Dispatches

Edward Snowden’s Permanent Record

Ed Snowden’s autobiography is unputdownable. I had no idea until page 198 that he has...

Most Iraq and Afghanistan vets now regret the mission

“Trump’s Opposition to ‘Endless Wars’ Appeals to Those Who Fought Them” read the headline above a front-page story by...
Red Spinach

By Kim Kaplan, 11/4/19 USDA Red, the world’s first true red spinach variety has been developed and released by the Agricultural Research...
Comes now The ‘American Journal of Endocannabinoid Science’

A November 2 LinkedIn post from Michael Patterson NHA, OTR/L, CEAS introduced the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Science: “I’m proud to...
Vaping Crisis Backgrounder

A front-page story by Matt Richtel in the New York Times October 21 contains some useful info about the rising incidence of lung damage caused by...
UC Davis launches ‘Hemp and Cannabis Research Center’

This article ran in the California Aggie (the UC Davis weekly) October 18. Evidently the ‘center’ will be an administrative entity, not...
Protected: Cannabis as a treatment for Glaucoma

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"Most of all, we’ve got to hide it from the kids." —Paul Simon

Raphael Mechoulam Gets the Biopic He Deserves

The Appropriate Anthem

The Cannabis Female Flower

The Raid on WAMM

Second Column

Off-season news: baseball, boo, and Bernie

The devil weed is being dropped from the list of banned substances for minor league players. (Boo...

Sympathy for Mrs. Sackler

“Tufts Removes Sackler Name Over Opioids: ‘Our Students Find it Objectionable'” was the NY Times headline December 6. (The...
Thanksgiving 2019

The President says there is a “War on Thanksgiving,” and he’s right. Although most people appreciate the occasion to see friends...
Stopping Soda Sales led to Slimmer Staff at UCSF

Banning the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages at UCSF resulted in belt-tightening by employees —literally. Such a ban was implemented from July 2015...

Correspondence

Addiction Specialists weigh impact of legal marijuana use

Addiction Specialists weigh impact of legal mariju...

Mayo Clinic Findings re Vape-Related Lung Damage

Mayo Clinic Findings re Vape-Related Lung Damage

ASA’s Line on the Vaping Crisis

ASA’s Line on the Vaping Crisis

Items You Might Have Missed 9/19/19

Items You Might Have Missed 9/19/19

NASEM Report on Immunotherapy in Treatment of Cancer

NASEM Report on Immunotherapy in Treatment of Canc...

Items you might have missed…

Items you might have missed…

Hidden Valves

Harlequin bugs don’t bug Harlequin cultivator

Harlequin bugs don’t bug Harlequin cultivato...

NBME and the Testing Racket

NBME and the Testing Racket

Prop 65 Trolls Bring in Millions

Prop 65 Trolls Bring in Millions

Marijuana Anonymous Plug in the New York Times

Marijuana Anonymous Plug in the New York Times

CA will let more venues host MJ events

CA will let more venues host MJ events

‘Structural Racism’ pervades US health care

‘Structural Racism’ pervades US health...

‘Reinvent the DEA’ op-ed in the NY Times

‘Reinvent the DEA’ op-ed in the NY Tim...

Will Bayer/Monsanto stop promoting aspirin?

Will Bayer/Monsanto stop promoting aspirin?

To the Editor of the New Scientist

To the Editor of the New Scientist

The ominous side of banning fentanyl

The ominous side of banning fentanyl

Survey Seeks Just the Facts

Survey Seeks Just the Facts

Correspondence 8/3/18

Correspondence 8/3/18

People vs Ahmed Decision Published

People vs Ahmed Decision Published

Does UC Stand For ‘Unnecessary Cowardice?’

Does UC Stand For ‘Unnecessary Cowardice?...

Hergenrathers carrying the message Down Under

Hergenrathers carrying the message Down Under

On Listening to Rick Steves

On Listening to Rick Steves

Why no Cannabis Clinicians on the Medical Board?

