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...
Marijuana-Like Chemicals In The Brain Calm Neurons
Stanford, Calif. -- From the munchies to the giggles to paranoia, smoking marijuana causes widespread changes in the brain.
Now researchers at Stanford University School...
Marijuana May Spur New Brain Cells
Washington, D.C. -- Scientists said October 13, 2005 that marijuana appears to promote the development of new brain cells in rats and have anti-anxiety...
A Cooling Effect From Cannabis?
By Tod Mikuriya, MD
It has been observed by my office staff and confirmed anecdotally by colleagues that people seeking physician approval to medicate with...
Autism Ritalin And Cannabis
I wrote a recent article: Autism, ADD, ADHD and Marijuana Therapy, in which I reported that California Medical Marijuana doctors had reported successful treatment...
Sam’s Story – Using Medical Cannabis To Treat Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sam is an eight-year-old male. He was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Delay- Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) when he was two and one-half years old...
Smoked Marijuana Improved ADHD Driver’s Performance
Cannabis normalized impaired psychomotor performance and mood in a patient with hyperactivity disorder
Scientists at the Department for Forensic and Traffic Medicine of the University...
Autism, ADD, ADHD And Marijuana Therapy
It has been known for at least 2,000 years that Marijuana/Cannabis is a psychotropic that affects the brain and central nervous system. (The Scythians)...
Marijuana And ADD Therapeutic Uses
Marijuana and ADD
Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana
in the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder
By Kort E Patterson
It was mentioned in the Portland newspaper that the...
Cannabis As A Medical Treatment For Attention Deficit Disorder
"Why would anyone want to give their child an expensive pill... with unacceptable side effects, when he or she could just go into the...
Marijuana And Arthritis
Rheumatology reported in a January 2006 article "Preliminary Assessment of The Efficacy, Tolerability and Safety of A Cannabis-based Medicine (Sativex) in The Treatment of...
Anti-Inflammatory Compound From Cannabis Found In Herbs
A compound found in cannabis as well as in herbs such as basil and oregano could help to treat inflammatory bowel diseases and arthritis,...
Rheumatoid Arthritis – Cannabis Eases Pain And Suppresses Disease
The first study to use a cannabis-based medicine (CBM) for treating rheumatoid arthritis has found that it has a significant effect on easing pain...
Antibacterial Cannabinoids From Cannabis Sativa
Giovanni Appendino,*†‡ Simon Gibbons,*⊥ Anna Giana,†‡ Alberto Pagani,†‡ Gianpaolo Grassi,§ Michael Stavri,⊥ Eileen Smith,⊥ and M. Mukhlesur Rahman⊥
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Alimentari, Farmaceutiche e...
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...
Study: Marijuana Slows Alzheimer’s Decline
New Spanish and Israeli research shows that a synthetic analogue of the active component of marijuana can reduce the inflammation and prevent the mental...