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Medicinal Marijuana
Effective For Neuropathic
Pain In HIV, Study Finds

(Aug. 7, 2008) — In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that reported pain relief was greater with cannabis than with a placebo.

The study, sponsored by the University of California Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR) based  Read More...

Added: 20 days ago

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Pot dispensary raids put
tactics in question

August 2, 2008 I don't know what the flak-jacketed federal agents expected to find during their commando-style raid Thursday on the Organica Collective, a pot dispensary with such a mellow vibe that its business card features a dove and a cross, and a promise to provide "the best quality, price and selection of medical marijuana on the Westside."

Drug Enforcement Administration agents cut open a safe  Read More...

Added: 25 days ago

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California's pot law
upheld in appeals court

Friday, August 1, 2008

A state appeals court upheld California's 12-year-old medical marijuana law Thursday, rejecting two counties' arguments that allowing patients to use the drug with their doctor's approval condones violations of federal narcotics laws.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal in San Diego dismissed challenges by San Diego and San Bernardino counties, which objected both to the 1996 marijuana initiative and to  Read More...

Added: 26 days ago

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Two men on Snoop Dogg
tour bus arrested

Texas Rangers say they found 2 ounces of marijuana

CORSICANA, Texas - A tour bus carrying hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges Thursday a few hours before a concert in Dallas, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

DPS spokesman Charlie Morgan said members of a commercial vehicle inspection team  Read More...

Added: 26 days ago

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Study: Marijuana potency
reaches 30-year high in
2007

 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Marijuana potency increased last year to the highest level in more than 30 years, posing greater health risks to people who may view the drug as harmless, according to a report released Thursday by the White House.

A report says marijuana potency has increased, posing health risks to people who may view the drug as harmless.

The latest analysis  Read More...

Added: 2 months ago

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Medicinal Marijuana
Effective For Neuropathic
Pain In HIV, Study Finds

(Aug. 7, 2008) — In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that reported pain relief was greater with cannabis than with a placebo.

The study, sponsored by the University of California Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR) based  Read More...

Added: 20 days ago

From: Cannabis.com

Views: 3051

Tags  :  neuro pain medicine

Two men on Snoop Dogg
tour bus arrested

Texas Rangers say they found 2 ounces of marijuana

CORSICANA, Texas - A tour bus carrying hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges Thursday a few hours before a concert in Dallas, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

DPS spokesman Charlie Morgan said members of a commercial vehicle inspection team  Read More...

Added: 26 days ago

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Views: 4485

Tags  :  snoop dogg tour

How medical marijuana is
transforming the pot
industry.

Dr. Kush

How medical marijuana is transforming the pot industry.

The Tibetan prayer flags suspended on a string over the sleeping body of Captain Blue rose and fell in fluttering counterpoint to the wheezy rhythm of his breath. Lifted by a gentle breeze off the Pacific Ocean, each swatch of red, white, yellow, or green cotton bore a paragraph of Asian script.  Read More...

Added: 1 month ago

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