Why no Cannabis Clinicians on the Medical Board?

Smoke Gets in Your Image

Smoke Gets in Your Image

Marijuana doesn’t make you stupid after all!

Marijuana doesn’t make you stupid after all!

Stuart McMillen’s Latest

Stuart McMillen’s Latest

Impact of ‘Legalization’ in Cool, CA

Impact of ‘Legalization’ in Cool, CA

Vets Storm the Hill

Vets Storm the Hill

Is “unconfound” a word?

Is “unconfound” a word?

Another look at “The Gene Myth”

Another look at “The Gene Myth”

Cannabis and Cardio Risk (MRIN)

Cannabis and Cardio Risk (MRIN)

MBC Won’t Prune its Diseased ‘Decision...

A most revealing lede

A most revealing lede

Add Trippet Kudos

Add Trippet Kudos

Her neurologist ‘was not against the idea’

Her neurologist ‘was not against the idea...

Epidiolex getting priority review from FDA

Epidiolex getting priority review from FDA

Joseph and Mary

Joseph and Mary

SCC Correspondence

SCC Correspondence

Note to Felicity Nelson re N=1 Trials

Note to Felicity Nelson re N=1 Trials

And the winner is… The Emerald Cup

And the winner is… The Emerald Cup

Temper Your Reductionism

Temper Your Reductionism

Cal/OSHA Cannabis Industry Advisory Meeting

Cal/OSHA Cannabis Industry Advisory Meeting

Multimodal Minus Marijuana

Multimodal Minus Marijuana

Will New York cover cannabis consultations?

Will New York cover cannabis consultations?

Did Cannabis Kill the Baby?

Did Cannabis Kill the Baby?

Correspondence 11/21/17

Correspondence 11/21/17

MJ Recommendation Won’t Save Your Job

MJ Recommendation Won’t Save Your Job

Mass Production of ‘Minor’ Cannabinoids —via Yeast

Mass Production of ‘Minor’ Cannabinoid...

SCC Wants Terpenoid Testing in California

SCC Wants Terpenoid Testing in California

Roundup Ready for Elimination

Roundup Ready for Elimination

Congress Protected Opiate Pushers

Congress Protected Opiate Pushers

MBC to Weigh New MJ Guidelines October 27

MBC to Weigh New MJ Guidelines October 27

Notes From Practitioners

Notes From Practitioners

Bruce Anderson’s Warning on MJ

Bruce Anderson’s Warning on MJ

Florida’s Rules re Medical Cannabis

Florida’s Rules re Medical Cannabis

Why no Testing for Terpenes?

Why no Testing for Terpenes?

Protesting the MBC’s ‘Agreement’

Protesting the MBC’s ‘Agreement’

The Rollback in Orange County

The Rollback in Orange County

Too much THC is not calming (news flash)

Too much THC is not calming (news flash)

A Radical Idea re Voting

A Radical Idea re Voting

Defending the CUD Diagnosis

Defending the CUD Diagnosis

Chronicling ‘Legalization’

Chronicling ‘Legalization’

What is Causing the Opiate Epidemic?

What is Causing the Opiate Epidemic?

MBC to assess “impact of cannabis use on physicians”

MBC to assess “impact of cannabis use on phy...

Cannabis and Immunotherapy

Cannabis and Immunotherapy

A Peruvian Paige Figi

A Peruvian Paige Figi

Background on Cannabis v. Alcohol

Background on Cannabis v. Alcohol

The Looming Threat of Zero Tolerance

The Looming Threat of Zero Tolerance

‘Stakeholder Engagement Meeting’ on NAS Report

‘Stakeholder Engagement Meeting’ on NA...

Black Women Ignored as Doulas, Acknowledged as Specimens

Black Women Ignored as Doulas, Acknowledged as Spe...

Mendocino Misdemean-ness

Mendocino Misdemean-ness

Where Does the FSMB say ‘Sic ’em?’

