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Some people might be shocked at the idea of pregnant women smoking marijuana to deal with the nausea that comes with pregnancy.
NORTH Wales cannabis campaigner Jeff Ditchfield last night faced fresh charges of supplying and growing the drug.
When it comes to the controversy surrounding medical marijuana, an international team of researchers is busy stirring the pot by releasing findings that suggest the drug helps promote brain cell growth while treating mood disorders.
A chemical found in cannabis can act like an antidepressant, researchers have found. A team from Canada’s University of Sasketchewan suggest the compound causes nerve cells to regenerate.
The National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) has said we could see cannabis being used for medical purposes in Ireland in the future.
Heavy cannabis use could be a cause of Maori having the world’s highest lung cancer rate, groundbreaking research suggests.
Moments after Steven Tuck regained consciousness Friday, Canadian border security officers slapped him in handcuffs and whisked him out of St. Paul’s Hospital emergency ward, catheter and all.
The Province of British Columbia and several national health groups are supporting PhytoCan, a BC cannabis pharmaceutical company.
ALAN Blythe was at his wits’ end as he watched his wife become progressively sicker as multiple sclerosis tightened its grip on her crumbling health.
The following interview, conducted on April 20, 2005, at the offices of the Stormy Ray Cardholders Foundation (SRCF), is a conversation between Stormy Ray, Jerry Wade and Peter Moore, editor of Alternatives Magazine.
Does cannabis alone, inhaled eight or more hours before activities such as driving a vehicle or working with machinery, cause significant mental or motor impairment that might increase risk to self or others? This is the question, properly stated, that legislators should have considered during the session just ended.
Confused about whether your medical marijuana garden is legal? Just call the authorities.
Medicinal marijuana has very little to do with getting stoned, yet it is difficult to separate the issue from the broader push for legalization. But perhaps the strongest argument for marijuana reform is its potential benefit to medicine.
A HUSBAND who grows cannabis to treat his sick wife is waiting to hear whether he will be prosecuted for drug dealing following a police raid on his home.
The cannabis based medicine, Sativex®, is effective in reducing central neuropathic pain and sleep disturbance in people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in a UK study published today in the medical journal, Neurology.
Battles over the legalisation of cannabis continue, in the UK and globally. In the UK this has resulted in muddles over the re-classification of cannabis to Class C. On the one hand there has been an apparent ‘relaxation’ of the law towards medical use—but this has been coupled with police harassment and imprisonment of medical user Colin Davis, who opened a cannabis cafe in Stockport.
A 35-year-old man who grew cannabis to ease chronic back pain has been jailed for four months.
Cannabis taking gran Patricia Tabram could be facing six months in jail after police raided her home and arrested her on suspicion of cultivating the drug.
Health Canada’s long-delayed plan to sell government-certified marijuana in drugstores appears to be back on track for early next year.
A new set of experiments in mice confirms that a brain receptor associated with the reinforcing effects of marijuana also helps to stimulate the rewarding and pleasurable effects of alcohol.
Santa Cruz—He’s smoked pot since he was 14. Eighty-four-year-old George Van Vlaenderen’s early experiences with marijuana were in the mid-1930s, before its use was prohibited by federal law. Now, smoking the drug relieves eye pressure caused by his cataracts, the World War II veteran Navy pilot said.
Virginia—A classic question of morals, ethics and philosophy: Would you rather be a righteous man in prison or an immoral man lavished with accolades and riches? This classic conundrum is quite evident today if you pay close attention.
The passage of state laws authorizing the use of medical cannabis has not led to an increase in the drug’s recreational use among young people, according to a report issued this week by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).
