Cannabis And Aggression
Cannabis is widely regarded as a "peace" inducing drug, a legacy of the hippie era in the 1960s. Relaxation and stress relief are among...
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...
Study: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories
Scientists have known for years that the brain makes substances almost identical to the active ingredient in marijuana, but the function of these "cannabinoids"...
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,...
Cannabis As A Psychotropic Medication
K. Chaturvedi
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 5UD, UK
I considered Arseneault et al's (2004) search for evidence of the association between cannabis...
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...
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...
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...
Medical Marijuana In The Treatment Of Digestive Disorders
Licensed users and growers of medical marijuana know that the plant can be used to treat a variety of diseases and symptoms related to...
Cannabis May Soothe Inflamed Bowels
Cannabis-based drugs could offer treatment hope to sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease, UK researchers report.
Cannabis smokers with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have often claimed...
Cannabinoid Activator Mellows Out Colon
Drugs that activate cannabinoid receptors in the colon might help treat lower GI conditions such as diarrhea or certain types of fecal incontinence, according...
Marijuana Smoking Doesn’t Lead To Higher Death Rate
Although the inhalation of chemical toxins in cannabis smoke has been linked to bronchitis and other respiratory problems, it has not been shown to...
Study Shows Long Term Marijuana Users Healthy
Sydney Morning Herald
February 18, 1997
Written by Leonie Lamont
One of the first studies of long-term marijuana use in Australia has found the health of such...
Cannabinoids And Huntingtons Disease
Nabilone Could Treat Chorea and Irritability in Huntington’s Disease
Adrienne Curtis, B.A., B.Sc. and Hugh Rickards, M.D., M.R.C.Psych., Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,...
Marijuana And The Immune System
A placebo-controlled clinical trial designed to determine "the short-term effects of smoked marijuana on the viral load of HIV-infected patients" concluded the following, as...
Marijuana And AIDS (HIV) & AIDS Wasting
From the U.S. 1999 IOM Report, on Page 159:
"The profile of cannabinoid drug effects suggest that they are promising for treating wasting syndrome in...