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Author: Paul Armentano, Deputy Director NORML Date: 15 Janaury 2009 Source: NORML Foundation, Washington, DC Copyright: © 2008 NORML http://www.norml.org//index.cfm?Group_ID=7002
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More and more people are finding themselves able to kick sometimes long-term, damaging and expensive alcohol habits without any of the uncomfortable symptoms of withdrawal which normally comes with long-term addictions, and they are doing it thanks to cannabis. Ninety-two Northern Californians using cannabis as an alternative to alcohol obtained letters of approval from the author - Physician Tod Mikuriya MD. Their records were reviewed to determine characteristics of the cohort and efficacy of the treatment —defined as reduced harm to the patient. All patients reported benefit, indicating that for at least a subset of alcoholics, cannabis use is associated with r…
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Guns blazing as they head for the exit, the Bush gang has blasted the hopes of Lyle Craker, a UMass Amherst botany professor who applied in June, 2001 for a DEA license to grow marijuana for FDA-approved medical research. On Jan. 12 Craker got a formal letter of denial from DEA Administrator Michele Leonhartt. Mahmoud ElSohly of the University of Mississippi remains America's only legal grower, as far as the feds are concerned. Some of the destructive regulations promulgated by Bush in recent months may be reversible, but the DEA's rejection of Craker appears to be final. Lawyers are exploring the appeal options, according to Rick Doblin, who organized legal and politic…
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Hello everyone, this thread should be the perfect opportunity for me to introduce myself to the CN community (I've always been fond of you), and to discuss a little issue that has been tackling my existence lately. I am 22, doing my final years of uni in the field of IT. I never knew anything about MJ until the day I landed in Australia. The college students scene can be scary to the grownups, because I reached a point that I wanted nothing but isolation from this particular group. The main reason is that, most or many of the college students attending where I study, are party freaks in some way. You have Chase, the binge drinker who lives meters away, drinking daily fr…
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German Study: Marijuana Users at Risk for Personality Disorders 22 December 2008 DW-WORLD.DE http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3894768,00.html Marijuana smokers tend to be more at risk for psychological problems. German researchers are warning that using marijuana can have serious psychological side effects. Men who use cannabis risk becoming antisocial while women often become depressed and insecure. Cannabis users between 17 and 30 years are at greater risk of developing multiple types of personality disorders than non-smokers in the same age group, a German study found. Cannabis also effects women differently than men, the study published in the German psych…
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Sanjay Gupta: What the Next Surgeon General Doesn't Know About Pot Russ Belville, NORML 8 January 2009 Alternet http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/118...t_/?page=entire The next surgeon general needs to stop putting politics before science. Gupta may not be ready for that. Tools If Dr. Sanjay Gupta is picked for the post of surgeon general, he would become the nation's leading medical advocate. His experience in the media would be beneficial in bringing the Surgeon General's office back to the prominence it held when C. Everett Koop was successfully battling tobacco smoking. But is Gupta ready to deliver the Obama administration's promised end to the politicizat…
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Cannabinoid Science Research Group Head of laboratory: Dr Jonathon Arnold Bosch Institute http://www.bosch.org.au/research/NervousSy...ience/index.php The Cannabinoid Science Research Group, headed by Dr Jonathon Arnold, conducts a diverse range of research related to cannabis and the cannabinoids. Anticancer actions of cannabinoids One of this group's primary research interests is studying the anticancer effects of plant-derived, endogenous and synthetic cannabinoid compounds. This group is investigating the antiproliferative effects of cannabinoids on a range of human cancer cell lines. In addition, with the increasing use cannabis by chemotherapy patients as a p…
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I know this sounds very dramatic, but I had an idea last night that really got me thinking. I'm sure your all aware of the governments idea to genetically isolate the pain killing attributes of pot as a form of pain killers. As i was munching into a salad my friend made whilst stoned, I realised how friggen awesome it tasted. Now I'm not the guy who typically eats salad unless I'm forced too. haha. So then it struck me. Why can't they isolate the component of pot that makes stuff taste so good. Pot makes things taste good, I've never met a person who have said food tastes 'worse' while stoned. I shared this with the group i was with and one of them posed a question,…
