In the winter of 1972, 20 young women took part in one of the weirdest scientific experiments in this country’s history. For 98 days in a downtown Toronto hospital, their brains, hearts, kidneys, livers, blood and urine were rigorously tested and analyzed. A team of nurses kept round-the-clock records of their behaviour, logged at half-hour […]
Tag: Marijuana
Teen marijuana use Common because of Canadian Drug Policy
The high rate of marijuana use among Canada’s youth is a by-product of strict drug control, pot activist and BC Green Party candidate Jodie Emery said. Canada has the highest rate of cannabis use among young people in developed countries, according to a recent report by UNICEF. In Canada, 28 per cent of kids aged […]
Marijuana studies under Trudeau shelved before results Analyzed
Ralph Miller was barely 30 years when he was hand-picked to lead a Canadian commission on whether marijuana should be legalized. As research director, it was his job to guide a small army of scientists to investigate the nonmedicinal impact of a much-demonized drug during the late 1960s and early 1970s. On May 29, 1969, […]
The National Disgrace Of Marijuana Possession Arrests
The New Inquiry, sociologist Harry Levine explains the terrible mechanics propelling apartheid-style law enforcement in America: Police arrest mostly young and low-income men for marijuana possession, disproportionately blacks and Latinos. In the last 15 years, police and sheriff ’s departments in every major U.S. city and county have made over 10 million of these possession […]
Backers of Marijuana in Alaska Want 2014 Vote
Alaska voters may get the chance next year to make their state the third in the country to approve the recreational use of marijuana by adults 21 and older. Backers of the move on Tuesday took the first step toward getting the measure on the August 2014 primary ballot. Three prime sponsors of the effort […]
Marijuana And Tourette’s Syndrome
The American Medical Association states in their online report “Medical Marijuana (A-01),” accessed on Jan. 10, 2007: “Only limited data exist on the effects of marijuana in patients with Tourette’s syndrome who respond inadequately to standard treatment, consisting of 4 case histories that report beneficial effects of smoked marijuana and 1 who reported substantial benefit […]
Acute Effects Of Smoked Marijuana And Oral Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol In Asthmatics
American Review of Respiratory Disease, Volume 109, 1974, p. 420-428 By Donald P. Tashkin, Bertrand J. Shapiro, and Ira M. Frank SUMMARY: The acute effects of smoked 2 per cent natural marijuana (7 mg per kg) and 15 mg of oral delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on plethysmographically determined airway resistance (Raw) and specific airway conductance (SGaw) were […]
Marijuana And Asthma
Nature, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, stated in an 11/02/00 article titled “Bidirectional Control of Airway Responsiveness by Endogenous Cannabinoids” by Calignano et al. (p.96-101): “Smoking marijuana or administration of its main active constituent, THC, may exert potent dilating effects on human airways. But the physiological significance of this observation and its potential therapeutic value are […]
Cannabis Sativa: Essential Guide World’s Finest Marijuana Strains 1
First Impressions – After reading the impressive Cannabis Indica: Vol. 1, I was especially excited to read Cannabis Sativa: Vol. 1, the second strain guide written in the series. Boasting “100 amazing strains from 100 great breeders”, and filled with beautiful photography, this is eye candy at it’s finest and easily lived up to my “high” expectations. Similar […]
Medical Marijuana Goes On Sale In Czech Pharmacies
Medical marijuana legally went on sale Tuesday in pharmacies across the Czech Republic for patients suffering from cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or psoriasis. The new law does not foresee health insurance coverage for marijuana, touted by some as a medical miracle drug. The prescription-only drug formally became legal on Monday, but was virtually unavailable as most […]