Marijuana May Help Patients with MS. Smoking marijuana may improve some symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests.
Patients with multiple sclerosis in the study had less muscle tightness, also called spasticity, and less pain after they smoked marijuana, compared with after they took a placebo. Spasticity is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) and can cause exaggerated reflexes, spasms and problems walking. Existing medications can ease spasticity, but they cause side effects, and not all MS patients are helped by them. However, patients in the study experienced short-term decreases in their abilities to pay attention and concentrate after they smoked marijuana. Drug War Clock. Researchers examining the effectiveness of ONDCP's anti-drug media campaign reported: "The NSPY [National Survey of Parents and Youth] did not find significant reductions in marijuana use either leading up to or after the Marijuana campaign for youth 12 to 18 years old between 2002 and 2003.
Indeed there was evidence for an increase in past month and past year use among the target audience of 14- to 16-year-olds, although it appears that the increase was already in place in the last half of 2002, before the launch of the Marijuana Initiative. It will be worthwhile to track whether the nonsignificant decline from the second half of 2002 through the first half of 2003 is the beginning of a true trend. Marijuana DUI bill clears big Colorado hurdle. By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press Posted: 05/01/2012 10:37:44 AM MDT|Updated: about a year ago DENVER—A marijuana blood standard for drivers appears headed for approval in Colorado—thanks to a single vote change from a Republican senator.
Sen. Nancy Spence of Centennial voted Tuesday in favor of the plan to consider drivers impaired if they test positive for 5 nanograms or more of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, per milliliter of blood. Spence's decision gave the bill the support it needed to advance on a vote of 18-17 after an emotional debate. Driving while impaired by marijuana or any drug is already illegal, but supporters of the THC blood limit say law enforcement needs an analogous standard to the blood-alcohol standard to keep stoned drivers off the road.
Marijuana Legalization Conflicts. Essay on Marijuana Legalization Conflicts In investigating the matter of California's proposition 215 and Arizona's proposition 200, I found out of many important issues that need to be discussed before making the decision of legalizing marijuana completely.
In the run-up to November's elections, opponents of California's proposition 215 and Arizona's proposition, both of which allow doctors to recommend or prescribe currently illegal drugs drove home one basic point; These ballot initiatives were, in the words of Clinton and Barry McCaffery, "a stalking horse for legalization.
" (McCaffery 39). Proposition 200 promises a broader impact than California's initiative. It enables doctors to prescribe any schedule I drug a category that includes marijuana, heroin, LSD, MDMA, and other illegal substances. California's proposition 215 is without a doubt a not well thought out idea. Media Archive: Marijuana More Harmful Than GHB, Ecstasy and LSD Per Recent Scientific Study. November 4, 2010 By: Radell Hunter Associated Content Another article in response to the recent study published by David Nutt which focuses more on the implications for marijuana legalization and drug legalization in general.
Originally appeared at: Don’t pick up that marijuana joint in California just yet if you are hoping for Prop 19’s passage, as a new scientific study shows marijuana is more harmful to you than LSD, ecstasy or the date rate drug GHB, according to the BBC. “Our findings lend support to previous work in the UK and the Netherlands, confirming that the present drug classification systems have little relation to the evidence of harm,” the study report concludes. The findings were the result of studies performed by several prominent UK men who formed the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs. They could have checked out this article first and known all that without expending any time researching the two drugs at all: Why would anyone want to legalize marijuana? Dr. Grisly drugs replacing ecstasy. POTENTIALLY more addictive and harmful drugs are filling the gap as ecstasy use declines in the ACT, with scientists yet to understand the long-term effects of more than 40 new psychoactive substances.
The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre warns synthetic stimulants and psychedelic drugs could be more dangerous than ecstasy. Ecstasy use in the ACT has declined rapidly due to a number of reasons such as successful police crackdowns and the fact that young adults who used the drug at its peak have grown older. Centre researcher Lucy Burns said as ecstasy became less pure and harder to find, the gap was being filled with a range of poorly understood alternatives such as mephedrone and synthetic cannaboids, banned in the ACT and subsequently across Australia earlier this year.
Advertisement. Ecstasy causes changes in the brain. NASHVILLE, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Recreational use of the illegal drug Ecstasy, which produces feelings of euphoria, is associated with chronic changes in the human brain, U.S. researchers say.
Dr. Ronald Cowan, associate professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University, said the study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that the drug causes chronic loss of serotonin in humans. Legalization of MDMA?