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Marijuana: Synthetic Versions Are More Dangerous

If you’ve ever looked carefully you may have noticed that man just can’t create synthetic chemicals and compositions that are as safe as those found in nature. That is proving to be repeatedly true when it comes to comparing synthetic cannabis (marijuana) and natural whole plant marijuana. This study set out to compare the psychopathological […]

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Marijuana Treatment For Tourette’s Syndrome

Individuals have long claimed that cannabis sativa (marijuana) and the THC it contains is effective in the treatment of the involuntary tics and the behavioral disorders associated with Tourette’s Syndrome. 12 adult Tourette’s patients participated in this randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover single-dose trial of THC vs. placebo in order to assess the effects. They were […]

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Marijuana Use Does Not Change Brain Volume

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was used to search for any effects on the hippocampus, which is a region of the brain especially involved in memory as well as motion. A group of 22 older, long-term cannabis (marijuana) users with an average lifetime of 20,100 smoking episodes were compared to 26 comparison subjects with no history […]

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Marijuana Users Have Less Depression, Study Says

Living with a medical condition can easily alter ones mood, and medical marijuana (cannabis) users who consume this natural medicine may have depression associated with their symptoms, but do marijuana users in general have depression? This study evaluated 4,400 adult users via the internet by completing The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale and measures […]

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When It Comes To Marijuana, Synthetic Isn’t The Same

Lets travel all the way back to 1985. At that time the FDA approved a drug containing THC called dronabinal, and the trade name is Marinol. Perhaps some of you have heard of it. It was approved for nausea and vomiting for chemotherapy patients. Forward to 1992 and it becomes recommended as a treatment for […]

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Medical Marijuana Does Not Inhibit Motivation

The proponents of any type of prohibition will often promote undocumented ideas to promote their own, and the same is true of those who would continue the oppression of cannabis (marijuana) prohibition. One of those assertions is that marijuana drains a users motivation, creates apathy and a general inability to progress in life. In order […]

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Marijuana Users Retain Brain Function

There are many who still question both the short and long term potential effects of cannabis (marijuana) use on multiple aspects of brain function, and those questions may take decades to fully answer. However, this study attempted to determine the non-acute effects of marijuana use on associative memory investigated with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). […]

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Marijuana May Treat Psoriasis

Cannabinoids are the broad category for many of the components found in the cannabis sativa (marijuana) plant. They are anti-inflammatory in nature and have inhibitory effects on a number of tumor cell lines. Here. And here. For example. Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease, characterized in part by hyper-proliferation of some epidermal cells. This study set […]

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Marijuana May Treat Some Lung Cancers

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States for both men and women. The high numbers of deaths result from a combination of the aggressive nature of the disease combined with poor responses to typical synthetic medicine approaches. THC is a primary cannabinoid in cannabis (marijuana) and has been shown […]

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Marijuana Use Reduces Risk Of This Cancer

Some of the chemicals in cannabis (marijuana) have been shown to potentially have anti-tumor properties. In this study, 434 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were compared to matched individuals of age, gender and town of residence, and information was gathered on lifetime marijuana use. The authors found that 10-20 years of marijuana […]