Medical Marijuana News

Subject Date
Video: Youtube, Why the Netherlands have lower cannabis useMay 2008
San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Department returns seized medical marijuana to patientApril 2008
Huntington Beach police return pot to medical marijuana patientApril 2008
Improvement in Refractory Obsessive Compulsive Disorder With DronabinolApril 2008
Senate Health Committee Votes to Move SJR 20 ForwardApril 2008
Santa Cruz Reinstates ID Card ProgramApril 2008
And Some Times We Win ...April 2008
Medical Marijuana Caregivers TrainingMarch 2008
Highly Promising Results for New GW Cannabinoid Treatments for Diabetes and Related Metabolic DisordersMarch 2008
ASA Introduces New Video TestimonialsMarch 2008
Cannabinoids Reduce Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis in Pancreatic Stellate CellsMarch 2008
German Adacemic Study - Cannabis improves symptoms of ADHDMarch 2008
American College of Physicians Speaks Out for Medical MarijuanaFebruary 2008
Fullerton City Council Rejects Dispensary BanFebruary 2008
Medical Marijuana Fights MSFebruary 2008
Dutch Labs Produce Pot PillFebruary 2008
Medical Marijuana machines could be cure for inconvenienceJanuary 2008
Aurora Police Return Marijuana To Former MarineJanuary 2008
Study: Marijuana Appears to Slow Cancer Growth in Laboratory SettingJanuary 2008
http://bbsnews.net/article.php/2007122313114489January 2008
Tel Aviv Clinic Offers Puff of Relief for Chronically Ill - Cannabis - MedicinalJanuary 2008
Three Canadians face extradition to, and life imprisonment in, the United States - but they've never been there!

Michelle Rainey, Marc Emery, and Greg Williams

January 2008
Resolution on the Control of Marijuana - Washington State December 2007
MS sufferer wins right to use pot vapourizerDecember 2007
Sativex® Commences US Phase II/III Clinical Trial in Cancer Pain November 2007
Cannabis Breast Cancer Cure Discovery!!!November 2007
American Psychiatric Association Assembly Unanimously Backs Medical MarijuanaNovember 2007
MEDICAL POT AND THE IRAQ VETERANNovember 2007
Too Much Cannabis and Pain Relief Goes Up in SmokeNovember 2007
Pot Compound Should Be Evaluated As Brain Tumor Treatment, Study SaysNovember 2007
Smoked Cannabis Proven Effective In Treating Neuropathic PainNovember 2007
Cannabis shows anti-depression benefits, but too much has reverse effectNovember 2007
American Journal of Nursing, April 2001, Vol. 101, No. 4, pp. 61-69.
Policy Perspectives
Coordinated by Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN
Therapeutic Cannabis
A patient advocacy issue.
By Mary Lynn Mathre, MSN, RN, CARN
October 2007
Chronic Cannabis Use in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program: An Examination of Benefits and Adverse Effects of Legal Clinical Cannabis October 2007
Meet Your Smoking MatchSeptember 2007
Madcow Disease Cannabinoid DefenseSeptember 2007
RULING PROTECTS OREGON POT PATIENTS PRIVACYSeptember 2007
ASA Scores Huge Win for Medical Marijuana Collectives!September 2007
Dr. Jimenez Quoted in Business WeekAugust 2007
Los Angeles Magazine - High Times Featuring Dr. Alfonso Jimenez.July 2007
Orange County becomes the 35th California county to approve implementation of ID cardsJuly 2007
GW and Otsuka Enter Into Global Cannabinoid Research CollaborationJuly2007
MEDI-CAL PAYS POT-RELATED EXPENSESJuly2007
Cannabis helps treat allergic reactionsJune 2007
Anti-Inflammatory Traits Helped Heal Skin of Mice in StudyJune 2007
Regulating medical pot.
Los Angeles finally took serious action last week to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. It's the correct action, just 10 years late.
May 2007
ID cards for medical pot users to be issued May 2007
NORML Remembers Dr. Tod MikuriyaMay 2007
Medical marijuana research should not be hamperedMay 2007
ASA Wins $8,000 for Medical Marijuana Patient in a Federal LawsuitApril 2007
Medical Marijuana Factoids April 2007
Santa Barbara Thinks Highly of Medical MarijuanaApril 2007
THC Tumor InhibitorApril 2007
The endogenous cannabinoid system: a new player in the brain-gut-adipose axisApril 2007
'Right to treatment' Fire survivor takes on county?s marijuana positionApril 2007
New Mexico becomes 12th medical marijuana state!April 2007
Phase III Sativex® Data Published in Leading Neurology JournalMarch 2007
LA Dispensary Regulations & Raids, MMJ ID Card UpdateMarch 2007
Phase III Sativex® Data Published in Leading Neurology JournalMarch 2007
California Cannabis Research Medical GroupOctober 2006
Stoners who spent the 1960s and '70s in a hazeOctober 2006
Medical Marijuana Policy Signed by CHP, Attorney General, Governor ASA Lawsuit Settlement Yields Binding "Consent Decree" and $75,000 in Legal Fees2000 - 2006
Recent Research on Medical Marijuana2000 - 2006
Sativex® Data Presented at ECTRIMS European Multiple Sclerosis CongressMarch 10, 2006
DPA Wins Fight on Medical Marijuana Expenses in CaliforniaSept. 26, 2006
Some Churches Welcome Medical MarijuanaSept. 13, 2006
DEA vs. DemocracySept. 11, 2006
Eight counties and 23 cities regulate cannabis outletsSept. 9, 2006
Firm helps get marijuana-based drug into trialsAug 27, 2006
Medical pot dispensaries promoted Sept 8, 2006
Medi-pot support in San Diego? Sept 8, 2006
Medical Cannabis Dispensing Collectives and Local Regulation2006
District Attorney - Bonnie Dumanis Interview KPBS SAN DIEGO "THESE DAYS"July, 2006
People v. UrziceanuJune, 2006
Research Update: Cannabis-Extract Helps to Reduce Postoperative PainJune, 2006
Workshop on the Medical Utility of Marijuana
Report to the Director, National Institutes of Health,
by the Ad Hoc Group of Experts
May 2006
Puffing is the Best Medicine - FDA Hypocrisy Approves SativexMay, 2006
Cannabis and Depression - Jay R. Cavanaugh, Ph.D.Feb 21, 2006
Cannabinoid Offers Cardioprotection, Study Says - Ramat-Gan, IsraelFeb 16, 2006
Illinois May Permit Use Of Medical Marijuana Bill Passed Senate CommitteeFeb 15, 2000
Marijuana Research(Scientific American):
Current restrictions on marijuana research are absurd
November 22, 2005
Smoke gets in your politicsDecember 8, 2005
Medical marijuanaMonday, November 24, 2005
County to issue medical marijuana IDsMonday, November 24, 2005
Marijuana is a Drug of CompassionMonday, November 21, 2005
Marijuana Smokers Don't Get the BluesDecember 8, 2005
Time Magazine Touts Cannabis As ‘Legitimate Medical Trend’December 5, 2005
Denver Metro - Unprecedented Marijuana DecisionWednesday, November 2th, 2005 - UPI
Marijuana less cancerous than tobacco Thursday, October 17, 2005 - UPI
Melissa Etheridge says she smoked medicinal marijuana to help with the side effects of chemotherapy during her treatment for breast cancer. Thursday, October 13, 2005
Marijuana-Like Drug Increases Brain Cells, Relieves Depression Friday, October 14, 2005
San Diego AdFriday, October 07, 2005
CHP PolicyThursday, February 17, 2004
Marijuana Use Down Where Medical Use OKFriday, December 23, 2003