Where Does the FSMB say ‘Sic ’em?̵...

Sessions’ Session Unsettles Swerdlow

Sessions’ Session Unsettles Swerdlow

MJ does raise risk of a car crash

MJ does raise risk of a car crash

Looking for Comstock’s Lode

Looking for Comstock’s Lode

The Last Refuge of a Marketer

The Last Refuge of a Marketer

From a victim of ECT

From a victim of ECT

On Electroconvulsive ‘Therapy’

On Electroconvulsive ‘Therapy’

Note to the Editor of the Voice

Note to the Editor of the Voice

Solstice Correspondence

Solstice Correspondence

Prop 64 turning felonies into misdemeanors

Prop 64 turning felonies into misdemeanors

MBC will discuss MJ with ‘interested parties’… someday

MBC will discuss MJ with ‘interested parties...

SCC vs FSMB in JAMA

SCC vs FSMB in JAMA

On ‘The 21st Century Cures Act’

On ‘The 21st Century Cures Act’

Pot and ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’

Pot and ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’

Legalization Comes to California

Legalization Comes to California

No Sales Tax for CA Patients With State ID Cards When 64 Passes

No Sales Tax for CA Patients With State ID Cards W...

Glantz Conflates Cannabis and Cigarette Smoke

Glantz Conflates Cannabis and Cigarette Smoke

Mendocino Manifesto —No on the Cannabis Tax Initiative

Mendocino Manifesto —No on the Cannabis Tax Initia...

Scripture and Strategy

Scripture and Strategy

Manufacturing Confusion

Manufacturing Confusion

How Practice Changes Us

How Practice Changes Us

Goldstrich on Med Board “Expectations”

Goldstrich on Med Board “Expectations”

Protected: Society of Cannabis Clinicians’ P...

Honest —Abe Lincoln Didn’t Smoke Hemp

Honest —Abe Lincoln Didn’t Smoke Hemp

On Med Board ‘Expectations’ —Three Com...

Med Boards Define ‘Expectations’ of Cannabis Clinicians

Med Boards Define ‘Expectations’ of Ca...

The Situation in Hawaii

The Situation in Hawaii

What’s the Matter with Australia?

What’s the Matter with Australia?

Sleep and 2-AG

Bernie in Vallejo

Bernie in Vallejo

Pruf Hacks and Foreign Affairs

Pruf Hacks and Foreign Affairs

Concern about MMRSA

Concern about MMRSA

Over the Transom May 12

Over the Transom May 12

‘Disaster’

Correspondence: The Opioid Epidemic

Correspondence: The Opioid Epidemic

Correspondence re Ragland

Correspondence re Ragland

On the Arrest of Dr. Ragland

On the Arrest of Dr. Ragland

‘Re-legalize,’ says Jonik

‘Re-legalize,’ says Jonik

Johnny Carson (The Stephen Colbert of his day)

Johnny Carson (The Stephen Colbert of his day)

MJ Use Before Acute MI Lowers In-hospital Mortality Risk

MJ Use Before Acute MI Lowers In-hospital Mortalit...

Caucasians Corner Cannabis Market

Caucasians Corner Cannabis Market

Cannabis in North Korea: an Update

Cannabis in North Korea: an Update

Note to Dr. Mechoulam

Note to Dr. Mechoulam

Dealing with Dupuytren’s

Dealing with Dupuytren’s

Were you ever at the SF Cannabis Buyers Club?

Were you ever at the SF Cannabis Buyers Club?

Tod’s IACM Poster on Pesticide Exposure

Tod’s IACM Poster on Pesticide Exposure

Clemency for Pot Lifers!

Clemency for Pot Lifers!

Sue Sisley’s PTSD Study on Viceland

Sue Sisley’s PTSD Study on Viceland

Hemp Plastics Now!

Hemp Plastics Now!

