Tue, 16 Jun 2009
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Caribbean governments are being urged to allow for the cultivation and exportation of marijuana for medical purposes despite it being an illegal drug in all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.“People are ...
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Tue, 16 Jun 2009
For over thirty years the US administration has under successive Presidents, provided a means for people suffering from painful, debilitating and sometimes terminal medical conditions, to have safe access to medical marijuana, putting to bed once ...
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Mon, 15 Jun 2009
SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday, raising its pandemic warning from phase 5 to 6, making swine flu the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. Now that H1N1 “Swine ...
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Wed, 10 Jun 2009
Croatia’s supreme court has overthrown on appeal a jail sentence given to a war veteran who used marijuana to calm his nerves, with the court saying that his use of the drug against Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was legitimate. Technical...
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Tue, 09 Jun 2009
Some Mpumalanga citizens want to see the South African government legalise dagga to accommodate international tourists coming to the country for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Bushbuckridge music producer, Jerry Hlatshwayo, said it was disturbing that p...
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Mon, 08 Jun 2009
In light of the recent changes to the cannabis laws which the United Kingdom is forced to abide by, and the fact many of the principles involved in changing the law are no longer in their jobs, (former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was a prime mover...
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Sat, 06 Jun 2009
The surprising finding that THC might help at least a small percentage of schizophrenia patients for whom conventional treatments have failed was reported in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. This is surprising because,...
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Sat, 06 Jun 2009
The Dandy Warhols performed at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles last night (June 4) at an event supporting US marijuana legislation reform. Bauhaus’ David J also spun tunes at the event, which benefited the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), ...
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Fri, 05 Jun 2009
The Croatian Supreme Court has recognised marijuana as a substance effective in helping people deal with so-called post traumatic stress syndrome. The court has overturned the conviction of a man named as K.D. from the northern town of Virovitica....
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Tue, 02 Jun 2009
A significant percentage of HIV/AIDS patients use marijuana to alleviate their symptoms, and rate it as effective as prescribed or over the counter (OTC) medicines, says study. Scientists associated with the University of California, San Francisco...
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