Clinical Trial for Veterans with PTSD Has Already Obtained Approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U. Arizona Institutional Review Board, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday, April 2: Veterans, Military Family Members and Supporters to Rally at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza After 22 years of hard-fought efforts, the non-profit pharmaceutical company […]
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Albany Today: Faith Leaders Join Patients and Families in Calling on Legislature to Show Compassion and Immediately Pass Medical Marijuana Bill
Dozens of Patients, Caregivers, Providers and Faith Leaders Travel from Across the State to Demand Passage of Compassionate Care Act Advocates Call on New York Senate Leaders to Stop Delays and Allow a Vote to Stop the Needless Suffering of Sick New Yorkers NOTE: Likely press conference today at 2:30 outside the LCA with Faith […]
Medical marijuana users can grow at home, for now
A Federal Court judge in Vancouver has granted a last-minute reprieve for medical marijuana users who say they need to be able to grow their own pot at home. On Friday morning, the judge granted an injunction allowing those who have a personal production licence to grow medical marijuana to continue for now, pending the outcome of […]
Workers Fired for Medical Pot Sue for Unemployment Benefits
The Michigan court of appeals will hear the cases of two medical marijuana patients who were fired from their jobs for smoking pot legally and then denied unemployment benefits. JenineKemp, a CT scan technician who suffers from lupus, was fired in 2011 for testi… High Times
Medical Cannabis Could Block H.I.V.’s Spread
On a warm summer day in Chicago at the International Cannabinoid Research Conference, hundreds of marijuana researchers were giggling. It wasn’t the groundbreaking research they’d just heard—proving the ability of THC, one of the active ingredients in marijuana, to stave off HIV (or RIV in monkeys)—that did it. Nor was it the author of the […]
Oregon’s Youngest Medical Cannabis Patient Is Now Cancer Free
Paediatric cannabis therapy is saving children. Awareness is the most important thing at this moment. The anti-tumor effects of cannabinoids and THC have been demonstrated for quite some time now. In the 1980′s, cannabinoid receptors were discovered in the human brain, which made it obvious that our body has to synthesize something that binds to […]
Canada – New Marijuana Regulations Worry Medical Cannabis Users
The medicine that Valley resident Bob Davidson takes for multiple sclerosis treats all of his symptoms, has allowed him to wean himself off morphine and get out of his wheelchair and start walking again. But that medication may soon become unaffordable, putting his most effective treatment – marijuana – out of reach. Federal changes to […]
Wednesday: Patients, Families, Doctors Host Medical Marijuana Educational Forum in Syracuse, New York
Advocates Say There Are Enough Votes to Pass Medical Marijuana in NY: Senate Must Act Now East Syracuse – Wednesday, patients, families, advocates, and doctors will host an educational forum in East Syracuse. The public forum is part of the March for Compassion—a month-long series of actions and events across the state to educate New […]
The Great Iowa Medical Marijuana Debacle
Some Iowa families say without medical marijuana, they will have no choice but to move to Colorado to save their children’s lives. Meanwhile, the state government claims that although they are sympathetic to the severity of their situation, they can find no reason t… High Times
Patients, Families, Doctors Host Educational Medical Marijuana Forum Tonight in Mineola, Long Island
March for Compassion Continues Throughout the State as Support for the Compassionate Care Act Grows Long Island – Tonight, patients, families, advocates, and doctors will host an educational forum in Mineola, Long Island. The public forum is part of the March for Compassion — a month-long series of actions and events across the state to […]