Realities the Movement Must Recognize

Realities the Movement Must Recognize

Bertha Madras in the Sunshine State

Bertha Madras in the Sunshine State

An Open Letter to Roger Goodell

An Open Letter to Roger Goodell

Subversion of Quackery

Subversion of Quackery

Rediscovered: lymph circulation in brain

Rediscovered: lymph circulation in brain

New York requiring CME for MDs who recommend cannabis

New York requiring CME for MDs who recommend canna...

Ohio Legalization Measure Splits Activists

Ohio Legalization Measure Splits Activists

From Bernie Man to Halloween

From Bernie Man to Halloween

The Situation in Ohio

The Situation in Ohio

Know Your Med Board

Exam reveals a malignant sentence in SB-643

Exam reveals a malignant sentence in SB-643

End Private Prisons

End Private Prisons

Real Legalization

Real Legalization

The 2015 IACM Meeting

The 2015 IACM Meeting

Dr. Frankel on THC-A

Dr. Frankel on THC-A

‘Legalization’ Initiative won’t protect most workers and students

‘Legalization’ Initiative won’t ...

The Cannabis Cult Creates Lobots

The Cannabis Cult Creates Lobots

Medical Benefits of Cannabis —The Respectable Proof

Medical Benefits of Cannabis —The Respectable Proo...

About those pending reforms…

About those pending reforms…

To Veterans With Invisible Wounds

To Veterans With Invisible Wounds

Correspondence to the SCC

Correspondence to the SCC

AB-266 —the latest version

AB-266 —the latest version

Note to the SCC: Med Board Meeting in SF July 30-3...

What Would Brownie Mary Do?

What Would Brownie Mary Do?

Jared Hunter’s Story

Jared Hunter’s Story

Medical MJ Regulations approved by CA Senate Committee

Medical MJ Regulations approved by CA Senate Commi...

Mechoulam’s Democratic Perspective

Mechoulam’s Democratic Perspective

Addiction Specialists are the Drug Warriors’ “Brain Trust”

Addiction Specialists are the Drug Warriors’...

Putting Down 420MD —and What Would Tod Do?

Putting Down 420MD —and What Would Tod Do?

Department of Weights & Measures

Department of Weights & Measures

A Rare Case of Cannabis Allergy

A Rare Case of Cannabis Allergy

Is Cannabis-Based Medicine a Viable Specialty?

Is Cannabis-Based Medicine a Viable Specialty?

Protected: PS From Dr. Sajben

Protected: PS From Dr. Sajben

Phrenology in the 21st Century

Phrenology in the 21st Century

More on Cannabis Suppositories

More on Cannabis Suppositories

How Efficient are Cannabis Suppositories?

How Efficient are Cannabis Suppositories?

Cannabis and Pregnancy

Cannabis and Pregnancy

Medical Marijuana Jeopardized in Washington State

Medical Marijuana Jeopardized in Washington State

Lawyers say CA MDs can Approve Out-of-staters

Lawyers say CA MDs can Approve Out-of-staters

Arguments for a Harmfulness Tax

Arguments for a Harmfulness Tax

A doctor reads to her daughter

A doctor reads to her daughter

Go, Ducks!

Appreciating Tod Mikuriya

Appreciating Tod Mikuriya

As the Smoke Clears

As the Smoke Clears

Some of us have spent too much of our lives away from the world

Some of us have spent too much of our lives away f...

That Benefit Was Not Unexpected

That Benefit Was Not Unexpected

The Latest Plague (Aculops cannabicola)

The Latest Plague (Aculops cannabicola)

Why do Other Rich Nations Spend so Much Less on Healthcare?

Why do Other Rich Nations Spend so Much Less on He...

They’re Allowed to Shoot Children on the Street

They’re Allowed to Shoot Children on the Str...

On “Runner’s Joy”

On “Runner’s Joy”

Plant Geneticist Seeking Unhybridized Strains

Plant Geneticist Seeking Unhybridized Strains

Cannabis vs Glioma: Another Encouraging ‘Anecdote’

Cannabis vs Glioma: Another Encouraging ‘Ane...

