Marijuana And Alzheimer’s Disease
Lisa M. Eubanks, Ph.D., et al. stated in an Aug. 9, 2006 Molecular Pharmaceutics journal article titled "A Molecular Link Between the Active Component...
Hypnotic And Antiepileptic Effects Of Cannabidiol
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 1981; 21: 417S-427S
By Elisaldo A. Carlini, M.D., and Jomar M. Cunha, M.D.
Department of Psychobiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo,...
Dreher’s Jamaican Pregnancy Study
More Suppression of Marijuana Research
By Fred Gardner
In the 1980s Melanie Dreher and colleagues at UMass Amherst began a longitudinal study to assess the well-being...
Cannabis And Diabetic Retinopathy
Neuroprotective and Blood-Retinal Barrier-Preserving Effects of Cannabidiol in Experimental Diabetes Azza B. El-Remessy*, Mohamed Al-Shabrawey, Yousuf Khalifa, Nai-Tse Tsai, Ruth B. Caldwell and Gregory I....
The Forgotten Medicine – A Look At The Medical Uses Of...
A look at the medical uses of Cannabis.
Medicine in the western world has forgotten almost all it once knew about the therapeutic properties of...
Use Of Marijuana During Pregnancy
Warnings that marijuana causes birth defects date back to the late 1960s.1 Some researchers claimed to have found chromosomal abnormalities in blood cells taken...
Cannabis As A Substitute For Alcohol
By Tod Mikuriya, MD
SUMMARY
Ninety-two Northern Californians using cannabis as an alternative to alcohol obtained letters of approval from the author. Their records were reviewed...
Fibromyalgia: Effective Treatment With Medical Marijuana
Fibromyalgia is a very painful, complex disease causing spasm of muscles and accompanying nerves and has been a contentious puzzle to both victims and...
Marijuana And The IQ
Current and former marijuana use: preliminary findings of a longitudinal study of effects on IQ in young adults
Peter Fried, Barbara Watkinson, Deborah James and...
Depression, Anxiety And Marijuana
Knowledge of the link between weed, depression and other mental health markers has expanded rapidly in recent years.
There was a panic over pot in...
Amotivational Syndrome
Marijuana is said to have a deleterious effect on society by making users passive, apathetic, unproductive, and unable or unwilling to fulfill their responsibilities.
THE...
Medical Marijuana’s Many Benefits
There are few subjects that can stir up stronger emotions among doctors, scientists, researchers, policy makers, and the public than medical marijuana. Is it...
CBD Oil’s Ocular Benefits
DENVER – CBD oil, which is legal in all 50 states, can provide relief for a range of ocular and systemic conditions, Robert Reed...
Cannabis Effective At Relieving Pain After Major Surgery
A cannabis plant extract provides pain relief for patients after major surgery such as knee replacements, a study by Imperial College London and the...
Potential For Abuse: Cannabis And Dronabinol
There is growing evidence that there is no relevant difference in subjective effects between (Schedule III) dronabinol and cannabis. Thus, it can be expected...
Human Studies On Medical Uses Of Marijuana
There have been hundreds of studies on the medical uses of cannabis since its introduction to western medicine in the early nineteenth century. A...