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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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One Big Union of Collectives
One Big Union of Collectives by Pebbles Trippet (posted by Norse) Tuesday Dec 9th, 2008 3:12 AM North Coast http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/12/09/18554067.php This statement was distributed by the Mendocino Medical Marijuana Advisory Board (MMMAB) at the Emerald Cup, the annual medi-cannabis growers' competition at Area 101 in Laytonville. Every person growing medical cannabis under California law would be wise to consider the collective cooperative model as the surest way to stay safe and legal. ONE BIG COLLECTIVE: A Collective of MediCannabis Collectives Let's begin with the assumption that every road to elsewhere starts in Mendocino County--a marijuana-f…
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Arseus to distribute medical cannabis in Germany
Arseus to distribute medical cannabis in Germany Mon Dec 8, 2008 Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthc...865680220081208 Medical cannabis will be distributed in Germany by Fagron Germany, a unit of Belgian medical wholesaler Arseus NV (RCUS.BR: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), as of today, Arseus said in a statement on Monday. Fagron Germany has an exclusive license for the import and distribution of medical cannabis, or marijuana, in Germany, Arseus said. It added that Fagron Nederland has been active in the Netherlands's medical cannabis market since 2003. An increasing number of German doctors are interested in prescribing medical cannabis to…
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Dynamic Outlines Initial Target Markets for Pharmaceutical Cannabinoid
Dynamic Outlines Initial Target Markets for Pharmaceutical Cannabinoid Products 05 December 2008 @ 06:58 pm PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ International Business Times http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081205/ca-...c-alert-ltd.htm Dynamic AlertLimited (OTC Bulletin Board: DYMC) is pleased to announce that it has nowidentified its target markets for its pharmaceutical product line-up. Themodalities will include a lozenge with some capacity for enhancing rapid onsetthrough oromucosal absorption, topical applications, such as lotions andsalves, and various products for internal use. Some products will havespecific uses, while others may treat a range…
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A Tale of Two Drugs
Axis of Logic By Bruce Mirken Dec 1, 2008 For the first time in my life, I've just been prescribed an opioid painkiller: hydrocodone/acetaminophen, commonly known by the brand name Vicodin. The occasion was a medical procedure known as brachytherapy. I'll explain more about that below, but it's pretty low on the fun meter. There can be lingering pain for a few days, hence my introduction into the fabulous world of narcotic pain drugs. I can't help but notice some odd contrasts with medical marijuana. My prescription bottle came with a warning label affixed by the pharmacy, cautioning me about acetaminophen (best known as the active ingredient in Tylenol): "Taking mo…
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Shopping at Weedmart
Shopping at Weedmart Joseph O'Brien San Diego Weekly Reader http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/nov/19/cover/ Colleen Daley lives on a sunburnt patch of overzoned Chula Vista real estate. She is besieged by the odiferous crosscurrents of wafting grease and the crackling bark of drive-in order speakers — her one-bedroom ranch is surrounded by fast-food joints. And that’s where she thinks her problems as a marijuana farmer started. “The plants were eight feet tall,” she says. “My boyfriend and I were trying to keep things under wraps, but you know, you can only do so much. So it’s like they kind of knew.” “They,” she suspects, were employees from one of these rest…
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GW trims loss
GW trims loss Nov 19 2008 growthbusiness.co.uk http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/news/small...rims-loss.thtml Drug developer GW Pharmaceuticals has cut its annual loss 19 per cent to £10.2 million on turnover doubled to £11.8 million. The Salisbury-based company, which develops and produces medicines based on cannabis and other controlled drugs, attributes its revenue increase in the year to September to growth in sales of its key Sativex painkiller and a collaboration agreement with Japanese group Otsuka. AIM-quoted GW says highlights include positive multiple sclerosis pain trial results for Sativex, which is now exported to 21 countries, and a Phase IIb/III cance…
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VA Care: Fake Doctors and Fake Treatment
VA Care: Fake Doctors and Fake Treatment Dr. Phillip Leveque Salem-News.com 28 November 2008 Salem.News.com http://www.salem-news.com/articles/novembe...sd_11-28-08.php Iraq War photo by Tim King Salem-News.com Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician Pharmacologist and Toxicologist. (MOLALLA, Ore.) - As a pharmacologist and PTSD victim, I try to keep up with what is going on in these two interrelated matters. Web sightings on the computer indicated 86 pages related to these subjects. One of the most interesting to me was an article by William Levesque (he is a cousin but according to my French Dictionary he doesn’t spell his last name …
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Australian Medical Association Launches Publication On Health Risks Of
