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Nation's sole marijuana farm focuses on limiting abuse

usatoday.com — OXFORD, Miss. — It is the smell — pungent and slightly citrusy — that first greets visitors to Mahmoud ElSohly's office on the University of Mississippi campus. Next are pictures lining the hallways of the bright green plants ElSohly has spent the past 35 years researching as chief cultivator of the nation's only federally sanctioned marijuana farm More... (Studies - Research)

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Devin Calloway submitted 1 day ago

Lance Mackey's pain tolerance

alaskadispatch.com — Mackey, a cancer survivor, is open about his use of medical marijuana to combat pain. He also uses the prescription drug Marinol, a synthetic form of the plant. With the new rule in place, he's said he will adhere to the race's drug policy, which prohibits all marijuana use. Mackey will suspend use of marijuna and Marinol during the race, according More... (People)

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Devin Calloway submitted 2 days ago

Mass Public Health Association and Mass Nurses Association endorse medical marijuana bill

examiner.com — With voter support of 81% and a broad coalition of endorsers Matt Allen of Mass Patients Advocacy Alliance has announced that two more important organizations have endorsed medical marijuana in Massachusetts. The Mass. Public Health Association are the most recent to endorse H. 2160 The Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Act, right after the Mass Nurs More... (People)

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Logan Hamlin submitted 2 days ago

Diners hospitalized after eating pot brownies

abclocal.go.com — HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Several people had to be hospitalized in Huntington Beach after eating brownies laced with marijuana. Firefighters were on an unrelated call last night when they were approached by four people outside Mario's restaurant. They all complained of hallucinations, numbness and shortness of breath. More... (Consumption)

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Devin Calloway submitted 3 days ago

Weeding Through The Hype: Interpreting The Latest Warnings About Marijuana and Schizophrenia

blogs.alternet.org — Once again members of the mainstream media are running wild with the notion that marijuana use causes schizophrenia and psychosis. To add insult to injury, this latest dose of reefer rhetoric comes only days after investigators in the United Kingdom reported in the prestigious scientific journal Addiction that the available evidence in support of t More... (Studies - Research)

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Devin Calloway submitted 7 days ago

Pot-smoking young adults aren't doomed to psychosis just yet

latimesblogs.latimes.com — Pot Early, and then continued, use of marijuana does seem to be associated with an increased risk of psychosis and hallucinations, but allow us to quell some incipient panic. Previous studies had found a link (not necessarily a cause or effect) between cannabis use and psychosis. So researchers in Queensland, Australia, decided to investigate furth More... (Studies - Research)

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Devin Calloway submitted 7 days ago

Lifting the fog surrounding marijuana's effects

tribune-democrat.com — It is human to do what is right. But to be able to do so one must know the truth. “Right” is not necessarily “politically correct.” And opinion is not necessarily truth. We frequently approach a subject with preconceived notions and fail to critically examine that which does not support our belief.Many years ago, a local gentleman published a weekl More... (Studies - Research)

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Devin Calloway submitted 7 days ago

Medical marijuana debate is politics more than science

greatfallstribune.com — The news is full of medical marijuana coverage. Not a week goes by in my practice that I am not approached by patients wanting my help in acquiring a permit to use the weed for "medicinal purposes." I cannot help but notice that the process for approving pot use as a therapeutic drug is the reverse of what we usually see in scientific circles. Let' More... (Studies - Research)

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Devin Calloway submitted 7 days ago

Medical marijuana news. Cannabidiol stops the spread of breast cancer.

examiner.com — California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute Final Report (2008) We discovered that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychotropic compound from the plant Cannabis sativa, can inhibit the process of breast cancer cells that allow them to grow and spread (metastasis). CBD can also inhibit breast cancer metastasis in a mouse model. The research carrie More... (Studies - Research)

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Logan Hamlin submitted 10 days ago

Michigan medical marijuana

tctimes.com — ?He needed a liver transplant and was given six months to live. That was a few years ago. ?The Rev. Wayne Dagit, of the Church for Compassionate Care in Williamston, was using three powerful prescription painkillers and didn’t have much energy. After turning to medical marijuana instead, he has more pep and is busy keeping up with his teenage son. More... (General)

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Logan Hamlin submitted 10 days ago

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Nation's sole marijuana farm focuses on limiting abuse

Lance Mackey's pain tolerance

Mass Public Health Association and Mass Nurses Association endorse medical marijuana bill

Diners hospitalized after eating pot brownies

Weeding Through The Hype: Interpreting The Latest Warnings About Marijuana and Schizophrenia

Pot-smoking young adults aren't doomed to psychosis just yet

Lifting the fog surrounding marijuana's effects

Medical marijuana debate is politics more than science

Medical marijuana news. Cannabidiol stops the spread of breast cancer.

Michigan medical marijuana

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