Pot Compound Seen as Tool Against Cancer
Marijuana, already shown to reduce pain and nausea in cancer patients, may be promising as a cancer-fighting agent against some of the most aggressive forms of the disease.
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Saskatchewan Scientists Discover Key to Drug-Free Hemp
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have made a discovery about how marijuana plants create tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the active ingredient in pot that gets smokers high.
Up in Smoke: Open Forum to Examine the Unintended Consequences of Marijuana Laws
CANNABIS CULTURE - "Up In Smoke: Getting the Lowdown on Pot" takes place at the Bohemian Cafe, 524 Bernard Avenue, Kelowna, to explore how the laws that regulate the growth and sale of marijuana for personal and medicinal use have resulted in unintended consequences.
Cannabis Could be Used to Treat Obesity-Related Diseases
Cannabis plants could provide a new treatment for obese patients at risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Study: The ‘Gateway Drug’ is Alcohol, Not Marijuana
A study in the August edition of The Journal of School Health finds that the generations old theory of a “gateway drug” effect is in fact accurate for some drug users, but shifts the blame for those addicts’ escalating substance abuse away from marijuana and onto the most pervasive and socially accepted drug in American life: alcohol.
Fibromyalgia Pot Stats Are Crap
CANNABIS CULTURE - Dr Mary-Ann Fitzcharles of McGill University Health Centre released a fibromyalgia medical marijuana study that's beyond bogus. People with fibromyalgia actually use cannabis less than the national average, but that's not in their study.
Illegal Marijuana Used by 10 Per Cent of Fibromyalgia Patients: Study
People who suffer from a medical disorder that causes chronic pain are buying marijuana on the street for relief, a new study has revealed.
Americans Decry War on Drugs, Support Legalizing Marijuana
Two-thirds of adults in the United States believe the “War on Drugs” has been futile, and a majority continue to call for the legalization of marijuana in the country, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Don’t Boost Local Crime
Neighborhoods with medical marijuana dispensaries do not have higher crime rates than other neighborhoods, according to researchers who examined 95 different areas of Sacramento, Calif., in 2009.
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.