Legislators Seek Cal NORML’s Approval

Legislators Seek Cal NORML’s Approval

California’s Corporate Democrats

California’s Corporate Democrats

PC (Pro-Cannabis) Politician Fighting Recall

PC (Pro-Cannabis) Politician Fighting Recall

Big PhRMA Pervades the Teaching Hospitals

Big PhRMA Pervades the Teaching Hospitals

Becoming a “Brand Ambassador”

Is Kannaway’s CBD-rich Hemp Oil Legal?

Is Kannaway’s CBD-rich Hemp Oil Legal?

Frankel on Recent CBDevelopments

Frankel on Recent CBDevelopments

London Calling

Bedrocan sets date for “Masterclass 2014”

Bedrocan sets date for “Masterclass 2014R...

The Arrest of Chapo Guzman

The Arrest of Chapo Guzman

Cannabinoids and the blood-brain barrier

Cannabinoids and the blood-brain barrier

Dr. Frankel to Santa Monica Planners…

Dr. Frankel to Santa Monica Planners…

Medical Cannabis Endangered in Washington State

Medical Cannabis Endangered in Washington State

No need to go to Colorado (if you’re in California)

No need to go to Colorado (if you’re in Cali...

Note to Carl Hart

Note to Carl Hart

CBDisinformation

CBDisinformation

Medicare for All!

Medicare for All!

Dr. Atomic’s Bong

Dr. Atomic’s Bong

On the Exploitation of Veterans

On the Exploitation of Veterans

Note from a Pro-Prozac Psychiatrist

Note from a Pro-Prozac Psychiatrist

Massachusetts Mystery

Massachusetts Mystery

Note to Gary Storck

Note to Gary Storck

Hayden is Hopeful

Hayden is Hopeful

Oxytocin, Astrocytes, Modification of Amygdala Circuits and Pain

Oxytocin, Astrocytes, Modification of Amygdala Cir...

Saying no to GMP Cannabis

Saying no to GMP Cannabis

It’s all about the Benjamins, baby

It’s all about the Benjamins, baby

Note to the SCC re Medical Devices

Note to the SCC re Medical Devices

CBD and appetite

CBD and appetite

The US patent for medicinal acidic cannabinoids

The US patent for medicinal acidic cannabinoids

California Patients Group Opposes Regulations

California Patients Group Opposes Regulations

“Federal Government Ahead of California” —DeAngelo

“Federal Government Ahead of California̶...

McCain’s open-mindedness (note to Sunil)

McCain’s open-mindedness (note to Sunil)

Mitochondrial Free Energy Liberation

Mitochondrial Free Energy Liberation

Note to a Giants Fan re: Marijuana Dependence

Note to a Giants Fan re: Marijuana Dependence

Buford Blurbs Piper

Buford Blurbs Piper

The Ultimate Upholder of Prohibition

The Ultimate Upholder of Prohibition

More on Morgenthau

More on Morgenthau

Under the Volcano (price-wise)

Under the Volcano (price-wise)

Note to Martin re: Our Double Bind

Note to Martin re: Our Double Bind

re: Paraquat (cc to Peter Bourne)

re: Paraquat (cc to Peter Bourne)

Juicing as a class thing

Juicing as a class thing

Note to Carl L. Hart

Note to Carl L. Hart

So Far, So Good

So Far, So Good

“The Server Went Down…”

“The Server Went Down…”

Note to Jane Brody

Note to Jane Brody

An Instruction to the Green Party

An Instruction to the Green Party

The Green Party Line on Marijuana

The Green Party Line on Marijuana

From and to Pebbles

From and to Pebbles

Trippet’s Take on the Riverside Ruling

Trippet’s Take on the Riverside Ruling

Yes (the photo)

Yes (the photo)

Support Roger Christie

Support Roger Christie

“Regulate Alcohol Like Marijuana”

“Regulate Alcohol Like Marijuana”

Vietnam Flashback from Dr. O’Connell

Vietnam Flashback from Dr. O’Connell

CBDiary

How Endocannabinoids Work (negative feedback)

How Endocannabinoids Work (negative feedback)

Generals Grant and Lee Agreed on ‘Hasheesh Candy’

Generals Grant and Lee Agreed on ‘Hasheesh C...

