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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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Herbal Remedy:Teens Often Use Cannabis For Relief, Not Recreation, Stu
Date: 24 April 2009 Source: ScienceDaily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/...90422191724.htm
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CANNABIS PHYSICIANS FOUND ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY CARE
Author: David Bearman Date: 23 April 2009 10:21 Source: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/23/18590877.php
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Cannabis may help anorexia, experts say
from news.com.au/dailytelegraph This makes so much sense I can't understand why no one has thought of this before.
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a who smokes 7 to 9g per day ?
calling all chronic smokers 7 to 9grams a day check diss hehe results no attributable changes caused by cannabis really they should have said strictly positive changes attributable to cannabis well worth the watch irey guidance
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Cannabis friendly doctors in S.E. Qld
Hey stoners, just been trying to locate a GP in the Fraser Coast area who is understanding towards the medicinal properties of Cannabis, without much success, so thought I'd ask the community to see if anyone here has found a good GP? Even someone on the Sunshine Coast or Bundy possibly, or as a last resort, Brisbane. Any suggestions?
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a weird high, or just reached a new limit?
the other day after having finished a session i went and sat in the lounge chair and started watching tv, i started feeling a rush, a sort of tingling, from my chest that emulated to all over my body, it wasnt completly a tingly feeling, it was deffinetly more of a rush. i was wondering, when this happens, what does it usualy mean. was it because it was high potent bud (more than what im used to) and i had reached a level of smoking, or was it something else i should really look into ps. it mainly focuesed to around my lungs and heart area of my chest.
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Need to find a good strain for my Anxiety disorders
Hi All, OK first up a quick run down of where I am at; I've tried a fair share of Indica strains, and rarely Sativa strains. Fortunately I was lucky enough to get 2 overweight (35g) ounces of the weed once that was by far more fun any shitty Indica high. Now I decided to smoke those 2 ounces medically, a joint a night and maybe more on the weekends. So I would be right for work the next day. Basically the following 3 months were the best 3 months of my life. Anxiety disorders disappeared instantly. Confidence skyrocketed. Got a MASSIVE promotion. Social life exploded. My life improved dramatically. It was fucking incredible. Now back to where I am atm, I am …
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Bad Experaince what happend?
I have been Smoking for the last 6 months pretty heavily last night I met up with some friends had a joint and then went across the road to get something to eat i was standing in the line before deciding I was not very hungry after all after standing in line for 5 or 10 mins I started to feel like I had to sit down and my vision went all distorted like a fuzzy TV this has never happened to me before went I left the shop I found it hard to see and walking I almost tripped a couple of times (actually thought i was going to black out) I was walking up some stairs I started to sweat really badly I had to sit down before making my way in to the house what could of happened its…
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Cannabis Kills Human Glioma Cells
Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells Published April 1, 2009 Received for publication November 3, 2008, and accepted in revised form February 11, 2009. http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37948 Autophagy can promote cell survival or cell death, but the molecular basis underlying its dual role in cancer remains obscure. Here we demonstrate that Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active component of marijuana, induces human glioma cell death through stimulation of autophagy. Our data indicate that THC induced ceramide accumulation and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) phospho…
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Opinion - Medical Marijuana Benefits
Cannazine Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at SUNY Albany who believes marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes stating that therapeutic use of marijuana has a history spanning over 4,500 years. The most humane and just approach to helping the sick requires that we continue the availability of medical marijuana. Evidence supporting medical marijuana - for appetite loss, glaucoma, nausea, vomiting, spasticity, pain, and weight loss is quite impressive. Evidence for its use for arthritis, dystonia, insomnia, seizures, and Tourette’s syndrome is also very promising. Opponents of medical marijuana mention that other drugs are ava…
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Bend over, it's time to get high. The low down on suppositories
A most outrageous profession. While at the Expo, Dan comes up with the most hilarious product idea I’ve ever heard. “My company is Cannabanus,” he says in his best Dutch accent, “and my product is the new cannabis suppositories. You put the cannabis into the plug, the plug goes into your butt. Then you are getting high very quickly and efficiently. There are many blood vessels in the anus and they are absorbing the THC at an extremely fast rate. It’s called the Assinator.” I stumbled on this method for making them. How to make Suppositories To make marijuana caps, buy capsules at a homeopathic pharmacy or through the internet. The vendor will also have a sma…
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Marijuana use during pregnancy
First of all i just wanted to say I'm new, so a big hello to everyone And second of all, i was just wondering if anyone has seen or read the report done by Dr. Melanie Dreher, an American researcher who conducted one of the most in depth, invariable studies into cannabis use during pregnancy? Here is a link to a video where she discusses the study and results if you have 30min to kill ) As she explains, the study was carried out in Jamaica with 30 using, and 30 non-using mothers through out their pregnancy. All of the mothers where from similar social-economic backgrounds, and due to the culture and remoteness of Jamaica, there were very few variables involved, …
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Best place to do this
I have smoked marijuana for a few years because of increasing back pain and have decided its all an illusion so I have quit. I have allowed myself to be intimidated into thinking nothing is wrong with - pain should be felt and marijuana is too good at hiding chronic pain. Ive never felt comfortable using marijuana for pain relief because it clouds my thoughts. I decided a long time ago that Id rather die of a heart attack than any wasting disease so Im going to get hooked up with some designer drugs that should shorten my lifespan in a more positive way. Legalize it but criticize it!
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Nabilone and PTSD
The use of a synthetic cannabinoid in the management of treatment-resistant nightmares in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Fraser GA. Operational Trauma and Stress Support Centre, Canadian Forces Health Services Centre, 1745 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. fraser.ga2@forces.gc.ca This is the report of an open label clinical trial to evaluate the effects of nabilone, an endocannabinoid receptor agonist, on treatment-resistant nightmares in patients diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS: Charts of 47 patients diagnosed with PTSD and having continuing nightmares in spite of conventional antidepressants and hypnotics w…
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"The Dreaming"
This article by me appeared in Treating Yourself Magazine #13. It is my story of the road to recovery from PTSD. The Use of Cannabis Tinctures to Treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) I am a sufferer of the insidious illness known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It has plagued my life for nearly 31 years. It has cost me a wife, my home, my kids, and finally, my sanity. It took me to the depths of despair, and led me into a life of poly-drug use in an attempt to escape the horrors of my mind. There seemed no escape. It was not until I started to hear reports that cannabis was a valuable tool in dealing with PTSD that I began to feel some hope that things may…
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