My Mother-in-Law’s One High Day
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsBy MARIE MYUNG-OK LEE Published: December 9, 2011 The New York Times Opinion Pages WHEN my mother-in-law was in the final, harrowing throes of pancreatic cancer, she had only one good day, and that was the day she smoked pot. So I was heartened when, at the end of last month, the ...
UCSF Study Finds Medical Marijuana Could Help Patients Reduce Pain with Opiates
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsLeland Kim December 6, 2011 A UCSF study suggests patients with chronic pain may experience greater relief if their doctors add cannabinoids – the main ingredient in cannabis or medical marijuana – to an opiates-only treatment. The findings, from a small-scale study, also suggest that a combined therapy could result in ...
Cannabis and PTSD Clinical Trials Announced
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsThe International Association for Cannabinoid Medicine published a bulletin highlighting the preliminary results from an observational clinical trial studying the effects of Cannabis on post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “According to an observational study by scientists of MaReNa Diagnostic and Consulting Center in Bat-Yam, Israel, presented at the Cannabinoid Conference 2011 ...
Marijuana, Narcotics Help Patients Reduce Chronic Pain, Study Finds
Posted in All About Marijuana, Newsby Lucia Graves The Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- A new study out of UC San Francisco has found that medical marijuana, combined with certain opiates, appears to be a safe and effective treatment for patients with chronic pain. The study, published this month in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, found that patients who ...
Brain’s Natural Marijuana-Like Chemical Could Lead to New Meds
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsBy Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on November 26, 2011 Researchers have discovered a new way to boost the effects of anandamide — a natural chemical in the body that provides pain relief similar to marijuana. Anandamide has been called the ‘bliss molecule’ for its similarities to ...
Cannabis Compound A Promising Treatment For Liver Fibrosis
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsThe administration of the non-psychotropic cannabinoid CBD (cannabidiol) induces selective apoptosis in hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), according to preclinical findingsreported in the journal Cell Death and Disease. The activation of HSCs is considered to be a key cellular event underlying hepatic fibrogenesis (excessive tissue build up), a condition ...
Study Shows Cannabis Compound May Help Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsThe administration of the non-psychotropic cannabis plant constituent cannabidiol (CBD) improves mobility in rats with spinal cord injuries, according to preclinical data published in the journal Neurotoxicity Research. Investigators at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil assessed the impact of CBD on motor function in rats ...
Medical Cannabis Research: What Does the Evidence Say?
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsHealth and Human Services claims that "marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States." However, more than 6,500 reports and journal articles from around the world support the medical value of cannabis (marijuana). In addition, dozens of public health organizations have endorsed medical use of ...
Study: Cannabis “significantly augments” the analgesic effects of opiates
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsBy Steve Elliott Vaporized cannabis "significantly augments" the analgesic effects of opiates in patients with chronic pain, according to clinical trial data published online in the scientific journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco looked at the use of vaporized marijuana over a five-day period ...
Alcohol Is More Than Twice As Harmful As Marijuana: Study
Posted in All About Marijuana, NewsBy Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ Thursday, November 3, 2011 Alcohol causes far more damage to users and to society than does the use of marijuana, according to a new study published online in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the journal of the British Association of Psychopharmacology. Researchers at the Imperial College of London looked ...