Hemp and Cannabis Pollen Blowin’ in the Wind

Hemp and Cannabis Pollen Blowin’ in the Wind

>15,000 Patients Have Used Epidiolex

>15,000 Patients Have Used Epidiolex

‘Wear CBD for your workout routine’

‘Wear CBD for your workout routine’

CMCR directs cannabis tax dollars to CBD research

CMCR directs cannabis tax dollars to CBD research

CMCR Investing in CBD Research

CMCR Investing in CBD Research

ICRS Meets in Bethesda

ICRS Meets in Bethesda

Meiri’s latest

CBD reduces anxiety, promotes sleep in large case series

CBD reduces anxiety, promotes sleep in large case ...

The Party for David M.

The Party for David M.

Epidemic Memories (David M.)

Epidemic Memories (David M.)

Can CBD Counter Binge-eating?

Can CBD Counter Binge-eating?

GW Opposed Blumenauer-McClintock Amendment

GW Opposed Blumenauer-McClintock Amendment

Is THC toxic to dogs?

Is THC toxic to dogs?

He put the ananda into anandamide

He put the ananda into anandamide

‘CBD Is Everywhere’ (Hey, Dude, Where’s Our Pulitzer?)

‘CBD Is Everywhere’ (Hey, Dude, Where&...

Meiri Publishes in Nature

Meiri Publishes in Nature

Epidiolex Weighs in at Schedule V

Epidiolex Weighs in at Schedule V

Annals of Legalibition 9/21/18

Annals of Legalibition 9/21/18

US lets CA researchers use Canadian MJ

US lets CA researchers use Canadian MJ

CBD ‘could boost pancreatic cancer treatments’

CBD ‘could boost pancreatic cancer treatment...

Epidiolex Update in JAMA

Epidiolex Update in JAMA

McKernan on Broad Patents

McKernan on Broad Patents

GW’s very broad patent

GW’s very broad patent

Epidiolex to be priced like Onfi (just another AED)

Epidiolex to be priced like Onfi (just another AED...

California policy on Hemp and CBD in Food Products

‘Skunk’ Comes out of the Closet

‘Skunk’ Comes out of the Closet

Cannabis Consumers: Your Tax Dollars at Work

Cannabis Consumers: Your Tax Dollars at Work

O’Shaughnessy ‘discovered’ in New Scientist

O’Shaughnessy ‘discovered’ in Ne...

FDA Approves Epidiolex

FDA Approves Epidiolex

‘Peer review is broken!’

‘Peer review is broken!’

Why no Cannabis Clinicians on the Medical Board?

Why no Cannabis Clinicians on the Medical Board?

9th Circuit Nixes Challenge to CBD’s Sked 1 Status

9th Circuit Nixes Challenge to CBD’s Sked 1 ...

Dr. Gupta’s Weed 4: ‘Pot vs. Pills’

Dr. Gupta’s Weed 4: ‘Pot vs. PillsR...

Samuel Epstein, MD

Samuel Epstein, MD

Would Cannabis Help Pat McCaw?

Would Cannabis Help Pat McCaw?

Neoprobe ‘Experts’ Eye Cannabis Tax Money

Neoprobe ‘Experts’ Eye Cannabis Tax Mo...

CBD did not improve cognition in Schizophrenia trial

CBD did not improve cognition in Schizophrenia tri...

CA Med Board to Review MMJ Guidelines on 4/20

Were Antidepressants Involved?

Were Antidepressants Involved?

