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Medical marijuana users are more likely to finish Hepatitis C treatment and so are more likely to be cured, according to a newly published study conducted in San Francisco and Oakland.
Marijuana can improve the effectiveness of drug therapy for hepatitis C, a potentially deadly viral infection that affects more than 3 million Americans, a study has found. The work adds to a growing literature supporting the notion that in some circumstances pot can offer medical benefits.
The first medicinal product based on cannabis was filed for approval in Britain yesterday, and could be widely available in a year’s time.
GW Pharmaceuticals has submitted a pioneering cannabis-based medicine for assessment by several European regulators as a potential treatment for spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Even with my busy schedule, I usually make the monthly meetings for the Campbellsville-Taylor County Anti-Drug Coalition held at Taylor Regional Hospital. It matters. Removing illegal drugs from the community will help us reach many goals. We want health, prosperity and hope for our community, not despair, hopelessness and poverty.
If you have:Chronic pain, chronic nausea, muscle spasms, seizures, cancer, AIDS, Medical Marijuana may help.
A compound found in marijuana won’t make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you’re a diabetic, researchers say.
The same brain machinery that responds to the active substance in marijuana provides a central “on-demand” protection against seizures, researchers have found. They said their discoveries suggest that the “endocannabinoid” system might constitute a prime target for drugs against seizures of epilepsy and other neurodegenerative diseases.
THC inhibits the formation of amyloid plaque, the primary marker for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), far more effectively than approved medications, according to preclinical data to be published in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics.
The same brain machinery that responds to the active substance in marijuana provides a central “on-demand” protection against seizures, researchers have found. They said their discoveries suggest that the “endocannabinoid” system might constitute a prime target for drugs against seizures of epilepsy and other neurodegenerative diseases.
The light scent of marijuana wafted among exhibits at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, as activists took advantage of Canada’s comparatively pot-friendly policies to make a pitch for the drug as a pain-killer.
GW Pharma has started a second pivotal phase III trial of Sativex in people with multiple sclerosis suffering from central neuropathic pain, it said today, but the shares slipped back following recent gains.
This was the first prospective study to explore systematically the relationship between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms and relapse, relative to other risk factors, over a 6-month period using highly sensitive measures and frequent follow-up.
Epilepsy sufferer Michael Rourke is demanding the right to use the drug that he says cures his violent seizures. Police raided the Brockworth home of the 37-year-old last month, confiscating the cannabis plants he says are vital in averting his fits.
Although the medical marijuana movement received a devastating blow last year when the U.S. Supreme Court negated legal protections in 11 states, lawyers involved in several pending actions say the issue is far from dead.
Geoffrey Guy remains confident despite feeling exhausted after trying to rush MS medicine to the market, writes Katherine Griffiths
LAST week The Evening Telegraph reported on concerns that cannabis use can be the gateway to addiction to hard drugs. But for those who use cannabis for medicinal purposes, there is another side to the story.
Marijuana’s active ingredient may thwart pregnancy, a new study shows. Marijuana’s key ingredient—called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—may make it hard for a fertilized egg to implant in the womb, says the study in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Mark Watson, a much-loved son from a secure and comfortable background, had a bright future before him. But at 16 his behaviour became erratic and threatening and he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Marco Renda’s fits of vomiting have stopped since he started inhaling marijuana vapours. The 46-year-old was diagnosed with hepatitis C more than 20 years ago and spent many days hospitalized because of his vomiting attacks.
People who want to grow pot for the federal government may soon get the chance.
NORTH Wales cannabis campaigner Jeff Ditchfield told a jury yesterday he sent cannabis plants to all 18 cabinet ministers.
A DEA Administrative Law Judge is expected to rule imminently on whether the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) can maintain exclusive control of the production and distribution of cannabis for clinical research.