Australian Medical Association Launches Publication On Health Risks Of Cannabis Use Article Date: 28 Jun 2008 - 2:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113191.php To coincide with Drug Action Week 2008, the Australian Medical Association today launched a brochure about the short and long-term effects of cannabis use. Take a closer look: Cannabis and your health 2008 is the AMA's assessment of new evidence that has emerged about the nature and effect of cannabis use. Drug Action Week 2008 is held nationally to raise awareness about alcohol and other drugs issues in Australia. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said cannabis was the most common illic…
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Marijuana Journalism 101 - "Consider The Source"
medicalcannabis.com “Medical cannabis is another name for legalization. Marijuana is addictive everybody knows that. Smoking marijuana leads you straight to the harder drugs. I heard one doctor wrote 5,000 ok’s for patients to use cannabis over the phone. Cannabis patients are recreational users looking to get high. There is no science to support the medical marijuana theory” Chances are very good you have heard one or more of the above statements over the past few years. They are all on the list of talking points used by many US federal government agencies and their surrogates, operating usually as concerned parents groups and funded by US citizens’ tax dollars. Pat…
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MJ May Improve Memory And Fight Alzheimer's
Telegraph.co.uk Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent 19 Nov 2008 Marijuana could help reduce memory loss in old age and fight Alzheimer's Disease, scientists have found. Contrary to the common belief that smoking the drug destroys memory, researchers have found that it could actually keep the brain young. The team at Ohio State University found that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the ageing brain by reducing inflammation there and possibly even stimulating the formation of new brain cells. The research suggests that the development of a legal drug that contains certain properties similar to those in marijuana might help prevent or delay the onse…
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PTSD: Cannabis Vs. Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) Pizzen Conflict 2008
PTSD: Cannabis Vs. Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) Pizzen Conflict 2008 Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.com Salem News http://www.salem-news.com/articles/novembe...is_11-10-08.php Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician Pharmacologist and Toxicologist. American soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan Photo by Tim King Salem-News.com (MOLALLA, Ore.) - As a Combat Infantryman with PTSD and an observer of PTSD breakdown on the "Front Lines" and as a physician who took care of about 400 Vietnam PTSD victims who requested cannabis medication, I take a dim view that subjecting battle PTSD victims to intense battle sounds – bombs and heavy machine gun f…
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Man grew cannabis 'for pain relief'
Man grew cannabis 'for pain relief' 12 November 2008 ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11...ction=australia The Supreme Court in Brisbane has heard a Sunshine Coast man was on a surgery waiting list for so long that he turned to using cannabis for pain relief. Fifty-four-year-old Alan Ross Purves pleaded guilty to possessing and producing cannabis at his Mapleton home in March this year. The court heard police went to Purves's house on another matter and could smell the drug. Purves told police he was using marijuana because he had been on a waiting list for gallstone surgery since 2003. Justice John Byrne jailed Purves for six months, but immedia…
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collapsed lung
i recently had to undergo surgery because of a collapsed lung. i was looking around the site and found a great post with someone who had the same problem but i cant find it anymore. if anyone has any information on if it is ok and if it is, when i should be able to smoke again that would be great. it happened after smoking out of a bong which i guess is one of the reasons it could have happened based on other peoples storys. another question i have is what should i smoke out of then? iv seen people saying vaperizors but i really just dont want one. i was thinking just joints for awhile then maybe start smoking l's again. if you know any facts on any of this please post th…
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PTSD: Virtual Reality Therapy Part Two: Condemnation
PTSD: Virtual Reality Therapy Part Two: Condemnation Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.com 6 November 2008 http://www.salem-news.com/articles/novembe...que_11-6-08.php Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician Pharmacologist and Toxicologist. (MOLALLA, Ore.) - I previously in posted Part One that as a PTSD victim, observer in battle of this, and a physician taking care of over 400 PTSD Vet victims, that I felt that Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) would not work for the most seriously affected PTSD Vet victims although it might for minimally or moderately affected victims. As a physician taking care of these patients after they have given up and …
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Familial Predisposition for Psychiatric Disorder
Archives of General Psychiatry Comparison of Subjects Treated for Cannabis-Induced Psychosis and Schizophrenia Mikkel Arendt, MScPsych, PhD; Preben B. Mortensen, DrMedSc; Raben Rosenberg, DrMedSc; Carsten B. Pedersen, MSc; Berit L. Waltoft, MSc. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008;65(11):1269-1274. Context Cannabis-induced psychosis is considered a distinct clinical entity in the existing psychiatric diagnostic systems. However, the validity of the diagnosis is uncertain. Objectives To establish rate ratios of developing cannabis-induced psychosis associated with predisposition to psychosis and other psychiatric disorders in a first-degree relative and to compare them with t…
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