Cannabis Research
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How to improve the quality of the high from a low quality bud - the magic of Terpenes While I was in Nimbin recently at the 2008 Mardi Grass, I had the opportunity to sit and blow a joint with Ed Rosenthal. We got to talking about Terpenes, with particular regard to a chapter in Ed's latest Book, "The Big Book of Buds Vol. 3", called 'The Secret Chemistry of Cannabis Odors and Highs'. The discussion led to a Terpene known as Myrcene, which is the most prevalent Terpene found in most varieties of Cannabis, but not found in hemp. It is also present in high amounts in mangos, hops, lemon grass, West Indian bay tree, verbena and the plant from which it derives it's name Me…
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NORML September 12th, 2008 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director www.pubmed.gov
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Cannabis and the Course of Schizophrenia DANIELE FABIO ZULLINO, M.D., LAKSHMI WABER, M.D., and YASSER KHAZAAL, M.D. Geneva, Switzerland 2 October 2008 http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/conten...l/165/10/1357-a American Journal of Psychiatry Am J Psychiatry 165:1357-a-1358, October 2008 doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040618 © 2008 American Psychiatric Association Letter to the Editor To the Editor: While the correlations between schizophrenia and cannabis abuse are well corroborated, evidence for a causal correlation remains lacking. In their study, published in the April 2008 issue of the Journal, Monica Rais, M.D., et al. (1) found a more pronounced brain volume re…
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Cannabis, the FDA, and the Broken System of Pharmaceutical Research 1 October 2008 PR Cannazine http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/701/27/ Medical marijuana advocates often hear that marijuana can’t be a real medicine because it hasn’t been approved by the FDA. One common response to this is that the Drug Enforcement Administration continues to block the only avenue that could produce the research needed to seek FDA approval for medical marijuana, over a year and half after an administrative law judge ruled that the project should go ahead. But that’s just the start. The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a scathing critique of th…
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I stumbled on this a while back and found it quite interesting. I for one understand the issues from social exclusion, and now work hard to educate others about it. I believe it still has relevence. Cannabis, social control and exclusion: the importance of social ties International Journal of Drug Policy Volume 12, Issues 5-6, 1 November 2001, Abstract This article analyzes psychosocial issues related to social exclusion created by the illegality of cannabis. The paper is divided into three parts. First, it provides a historical portrait of the penal approach to this social exclusion while focusing on the main recommendations of various international commissions in res…
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Emerging Opportunities with Cannabinoids within the Medical Industry Sept. 26, 2008 The Wall Street Journal Market Watch DUBLIN, Ireland, Sep 26, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/emer...D&dist=hppr Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research...ging_opportuni) has announced the addition of the "Emerging Opportunities with Cannabinoids" report to their offering. This invaluable briefing provides a critical and far-reaching examination of current cannabinoid products and areas of unmet clinical need where the use of cannabinoids could be clinically beneficial and commercially profitable. The psychotropic effects o…
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Marijuana- Not What It Used To Be Serious Health Consequences From Increased Potency of Marijuana Transworld News 19 September 2008 http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.as...1871&cat=15 Marijuana use in the past decades has evolved from being perceived as a relaxing pastime to a serious drug abuse problem. "Marijuana has been portrayed as simply a 'gate-way drug' to harder drugs." comments Mary Rieser, Director for Narconon Drug Rehab GA. "However, recent studies show that the higher levels of THC, the active component in marijuana, have turned marijuana into a 'hard drug' in and of itself. "Not only is marijuana more potent, but the perception that it is har…
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Snuck this into another thread, thought it best to give it a thread to. A nicely buried little austrian study - Abstract Although a variety of drugs are available for the treatment of depression, therapy is not effective in all cases and finding alternative options is desirable. Results from animal studies, anecdotal experience reported by patients using cannabis and observations from clinical studies where cannabinoids were used in serious diseases suggest an anti-depressive potential of cannabinoid receptor agonists. From 2003 to 2006, 75 patients suffering from depression, stress and burnout syndrome were successfully treated in a practice for general medicine wit…
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Sativex Study Confirms Long Term Effectiveness In MS Neuropathic Pain Article Date: 13 Sep 2008 - 6:00 PDT Medical News Today Effective MS treatment http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/121365.php MS can now be treated Naturally without any side effects learn more www.OrganicHope.com Multiple Ms Learn More About Study for Relapse Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Meds. www.MSClinicalStudies.com Results from a new study investigating the benefits of Sativex in neuropathic pain in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have shown it gave long-term pain relief. The study followed 42 people with MS who took Sativex - a cannabis-based drug trialled by GW Pharmaceuticals. …
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Marijuana in Bipolar Disorder PR Cannazine 3 August 2008 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/598/27/ Whilst the British government does its damndest to propel the country back into the dark ages so far as national drug policy is concerned, the rest of the world is making great strides in getting to grips with cannabis and mental disorders, but not in the way the Home Secretary would have us believe. The role of cannabis (marijuana) in psychiatric disorders remains controversial. In bipolar disorder, it is known that many people use cannabis for various reasons. There are some reports that people use cannabis for help in alleviating mania and others report i…
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Rimonabant
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimonabant To me it sounds completely terrible. Look at the side-effects section, it says because it's the opposite to cannabinoids it increases risks of Alzheimer's etc. etc. Why would anyone want to abuse their perfectly good CB1 receptor like this? Me thinks it's a government plot to ruin people's cannabinoid receptors so they can't get high anymore.
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Marijuana patients advised "don't smoke..vaporize" 5 September 2008 PR Cannazine http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/611/27/ Patients receiving physician approval to use cannabis should be warned that chemicals released when the dried leaves and/or flowers are burned put heavy smokers at increased risk for bronchitis and respiratory infections.1 The risk can be avoided, however, by an alternative delivery system: a device called a vaporizer that heats dried cannabis to a temperature where cannabinoid vapors are released, but below the point of combustion, where noxious and carcinogenic smoke toxins are formed. Patients can thus inhale the pharmaceutically acti…
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Cannabis cures cancer! PR Cannazine 2 September 2008 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/590/27/ Since 1974 science has known what the DEA has tried to keep from every one of us. Cannabis can and does cure cancerous growths whilst leaving healthy cells untouched. ! Who spilled the beans? Doctors and patients all over the world that's who! The truth is out and spreading like wildfire! Cannabis cures cancer! This truth will not be suppressed, until every household knows the clamor, the swelling protest, exposing dark, dirty secrets of heinous crimes against humanity! Cannabis medicines were once the “drugs of choice” in the United States and all over this planet…
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“Medical Marijuana” Takes On New Meaning for Metastatic Breast Cancer PR Cannazine http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/578/27/ 30 August 2008 If you have breast cancer, you may have considered the use of “medical marijuana” at some point during your chemo treatment. Smoking marijuana has provided some women with relief from the nausea and vomiting that can accompany chemo, relief that the range of normal side effect drugs weren’t able to give. Some states permit the legal use of medical marijuana; most don’t. Nevertheless, most women who want to try marijuana seem to be able to get it. Personally, I didn’t experience any severe problems with nausea. But I wa…
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Killing bacteria with cannabis By Yun Xie | Published: August 26, 2008 - 03:31PM CT http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ar...a-with-cannabis Pharmacists and chemists have found another use for the multipurpose cannabis as a source of antibacterial chemicals for multidrug resistant bacteria. Ironically, inhaling cannabis is known to damage the lung's ability to fend off invading pathogens, but the ingredients in cannabis, particularly the cannabinoids, have antiseptic properties. Although scattered research has been conducted since the 1950s, no comprehensive study existed that relates the structure of cannabinoids with antibacterial activity. Giovanni Appendino,…
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