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Dope helps memory Grainger Laffan 15th December 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/dec/1...mproves-memory/ Research suggests that a legal drug derived from marijuana could be used to slow down the effects of Alzheimer's disease. Elements found in marijuana can be beneficial to ageing brains and can even stimulate the growth of new brain cells - according to Ohio State University scientists. Their research suggests that a legal drug derived from marijuana could even be used to slow down the effects of Alzheimer's disease. The medicinal properties of cannabis is contained in tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, which is the main…
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APSAD A Pilot Study of Rimonabant for the Treatment of Cannabis Dependence Dr Mark Montebello, Ms Carolyn Mutch, Ms Rowan Mason, A/Prof James Bell, The Langton Centre, Surry Hills, Australia Objective: To assess acceptability and tolerability of rimonabant for treatment of cannabis dependent young people with psychiatric co-morbidity. Background: Rimonabant, a cannabinoid antagonist, has not been trialled in treatment of cannabis dependence. Method: Open label pilot study. Cannabis dependent patients seeking either to cease cannabis use, or to avoid relapse, were recruited from one psychiatric and three drug treatment centres. Participants were offered 20mg of …
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Uh Oh, This Is Bound To Be Biased [just look at who's funding it!! ] The Characteristics of Cannabis in Australia NDARC Staff Wendy Swift (NDARC) and Paul Dillon (NCPIC) Other Investigators Steve Allsop (National Drug Research Institute) and Colin Priddis (Chemistry Centre of Western Australia) Rationale There is little detailed information about the Australian cannabis market, including the chemical characteristics of the locally available cannabis product. The collection of accurate and current data is crucial for providing appropriate, evidence-based information to the Australian public, to cannabis users and their families, and to health, law-enforcement an…
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Aaaarrrrrgggghhh . . . this is what taxpayers money is being WASTED on? The research regarding Cannabis is most interesting, it will definately give Australians a VERY biased 'Reefer Madness' perspective for sure! NDARC Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Cannabis Use Disorder
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O.K, I've always been interested in the effects of cannabis on users who have depression. I myself take an anti-depressent, and have done since about half-way through puberty. Studies are now showing that people younger and younger are being affected. I recently read a story on an 8 year old australian boy who was taking the same as me, Zoloft. He had been since he was 4, I think. Now b4 anyone throws their arms in the air, and starts saying how terrible it is...... Do you remember what it was like? Being a kid, and the smallest things are sometimes are the biggest, in small minds anyway. And you can feel so isolated, like nobody else is on the same planet as you. I'm gla…
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"Cannabis is included in Schedule 9 of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons. Appendix 7 "Regulated poisons" of the of the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 (the regulation) includes a Schedule 9 substance. Therefore cannabis is deemed to be a regulated poison in Queensland. Chapter 4, part 4 of the regulation refers to regulated poisons" So cannabis is a regulated poison, not sure which one is worse, dangerous drug or regulated poison? poison A Dictionary of Nursing poison (poi-zŏn) n. any substance that irritates, damages, or impairs the activity of the body's tissues. The term is usually reserved for substances, such as arse…
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Ok so although i've read a few posts, still got a few questions about Mr Postman being your dealer??? I may be having 1/2oz sent me through the post. I kind of don't want to send it to any post office as i think it may look more dodgy, strolling in to pick up a parcel when i have a proper address anyway? Will they ask for ID? Or can it just be mailed there and i go and fetch it? What does the sender need to do their end? (Except put a return address! ) and finally, who pays for the PO Box collection service? Me or the sender? I was thinking, fake name, packaged well in many layers (cling film, lock bags etc), sent express post for tomorrow. Just that on it's own, no …
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