Study: THC Increases Brain Activity In Response To Positive Stimuli. White House response to NORML’s “We the People” marijuana legalization petition. Portugal Drug Policy: Decriminalization Works. Marijuana Treats Anxiety and Depression. Welcome to Room 420, where your instructor is Mr.
Ron Marczyk and your subjects are wellness, disease prevention, self actualization, and chillin'. By Ron Marczyk, R.N. This post is dedicated to these two great medical researchers. The fathers of homeostatic cannabinoid based medicine: The Daily Collegian. Posted by Ardee Napolitano on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 · 34 Comments Jeff Bernstein/Collegian Unlike tobacco, smoking marijuana – even when done regularly – does not damage the performance of people’s lungs, according to a recent study published by The Journal of the American Medical Association.
DC Moms and Dads Smoke A Lot of Weed. Active duty cop: ‘The war on drugs is a war on people’ By Stephen C.
WebsterFriday, January 27, 2012 11:22 EDT. Dylan Ratigan: Racism was rebranded ‘the war on drugs’ By Eric W.
DolanMonday, January 16, 2012 19:19 EDT MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan on Monday highlighted the concerning racial disparities that existed within America’s war against illegal drugs. Legalize It. Editor's Note: The views expressed in this piece are solely those of the blogger.
One night when I was in my early teens I was eating dinner at a Pizza Hut with my father and I told him with absolute confidence that I would never do illegal drugs . After all, it was so obviously stupid to do drugs. Our teachers had explained very clearly that doing drugs was associated with many, many problems and had virtually no benefits. Don't Undermine the Medical Marijuana Industry. Consider two small business owners: One sells a product that medical researchers have shown is a major cause of health problems, from cancer to heart disease.
The other provides a medical treatment that doctors prescribe for glaucoma, pain, and the side effects of chemotherapy. Which owner can borrow from a bank and deduct expenses on income tax returns? The answer is the first, who sells cigarettes; the second, who sells medical marijuana, cannot. (To be clear, dispensary owners aren't prohibited from applying for bank credit. THC Prevents MDMA Neurotoxicity in Mice - PubMed Mobile. Study: Why Teen Pot Smoking Could be a Good Thing (And What We Can Learn From Teens Who Choose Weed Over Beer) The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) released the results of its 2011 Monitoring the Future Survey of teen drug use, and guess what: Teens are using cigarettes and alcohol less, but they are smoking more marijuana.
Do medical marijuana laws decrease traffic deaths? Opinions about the legality of medical marijuana usually hinge on questions about whether marijuana is a gateway drug, or whether it encourages recreational drug use.
Now a controversial new paper (unpublished and not peer-reviewed, but released for discussion), has added more smoke to the debate. According to authors D. Mark Anderson and Daniel I. Rees, the passage of medical marijuana laws in 16 states have also helped to reduce traffic deaths. New research — Cannabis receptor in brain protects against aging? Bonn - In a truly beautiful twist of culture vs. science which few people could have envisioned, German researchers have discovered that turning off a receptor related to cannabinoids causes mouse brains to age.
There’s a similar receptor in humans. The researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Mainz have found a “mechanism” whereby turning off this receptor, known as the cannabinoid-1 receptor, resulted in symptoms similar to dementia in humans. This is a new discovery, and a previously unknown function of the receptor. Scientists Link Malfunctions in the Endocannabinoid System to Bulimia and Anorexia. For years, doctors and counselors have tried in vain to find exact causes for bulimia and anorexia nervosa.
Experts cite genetic conditions, psychological trauma, family issues, societal and cultural influences, or combinations of all of the above as possible factors. This means that treatment can be very complex. Marijuana Not Linked With Long Term Cognitive Impairment. The idea that “marijuana makes you dumb” has long been embodied in the stereotype of the slow, stupid stoner, seen in numerous Hollywood movies and TV comedies and going unquestioned by much of American culture. But a new study says no: the researchers followed nearly 2,000 young Australian adults for eight years and found that marijuana has little long-term effect on learning and memory— and any cognitive damage that does occur as a result of cannabis use is reversible.
Participants were aged 20-24 at the start of the study, which was part of a larger project on community health. Researchers categorized them as light, heavy, former or non-users of cannabis based on their answers to questions about marijuana habits. Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic. Is Marijuana really the Wonder-Drug that could Help Millions or actually a Menace of Society? In fact, the US DEA has the audacity to decree that marijuana has no accepted medical use. This decision by the DEA comes almost nine years after medical marijuana supporters asked the government to reclassify cannabis to take into account a growing body of research that shows its effectiveness in treating certain diseases, is clearly a self-serving act to keep their funds coming and their agents busy. Obesity is less common in pot smokers. Alcohol Is More Than Twice As Harmful As Marijuana: Study. Alcohol causes far more damage to users and to society than does the use of marijuana, according to a new study published online in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the journal of the British Association of Psychopharmacology.
Researchers at the Imperial College of London looked at "the relative physical, psychological, and social harms of cannabis and alcohol," reports Paul Armentano at AlterNet. They determined that marijuana smoking, particularly longterm, does some harm to the lungs and circulatory system, and increases certain mental-health risks (which is debatable). But in contrast, the authors described alcohol as "a toxic substance" responsible for almost five percent "of the total global disease burden. " "A direct comparison of alcohol and cannabis showed that alcohol was considered to be more than twice as harmful as cannabis to users, and five times more harmful as cannabis to others (society)," investigators determined.
Marijuana Versus Alcohol: A "killer" drug is legal, but people are jailed for a healing herb. The alcohol industry is afraid of legalized recreational marijuana...for obvious reasons. JAMA: Long-Term Exposure To Cannabis Smoke Is Not Associated With Adverse Effects On Pulmonary Function. Study: No lung danger from casual pot smoking. Add one more data point to the decades-old debate over marijuana legalization: A new study concludes that casual pot smoking - up to one joint per day - does not affect the functioning of your lungs.
The study, published in the Jan. 11 edition of Journal of the American Medical Association, also offered up a nugget that likely will surprise many: Evidence points to slight increases in lung airflow rates and increases in lung volume from occasional marijuana use. Air flow is the amount of air someone can blow out of their lungs one second after taking the deepest breath possible. The volume measure is the total amount of air blown out once someone has taken the deepest breath possible. Association Between Marijuana Exposure and Pulmonary Function Over 20 Years The study of 5115 men and women took place over two decades between March 26, 1985 and August 19, 2006 in 4 American cities: Birmingham, Chicago, Oakland, Calif., and Minneapolis.
United States of America. Why Legalize Now? - Mark Thornton. Legalize It - Stefano R. Mugnaini. An Open Letter to Mayor Bloomberg - Robert P. Murphy. Call off the global drug war. In an extraordinary new initiative announced earlier this month, the Global Commission on Drug Policy has made some courageous and profoundly important recommendations in a report on how to bring more effective control over the illicit drug trade. The commission includes the former presidents or prime ministers of five countries, a former secretary general of the United Nations, human rights leaders, and business and government leaders, including Richard Branson, George P.
Half-Baked Idea?: Legalizing Marijuana Will Help the Environment. Criminal Justice Petition: Demand CBS Reverse Decision Declaring Pro-Marijuana Ad “Too Political” Who We Are and Why We Fight: "People Who Do Drugs, and People Who Don't, Will End the War on Drugs" December 14, 2011 | Is linked to drug addiction. Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The Marijuana Conspiracy. Marijuana Law Reform - NORML.
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