Who is Responsible for the 15% Excise Tax?

Who is Responsible for the 15% Excise Tax?

Cannabis Industry Lobbyists Acknowledged

Cannabis Industry Lobbyists Acknowledged

Valentine’s Day Special

Valentine’s Day Special

W.H.O. says nix on Carfentanil, ‘Later’ for CBD

W.H.O. says nix on Carfentanil, ‘Later’...

Cannabinoids for prevention of migraines

Cannabinoids for prevention of migraines

Safety of CBD —A Review of the Literature

Safety of CBD —A Review of the Literature

The City Council Considers Cannabis

The City Council Considers Cannabis

When the Village Voice Broke the Medical MJ Story

When the Village Voice Broke the Medical MJ Story

The Man in the Picture With Robert Mueller III

The Man in the Picture With Robert Mueller III

Pat McCartney’s Wake

Pat McCartney’s Wake

Towards a Protocol for Treating Glioblastoma

Towards a Protocol for Treating Glioblastoma

CBD promotes cardiovascular health

CBD promotes cardiovascular health

$407 for lab testing an LB?

$407 for lab testing an LB?

‘Treatment’ Providers Ponder MJ Legalization

‘Treatment’ Providers Ponder MJ Legali...

Dr. Scott Gottleib to head FDA

Dr. Scott Gottleib to head FDA

Listening to Tylenol

Listening to Tylenol

Mechoulam on Clinical Evidence

Mechoulam on Clinical Evidence

PS from Sulak re Epilepsy & Behavior paper

PS from Sulak re Epilepsy & Behavior paper

‘Clinical Evidence’ Acknowledged in Epilepsy & Behavior

‘Clinical Evidence’ Acknowledged in Ep...

When Reefer Madness led to March Sadness for UCLA

When Reefer Madness led to March Sadness for UCLA

Is the FDA Worth Defending?

Is the FDA Worth Defending?

Merckantilism

Merck Pays a Pittance for Mass Deaths

Merck Pays a Pittance for Mass Deaths

Review confirms health benefits of nuts

Review confirms health benefits of nuts

Lao Tzu’s Advice Falls on Deaf Ears

Lao Tzu’s Advice Falls on Deaf Ears

The Year of the Clinical Trial (5776)

The Year of the Clinical Trial (5776)

Bootleg Cannabinoid Caused ‘Zombie’ Outbreak

Bootleg Cannabinoid Caused ‘Zombie’ Ou...

SCC vs FSMB in JAMA

SCC vs FSMB in JAMA

Insurers Reimburse MMJ Users (in some states)

Insurers Reimburse MMJ Users (in some states)

CBD Cream in CVS Dream

CBD Cream in CVS Dream

GW’s Epidiolex Leaps Another Hurdle

Cannabis use linked to lower bladder cancer rate in men

Cannabis use linked to lower bladder cancer rate i...

Goldberg’s Monkeys Bat Last

Goldberg’s Monkeys Bat Last

Highlights From the ICRS Conference

Highlights From the ICRS Conference

The Start of the Movement

The Start of the Movement

The Raid on WAMM

The Raid on WAMM

The Takedown of Care By Design

The Takedown of Care By Design

Ethan Russo Looks ‘Beyond Cannabis’

Ethan Russo Looks ‘Beyond Cannabis’

The Cannflavins Unique to Cannabis

The Cannflavins Unique to Cannabis

ICRS 2004: Ten Talks of Special Interest

ICRS 2004: Ten Talks of Special Interest

A Night at the Museum

A Night at the Museum

What Happens to CBD in the Body?

What Happens to CBD in the Body?

Epidiolex Success Makes the NY Times

Epidiolex Success Makes the NY Times

Epidiolex Achieves its Goal in Phase 3 Trial

Cannabis use Promotes Physical Fitness!

Cannabis use Promotes Physical Fitness!

