the ban on marijuana was making it more accessible to young people, not less.
“I ask kids all the time, and they’ll tell you it is easier to get marijuana than a six-pack of beer because that is controlled by the government,” he said, noting that drug dealers don’t ask for IDs or honor minimum age requirements. Read the rest of this entry » -
Pot Shrinks Tumors; US Government Knew in ‘74
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Blog, Information, Medical. No Comments »
AlterNet / By Raymond Cushing
In 1974 researchers learned that THC, the active chemical in marijuana, shrank or destroyed brain tumors in test mice. But the DEA quickly shut down the study and destroyed its results, which were never replicated — until now.
May 31, 2000 | The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
The Madrid study marks only the second time that THC has been administered to tumor-bearing animals; the first was a Virginia investigation 26 years ago. In both studies, the THC shrank or destroyed tumors in a majority of the test subjects. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hawaii Senate overwhelmingly passes three bills to improve marijuana laws
Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Information, Medical, News. No Comments »
Cannabis Revolution Examiner – Dev Meyers
HONOLULU, HAWAII — Yesterday, the Hawaii Senate passed by overwhelming, veto-proof margins three measures that will greatly improve marijuana laws in the state:
- SB 2213 passed 20-4, with one excused. This bill would allow counties to license medical marijuana dispensaries.
- SB 2141 passed 24-1. This bill would increase the ratio of plants, ounces and caregivers allowed for each medical marijuana patient.
- SB 2450 passed 22-3. This bill would remove criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana and replace them with a civil fine of up to $300 for a first offense and $500 for a subsequent offense.
The bills now go to the state House. Read the rest of this entry »
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NORML: Medical marijuana’s not getting any better – the time for RE-legalization is NOW!
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Armistice Tour, Blog, Information, Legalization, Medical. No Comments »
With New Jersey recently becoming the 14th medical marijuana state, activists in marijuana law reform have been celebrating. After all, over 82 million Americans now live in states where medical use of marijuana is legal – that’s 27% of the US population! Last election, Massachusetts became the 13th decriminalization state, which means over 107 million Americans live in a state where possession of small personal amounts of marijuana no longer merit an arrest – that’s 35% of the US population.
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Californian insurer launches medical marijuana coverage
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Medical, Misc. No Comments »
by Mark Glover, image by Randall Benton / rbenton@sacbee.com
A Rancho Cordova-based insurer Monday launched what it calls the first nationally available insurance coverage designed specifically for the medical marijuana industry.
Only 14 states allow use of medical marijuana today, but Statewide Insurance Services is nonetheless offering coverage in all 50 states.
“Given the growth in the industry, I think it’s only a matter of time” before other states allow medical marijuana, said Mike Aberle, a commercial insurance agent with the local firm and national director of its Medical Marijuana Specialty Division.
He added: “Now that we can offer (services) in all 50 states, we can start the minute they go legal, without delay.” Read the rest of this entry »
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New Study: Marijuana Does Not Cause Psychosis, Lung Damage, or Skin Cancer
Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Information, Medical, News. 3 Comments »
I’ve performed a meta-analysis of various scare stories about marijuana appearing in major papers this week. The results of my research are as follows:
Hypothesis:
Alarmist reports about marijuana will turn out to be wildly exaggerated and in some cases completely fictitious. Obvious inconsistencies will be overlooked by the press and widely available contrary evidence will be ignored.
Methodology:
I read various stories about marijuana and used basic logic and reasoning to determine whether their conclusions made any sense. In some cases, I used Google and other sources to search for other information that contradicted seemingly dubious claims. Read the rest of this entry »
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Medical Marijuana ‘Smokers Club’ to Open in Williamston
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Information, Medical, News. No Comments »
WILLIAMSTON — Wayne Dagit has no problem admitting it.
“Right now, I am completely medicated,” he says, holding up a bag of marijuana.
Dagit is a reverend and a medical marijuana patient with Hepatitis C, which has just about destroyed his liver.
“Later tonight, I will enjoy some ‘Great White’ (a particularly potent strain of marijuana) because it is my right,” he says.
Dagit’s so devoted to it he’s opening the state’s first smokers club — Green Leaf University — where others like him can gather and get medicated. It’s set to open Monday, March 1, in Williamston.
Dagit is also the founder and reverend of the Church for Compassionate Care. He says he moved to Michigan when it legalized pot back in 2008. His ailments have since greatly improved.
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Inhaled Marijuana is Medically Safe & Effective, Studies Show
Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Information, Medical, News. No Comments »
Sacramento, CA: The results of a series of randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials assessing the efficacy of inhaled marijuana consistently show that cannabis holds therapeutic value comparable to conventional medications, according to the findings of a 24-page report issued Wednesday to the California state legislature by the California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR). Four of the five placebo-controlled trials demonstrated that marijuana significantly alleviated neuropathy, a difficult to treat type of pain resulting from nerve damage.
“There is good evidence now that cannabinoids (the active compounds in the marijuana plant) may be either an adjunct or a first-line treatment for … neuropathy,” said Dr. Igor Grant, Director of the CMCR, at a news conference at the state Capitol. He added that the efficacy of smoked marijuana was “very consistent,” and that its pain-relieving effects were “comparable to the better existing treatments” presently available by prescription. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Gisborne Herald: Cannabis ‘safer than alcohol’
Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Cam Wright (Dakta Bourbon) | Filed under Medical, News. 4 Comments »
Great to see some more content in Kiwi papers…
All drugs can be dangerous. But in the scale of harms, moderate cannabis use should not cause any notable health or social concerns. The fact is, the average use of cannabis is safer than alcohol, tobacco, jogging, riding a bike, water skiing, football etc. Why aren’t these activities banned?
The mental health issues have recently been cleared up and only those with a family history of mental health disorders are at risk of lasting psychosis. Cannabis does not cause schizophrenia at all but it mimics the symptoms until the effects of the cannabis wears off. And young people are at risk because of their developing brains. As for healthy adults though, there will probably never be any problems for them from moderate use.
Just to top it off, Keele university in the UK found that although cannabis use has risen 400 percent since the late 1980s, cases of mental health disorders have not increased in step but actually decreased slightly. With 180 million users worldwide, there would be a pandemic if cannabis caused the harm reported by the media. — T.W.
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