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Medical studies show cannabis effective for treating pain, spasms

With the results of a medical study summarized by a new report delivered to the California state legislature, the California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) claims it has established scientific proof that inhaled cannabis holds medical value at or above the level of conventional prescription medicines used for a variety of ailments.

“As a result of the vision and foresight of the California State Legislature Medical Marijuana Research Act

(SB847), the CMCR has successfully conducted the first clinical trials of smoked cannabis in the United

States in more than 20 years,” the group said in the study’s conclusion summary. “As a result of this program of systematic research, we now have reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising treatment in selected pain syndromes caused by injury or diseases of the nervous system, and possibly for painful muscle spasticity due to multiple sclerosis.

This is important news! Good news!! Please go read the entire article.

The fact that they are doing scientific studies – for the first time in twenty years – is a huge step in the correct direction, imho.

“Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any

measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within a supervised routine of medical care.”~DEA Administrative Law Judge, Francis Young,1988

**PDF WARNING** Marijuana Rescheduling Pamphlet

If scientists will continue to research and publish their results we will soon be looking at rewriting &/or rescinding these ridiculous laws.

**PDF WARNING**Smoke Screen: America’s Drug Policy and Medical Marijuana

Marijuana, or marihuana (Cannabis sativa), has been used medicinally for over

5,000 years
, recognized by U.S. physicians for its medicinal value as early as 1840, and

included in the United States Pharmacopoeia as a treatment for lack of appetite until

1942.

Marijuana use in the United States was not regulated by the federal or state governments until California prohibited its possession or sale in 1915. Virtually all of the states followed California’s lead by the time the federal government, in a move opposed by the American Medical Association (AMA), initiated its first attempt to “tax [marijuana] out of  existence” with the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.

In 1951, the Boggs Act established mandatory prison sentences and significant monetary fines, penalties which subsequently were strengthened by the 1956 Narcotic Control Act.

The CMCR study found:

‘There is good evidence now that cannabinoids (the active compounds in the marijuana plant) may be either an adjunct or a first-line treatment for … neuropathy,’ said Dr. Igor Grant, Director of the CMCR, at a news conference at the state Capitol,'” according to Salem-News. “He added that the efficacy of smoked marijuana was ‘very consistent,’ and that its pain-relieving effects were ‘comparable to the better existing treatments’ presently available by prescription.”

While the dangers of smoking remain, a study published by the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2006 showed that inhaling vapors from the cannabis plant, created by flushing heated air through a small chamber, is a “safe and effective” mode of transmission for the drug.

& just btw~ this study was done in Leiden, the  Netherlands!

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    • RiaD on February 20, 2010 at 16:02
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  1. to the stress response, though I doubt bogarting a doob has exactly the same effects.

  2. and the role of large corporations in outlawing its cultivation and use, go here.

    Unless one is an expert on the subject, you’ll be amazed when you read the details.  Yet another symptom of corporatism run amok.

  3. watch the campy, cult classic 1930s film “Reefer Madness” — an experience you won’t soon forget!

    Here’s a trailer…

  4. at least the side effects, warnings, will not scare the crap out of you. With most of the drugs they push on TV to reduce stress, anxiety and depression just listening to the disclaimers makes me feel like jumping out a window. The sleeping remedies are the worst. Warning side effects include: feeling groovy, laughing, munchies, listening to music, dancing and a who gives a shit attitude towards the man. They have good reason to not want pot legal. They generally just hate all herbs or natural remedies and they especially hate the ones that make you feel better and know that you are a part of nature.        

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