Tag Archives: Health
Did the Veterans Administration Unseat Marijuana From Schedule I?
To be a Schedule I drug, a substance must meet 3 qualifications: There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision, AND The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in … Continue reading
Cannabinoids: The Marijuana Miracle Medicine
With protections for VA medical marijuana patients now secured by VHA DIRECTIVE 2010-035, some are wondering why the DEA continues to treat marijuana as a Schedule I drug. And what — if any — is the significance of the Directive in light of last year’s federal … Continue reading
Cannabis Once Again Shown To Halt Cancer Growth — So Why Aren’t We Studying It In Humans?
The administration of THC reduces the tumor growth of metastatic breast cancer and “might constitute a new therapeutic tool for the treatment” of cancerous tumors, according to preclinical data published online in the journal Molecular Cancer. Investigators from Complutense University in Madrid … Continue reading
Advocacy group seizes moment
MMJ advocacy group Americans for Safe Access filed a legal brief Wednesday with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in hopes of correcting “statements by the federal government that ‘marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United … Continue reading
Cannibinoids Offer Novel Treatment for Pain in Sickle Cell Disease, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily (July 23, 2010) — A University of Minnesota Medical School research team led by Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D., has discovered that cannibinoids offer a novel approach to ease the chronic and acute pain caused by sickle cell disease (SCD). Using a … Continue reading
