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MEDICINAL CANNABIS WARNING / DISCLAIMER
There is no pharmacological free lunch in cannabis or any drug. Negative reactions can result. A small percentage of people have negative or allergic reactions to marijuana. Heart patients could have problems, even though cannabis generally relieves stress, dilates the arteries, and in general lowers the diastolic pressure. A small percentage of people get especially high heart rates and anxieties with cannabis. These persons should not use it. Some bronchial asthma sufferers benefit from cannabis; however, for others it may serve as an additional irritant.
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Pot-Smoking Phelps Isn't Alone Among Athletes: Sports rules should
Author: Dana Larsen Date: 4 Febraury 2009 Souce: Forbes.com Copyright: 2009 Forbes.com LLC™ http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/04/michael-p...ana_larsen.html
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Blood Pressure and Weed
Wondering if there is an affect positive or negative on people with High Blood Pressure. I have it and take meds for it, should I not smoke?
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Hillsborough woman suffering from multiple sclerosis touts merits of m
Author: Brandon Lausch Date: 1 February 2009 Source: CentralJersey.com Copyright: ©2007 http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/200...0313/1010/rss02
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cannabis and epilepsy
Hi, Just started posting so forgive me if this has been mentioned before. I have epilepsy and have tried many different medicaions to control it but the one I found that controls it best is cannabis! I have found that smoking greatly reduces my seizure threshold and as a result I have been able to reduce the amount of medicaion I need to take. Just wondered if anyone out there experienced this or is it all in my head?!
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It's Not Just About Getting High - Seven Marijuana Stocks
CNBC will be presenting a program called Marijuana Inc., http://www.cnbc.com/id/28284116 which goes into depth about the big business of marijuana. But besides the illegal uses of marijuana, there are many medical uses. For example, the Journal of Neuroscience reported that the active ingredient in marijuana can be used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found that cannabinoids can help prevent mental deterioration through the reductions of Alzheimer's related inflammation. Even members of the government are starting to change their tune on the drug. Bob Barr, a former Republican congressman from Georgia, who had historically opposed medical marijuana …
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Steve Kubby: Cannabis medicines could save millions of lives
Steve Kubby: Cannabis medicines could save millions of lives by Steve Kubby 11 January 2009 Independent Political Report http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/...lions-of-lives/ Millions of people die each year from diseases that could be largely prevented or minimized by cannabinoid medicines. The science is irrefutable. We now have thousands of peer-reviewed, scientific studies that have emerged and clearly show how cannabinoids can be used to treat, reverse and even prevent many of our worst diseases. What’s worse, we are only now beginning to understand how just deadly conventional prescription drugs actually are. For example, one brave pioneer, Dr. Barbara …
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Temecula clinic offers consultations on medical marijuana use
Temecula clinic offers consultations on medical marijuana use Peter Surowski 9 January 2009 Valley News Issue 02, Volume 9. http://www.myvalleynews.com/story.php?story_id=35162 A clinic specializing in medical marijuana treatment has opened in Temecula. This is the first time such a clinic has opened in the Temecula Valley. On Oct. 11, Alternative Care Clinics (ACC), a San Diego-based medical group, opened an office on Enterprise Circle. The clinic looks like any other medical office except for a statue of Buddha sitting on a shelf in the back of the waiting room. Magazines on alternative healing sit around the reception area. “The doctors who work with ACC …
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A first draft of rules of the state
A first draft of rules of the state’s new medical marijuana law incites protest from patients and advocates. Neal McNamara 7 January 2009 http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/ar...ust-say-no.html The frustration of Desmond Mitchell, a state Department of Community Health policy adviser, was almost palpable at a public hearing Monday morning regarding the department’s draft rules for the state’s new medical marijuana law. Mitchell sat at a long conference table, slightly slumped, as lawyers, patients, advocates, and even one self-proclaimed pot-growing expert gave impassioned speeches about medical marijuana, as if they were being faced with the revocation of thei…
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Medical Marijuana Bad?: Oregonian Newspaper Good? PART ONE
Medical Marijuana Bad?: Oregonian Newspaper Good? PART ONE Dr. Phillip Leveque Salem-News.com 29 December 2008 Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Pharmacologist, Toxicologist and Physician. http://www.salem-news.com/articles/decembe..._1_12-29-08.php (MOLALLA, Ore.) - The Oregonian newspaper seemingly has NOT been able to print even a neutral article about medical marijuana users or the whole shebang even though they know that over 22 thousand Oregon patients have permits approved by 3 thousand doctors. I have been their target of abuse even though I was completely cooperative with them for a dozen or more stories. The final straw was when Th…
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Steve Kubby: How the US Government outlawed a harmless, but potent ant
Steve Kubby: How the US Government outlawed a harmless, but potent anti-cancer drug by Steve Kubby December 30th, 2008 Libertarian Party http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/...ti-cancer-drug/ Yesterday, I received word about a very special lady, who is also my cousin, and who is fighting for her life. Her name is Lisa and she is losing her battle with breast cancer. What saddens me most is that there is an epidemic of breast cancer right now — even though we already possess an effective, nontoxic, and powerful anti-cancer drug that could save her and millions of other women. Right now, we have the technology and peer-reviewed science to save millions of lives w…
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Local doctor
Local doctor’s drug project 30/12/2008 8:43:00 AM The Macleay Argus http://kempsey.yourguide.com.au/news/local...spx?storypage=0 Local doctor Fares Samara and nurse Madeleine Morgan have conducted a study into a new treatment for the withdrawal symptoms from cannabis addiction. General practice in the Mid North Coast area has experienced an increase in patients with cannabis dependence, which may result in harmful use. Studies show cannabis to be the most widely used illicit drug in Australia, with 33 per cent of adults having used cannabis. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the population are currently regular consumers of the drug. The withdrawal from heavy …
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Cannabis linked to Biblical healing
Cannabis linked to Biblical healing BBC News World Monday, 6 January, 2003, 19:18 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2633187.stm Many of the miracles concerned healing Jesus Christ and his apostles may have used a cannabis-based anointing oil to help cure people with crippling diseases, it has been claimed. Researchers in the United States say the oil used in the early days of the Christian church contained a cannabis extract called kaneh-bosem. They suggest the extract, which is absorbed into the body when placed on the skin, could have helped cure people with a variety of physical and mental problems. The medical use of cannabis during that time is suppo…
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Marijuana Leveque: 2008
Marijuana Leveque: 2008 Dr. Phillip Leveque Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Pharmacologist, Toxicologist and Physician. 27 December 2008 Salem News http://www.salem-news.com/articles/decembe...on_12-27-08.php (MOLALLA, Ore.) - Some may dislike and shudder at such a name. Marijuana Leveque. I don’t. I have been called much worse – Quack, snake oil salesman. In Italy I’m Dr. Pot, here I'm "most dangerous man in Oregon", etc. After I saw “REEFER MADNESS” six times – I was forced to do so as a pharmacology instructor in medical school - I had to monitor the class to prevent them from laughing out loud or leaving the room. Even Judge Francis…
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License to chill
License to chill Sac County supes come to their senses, approve state’s medical-marijuana ID card By R.V. Scheide 26 December 2008 rvscheide@newsreview.com http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=889340 For information on medial-marijuana laws, visit Americans for Safe Access at www.safeaccessnow.org. Last week, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved the use of the state’s medical-marijuana ID card in the county. There’s really no reason to thank them; the ID card was mandated by the state Legislature in 2003 and had already been approved by 42 out of the state’s 59 counties, including Fresno, for Christ’s sake. By not enacting it, the superviso…
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Antique Cannabis Book
http://antiquecannabisbook.com/
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