Cannabidiol Now! Two plants strains relatively rich in cannabidiol (CBD) have been identified by an analytic test lab recently established to serve the medical cannabis industry in California. That’s two major stories in one sentence. Let’s take it from the bottom… In December a lab in the East Bay started testing samples of cannabis for pathogenic mold and the presence of three cannabinoids –THC, CBD and CBN (cannabinol).
THC is the main psychoactive compound in the cannabis plant. CBD is a cannabinoid with intriguing medical potential that gets bred out of cannabis when the breeder’s goal is high THC content (as it has been in California for generations). CBN is a breakdown product of THC, an indicator of time in storage. The lab has been testing about 10 samples a day provided by Oakland’s Harborside Health Center, whose proprietor, Steve DeAngelo, helped plan and underwrite the venture. DeAngelo’s primary goal is to impose safety standards industry-wide. Eureka! The Hasheesh Eater. Is medical marijuana an effective treatment for depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety, and similar mood disorders?
American Alliance For Medical Cannabis: Mission Statement. The American Alliance For Medical Cannabis Mission Statement May 2001 AAMC represents a fellowship of Health Professionals, patients, educators, clergy, caregivers, and community members. Included in AAMC membership are experts in the field of cannabis medicine including clinical applications, cultivation, history, and medical preparations. The Primary Mission of AAMC is patient advocacy, patient rights, and support. AAMC activities to meet our Mission include: · Ongoing discussions with community leaders and government representatives to promote safe access to medicine while limiting diversion · Creation and distribution of educational materials · Provision of an Internet Website · Planning and conducting Medical Marijuana Schools for the general public, law enforcement, caregivers, health professionals, and patients · Identification of medical, social, and legal resources for patients and caregivers.
Medical Marijuana: All You Ever Wanted To Know About Marijuana or Cannabis. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy MD FRS (October 1809, Limerick, Ireland - 10 January 1889, Southsea, England) was an Irish physician famous for his work in pharmacology and inventions related to telegraphy. His medical research led to the development of intravenous therapy and introduced the therapeutic use of Cannabis sativa to Western medicine. Early life[edit] O'Shaughnessy studied forensic toxicology and chemistry in Scotland, and graduated in 1829 with an MD from the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
In 1831, at the age of 22, as a result of his analysis of the blood of cholera victims, O'Shaughnessy laid the foundation for what was to become intravenous fluid and electrolyte-replacement therapy in the treatment of cholera.[1] Thomas Latta of Leith was later to become the first to use intravenous therapy based on O'Shaughnessy's research.[2] Work in India[edit] Return to India[edit] Knighthood and return to England[edit] He adopted the surname Brooke on the death of a relative. On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gunjah. By W. B. O'Shaughnessy, M.D., Assistant-Surgeon, and Professor of Chemistry, &c. In the Medical College of Calcutta. Presented October, 1839. The narcotic effects of Hemp are popularly known in the south of Africa, South America, Turkey, Egypt, Asia Minor, India, and the adjacent territories of the Malays, Burmese, and Siamese.
Much difference of opinion exists on the question, whether the Hemp so abundant in Europe, even in the high northern latitudes, is identical in specific characters with the Hemp of Asia Minor and Hindostan. In the subsequent article I first endeavour to present an adequate view of what has been recorded of the early history, the popular uses and employment in medicine of this powerful and valuable substance. Botanical characters, chemical properties, production. Medical cannabis. Cannabis indica fluid extract, American Druggists Syndicate, pre-1937. A dried bud of Trainwreck strain cannabis Cannabis has been used to reduce nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy and people with HIV/AIDS, and to treat pain and muscle spasticity;[6] its use for other medical applications has been studied, but there is insufficient data for conclusions about safety and efficacy.
Short-term use increases minor adverse effects, but does not appear to increase major adverse effects.[7] Long-term effects of cannabis are not clear,[7] and there are safety concerns including memory and cognition problems, risk for dependence and the risk of children taking it by accident.[6] Medical uses Cannabis as illustrated in Köhler's book of medicinal plants from 1897 The Institute of Medicine, run by the United States National Academy of Sciences, conducted a comprehensive study in 1999[dated info] assessing the potential health benefits of cannabis and its constituent cannabinoids.
Nausea and vomiting. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS: Dr. Lester Grinspoon on medical marijuana. The surprising effect of cannabis on morphine dependence. (PhysOrg.com) -- Injections of THC, the active principle of cannabis, eliminate dependence on opiates (morphine, heroin) in rats deprived of their mothers at birth. This has been shown by a study carried out by Valérie Daugé and her team at the Laboratory for Physiopathology of Diseases of the Central Nervous System (France) in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. The findings could lead to therapeutic alternatives to existing substitution treatments. In order to study psychiatric disorders, neurobiologists use animal models, especially maternal deprivation models.
Depriving rats of their mothers for several hours a day after their birth leads to a lack of care and to early stress. The lack of care, which takes place during a period of intense neuronal development, is liable to cause lasting brain dysfunction. Such animal models are validated for understanding the neurobiological and behavioral effects of postnatal conditions in humans. Provided by CNRS. A POTENTIAL ROLE FOR CANNABIS IN ADDICTION TREATMENT « doctorK's blog. Many people have already seen the CNN documentary by Soledad O’Brien “Gary and Tony Have a Baby”. Those who have not seen the documentary yet will likely see it, as CNN practically goes out of its way to bring this touching story to millions of people around the country. The story is about two professional gay men in a stable relationship of twenty years who, determined to have a family, overcame many obstacles, both legal and financial, in their quest to become parents, a story that they agreed to share, in all its intimate details, with their fellow countrymen, and they did it with a clear sense of pride and accomplishment.
This story, as far as I could see, was not just about Gary and Tony and the people who helped them in their quest, it was about our society’s views on this sort of things, or rather the evolution of these views that has taken place over the last 35 years or so. The same, the very same logic would apply for addiction treatment. Russo_Tale_of_Two_Cannabinoids_Med_Hypoth_2006.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Blog Archive » Mr. X by Carl Sagan. This account was written in 1969 for publication in Marihuana Reconsidered (1971). Sagan was in his mid-thirties at that time. He continued to use cannabis for the rest of his life. It all began about ten years ago. I had reached a considerably more relaxed period in my life – a time when I had come to feel that there was more to living than science, a time of awakening of my social consciousness and amiability, a time when I was open to new experiences. I had become friendly with a group of people who occasionally smoked cannabis, irregularly, but with evident pleasure. Initially I was unwilling to partake, but the apparent euphoria that cannabis produced and the fact that there was no physiological addiction to the plant eventually persuaded me to try.
I want to explain that at no time did I think these things ‘really’ were out there. The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before. HOW MANY MORONS HERE THINK MARIJUANA SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.