In Decades-Old Program, Uncle Sam Provides Pot
Eugene, Oregon — Sometime after midnight on a moonlit rural Oregon highway, a state trooper checking a car...
more infoN.M. Medical Cannabis Program Needs Work
New Mexico — Four years after New Mexico’s Medical Cannabis Program was created, nearly 4,000 New...
more infoEnd War on Marijuana
Allow Research on Endocannabinoid System The American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine rejects the failed U.S. ...
more infoMaryland: Marijuana as Medicine
Baltimore, M.D. — A panel that met Wednesday to explore whether Maryland should modify its marijuana laws...
more infoIsraeli government approves guidelines for medical marijuana
Cabinet agrees on arrangements and supervision of marijuana supply in medical centers and for research; 6,000...
more infoMedi-Pot Most Often Consumed For Pain, Muscle Spasms, Study Says
“These data suggest that the patient population has evolved from mostly HIV/AIDS and cancer patients to a...
more infoCannabinoid Treatments: Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Investigators at the University of California at San Diego reported in 2008 that inhaled cannabis significantly reduced objective measures of pain intensity and spasticity in patients with MS in a placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial. Investigators concluded that “smoked cannabis was superior to placebo in reducing spasticity and pain in patients with multiple sclerosis and provided some benefit beyond currently prescribed treatment.”
more infoMMJ Supporters Considering 2012 Ballot Push
Massachusetts — Advocates for legislation sanctioning medical marijuana for chronically ill Massachusetts...
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