Cannabis as a treatment for autism

Cannabis as a treatment for autism

Senate Drug Caucus Holds Hearing on CBD

Senate Drug Caucus Holds Hearing on CBD

Will FDA nix CBD in ‘Natural Products?’

Will FDA nix CBD in ‘Natural Products?’...

How CBD Regulates Gene Expression

How CBD Regulates Gene Expression

Antioxidants and CBD

Antioxidants and CBD

Dr. Gedde Reports Her Findings

Dr. Gedde Reports Her Findings

The Rediscovery of CBD

The Rediscovery of CBD

Notes to the SCC

Margaret Lawrence, Fitzhugh Mullan

Margaret Lawrence, Fitzhugh Mullan

Sympathy for Mrs. Sackler

Sympathy for Mrs. Sackler

Edward Snowden’s Permanent Record

Edward Snowden’s Permanent Record

Life Expectancy Declining for US Americans

Life Expectancy Declining for US Americans

California’s MMJ card program withers

California’s MMJ card program withers

Stopping Soda Sales led to Slimmer Staff at UCSF

Stopping Soda Sales led to Slimmer Staff at UCSF

CDC says Vitamin E is main cause of vape-related lung damage

CDC says Vitamin E is main cause of vape-related l...

CDC gives vaping-related illness a name: EVALI

Trans Fats Raise Dementia Risk

Trans Fats Raise Dementia Risk

Blood pressure meds best taken at night

Blood pressure meds best taken at night

Drugs ‘R’ Us

Strensiq (Rhymes With Expensick)

Strensiq (Rhymes With Expensick)

ICRS Impressions from Dr. Takakuwa

ICRS Impressions from Dr. Takakuwa

Hidden Valves

ICRS Meets in Bethesda

ICRS Meets in Bethesda

Juul’s Gift to Meharry Denounced

Juul’s Gift to Meharry Denounced

Most Dispensary Customers are Medical Users

Most Dispensary Customers are Medical Users

Meiri’s latest

CBD reduces anxiety, promotes sleep in large case series

CBD reduces anxiety, promotes sleep in large case ...

James Ketchum —Obit and Rethink

James Ketchum —Obit and Rethink

A Not-So-Proud Memory

A Not-So-Proud Memory

How the AIDS Epidemic Catalyzed the Medical Marijuana Movement

How the AIDS Epidemic Catalyzed the Medical Mariju...

Can CBD Counter Binge-eating?

Can CBD Counter Binge-eating?

GW Opposed Blumenauer-McClintock Amendment

GW Opposed Blumenauer-McClintock Amendment

Add MJ Journals: ‘Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids’

Add MJ Journals: ‘Medical Cannabis and Canna...

JAMA op-ed: ‘Educating Physicians About MJ’

JAMA op-ed: ‘Educating Physicians About MJ&#...

Humboldt Humbled by Legalization

Humboldt Humbled by Legalization

A Marriage Made in Bethesda

Sleepless in Seattle and Everywhere Else

Sleepless in Seattle and Everywhere Else

Somnolent FDA demands boxed warning on Ambien, Lunesta and Sonata

Somnolent FDA demands boxed warning on Ambien, Lun...

Harvard, MIT will split $9 million MJ research grant

Harvard, MIT will split $9 million MJ research gra...

Raphael Mechoulam on Cannabidiol

Raphael Mechoulam on Cannabidiol

What Tod Told the Addiction Specialists…

What Tod Told the Addiction Specialists…

CB receptors in the CVS

CB receptors in the CVS

The ICRS Meets in La Grande Motte (What Every Doctor Should Know About Cannabis)

The ICRS Meets in La Grande Motte (What Every Doct...

You must remember this (re: mushrooms)

You must remember this (re: mushrooms)

NBME and the Testing Racket

NBME and the Testing Racket

FSMB, NBME Chiefs Dis Med Students

FSMB, NBME Chiefs Dis Med Students

Is THC toxic to dogs?

Is THC toxic to dogs?

An Interview With John R. