The Healing Power of Marijuana Has Barely Been Tapped
Medical marijuana is now legal in 18 states, but it's clear we've discovered a fraction of its potential for health.
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Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In Aggressive Cancers
A pair of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has found that a compound derived from marijuana could stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer, potentially altering the fatality of the disease forever.
Research Backs Up Medical Marijuana Claims
University of California medical researchers slipped an ingredient in chili peppers beneath the skin of marijuana smokers to see if pot could relieve acute pain. It could — at certain doses.
Marijuana Reveals Memory Mechanism
Until recently, most scientists believed that neurons were the all-important brain cells controlling mental functions and that the surrounding glial cells were little more than neuron supporters and “glue.” Now research published in March in Cell reveals that astrocytes, a type of glia, have a principal role in working memory. And the scientists made the discovery by getting mice stoned.
Israel Researchers Develop Marijuana Plant Without the High
Scientists in Israel have cultivated a cannabis plant that doesn’t get people stoned in a development that may help those smoking marijuana for medical purposes, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
Forty Years Ago This Week: National Commission On Marihuana Recommends Decriminalizing Cannabis
First and only federal commission on pot policy determined, "the criminal law is too harsh a tool" to apply to possession offenses: commission's recommendations still, if not more, applicable today.
Pain Relief Without Memory Lapses? Marijuana Study Holds Out Hope
At last there’s hope for medical marijuana users who have trouble staying on task after a dose of pot.
Testing Pot in a Legal Vacuum
Few standards apply to quality of marijuana, because the federal government considers all use illegal.
Pot Smoking Not So Harmful To the Lungs, Study Finds
Smoking a joint or a bowl from time to time appears to cause no long-term damage to the lungs, according to a UCSF study that disproves one of the major concerns about marijuana use - that inhaling anything other than air on a regular basis must be harmful.
Marijuana, Narcotics Help Patients Reduce Chronic Pain, Study Finds
Study finds cannabis enhances the pain relief effects of certain opiates
