Potential For Abuse: Use And Abuse
The government’s review of the 1995 marijuana rescheduling petition did not distinguish between use and abuse according to professional standards, such as those in...
Cannabinoids Prevented The Development Of Heart Failure In Animal Study
Heart failure is a serious possible consequence of a heart attack or other diseases that damage the heart. It occurs when the heart loses...
PTSD And Cannabis: A Clinician Ponders Mechanism Of Action
One often intractable problem for which cannabis provides relief is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I have more than 100 patients with PTSD.
Among those reporting...
Marijuana’s Active Ingredient Kills Leukemia Cells
November 2005
The New Drug Study Group in London discovered that Δ9-THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, works to kill leukemia cells by affecting the...
Accepted Medical Use: Pharmaceutical Industry
The pharmaceutical industry is showing not only increasing interest in synthetic modulators of the endogenous cannabinoid system, but also industry members are funding several...
Cannabis Does Not Induce Schizophrenia, Dutch Scientists Say
A group of Dutch scientists say that there is no proof that cannabis induces schizophrenia. These findings will be embarrassing for the Dutch government,...
Cannabidiol May Be Effective In Preventing Mad Cow Disease
Cannabidiol may be effective in preventing bovine spongiforme enzephalopathy (mad cow disease)
J Neurosci 2007;27(36):9537-44
According to basic research of scientists of the National Centre for...
American Psychiatric Association Assembly Unanimously Backs Medical Marijuana
(WASHINGTON, D.C. ) - In a unanimous vote, the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association has approved a strongly worded statement supporting legal protection...
MMJ: National MS Society Takes Half-Step Toward Recognizing Therapeutic Uses
The National MS Society has released an expert opinion paper that marijuana has the potential to treat MS symptoms and limit the progression of...
THC Reduces Pain In Fibromyalgia Patients
Mannheim, Germany: Oral administration of THC significantly reduces both chronic and experimentally induced pain in patients with fibromyalgia, according to clinical trial data to...
Cannabis And Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
by Lisa Swiderski
I can remember being admitted to a hospital in New Jersey at the age of 3. My symptoms were baffling to all...
New Brain Cells Implicated In Machinery Of Cannabinoid Signaling
ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2008) — The brain cells called astrocytes, and not just neurons, are sensitive to the substances called cannabinoids--the active chemicals in...
Synthetic THC Is Anti-Depressant In Small Dose, Makes Depression Worse At...
A new neurobiological study has found that a synthetic form of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis, is an effective anti-depressant at low doses....
Cannabis As A First-Line Treatment For Childhood Mental Disorders
By Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D.
Originally published in O'Shaughnessy's, Spring 2006
Alex P. was prescribed pharmaceutical stimulants, depressants, analgesics, and antipsychotics that exacerbated his problems. Cannabis...
Synthetic Cannabinoid May Aid Fertility In Smokers
A reproductive medicine specialist at the University at Buffalo has shown that a new compound may improve the fertility of tobacco smokers who have...
Marijuana, Genes, Medicines And Brain Scans Help Scientists Find Anxiety Treatment
Marijuana, Genes, Medicines And Brain Scans Help Scientists Find Better Anxiety Treatments.
(Apr. 22, 2008) — Right now, about half of all people who take...
420 Magazine’s Plant of the Month September 2024
Congratulations to our member Terrapin Station for winning 420 Magazine’s Plant of the Month September 2024 with his beautiful plant titled...
420 Magazine’s Photo Of The Month September 2024
Congratulations are in order for our member Bill284 and his incredible photo of the month for September 2024, earning the distinguished...
420 Magazine’s Nug of the Month September 2024
Congratulations to our member Grand Daddy Black for the beautiful frosty ‘Fat Bastard’ Nug, earning the honorable 420 Magazine’s “Nug Of...
420 Magazine’s Grow Journal Of The Month September 2024
Congratulations to our member Melville Hobbes and his winning 420 Magazine’s Grow Journal of the Month September 2024, earning the distinguished...
420 Magazine’s Member Of The Month September 2024
Congratulations to Trala for this remarkable achievement, our 420 Magazine’s Member of the Month September 2024, earning the distinguished “Member of...
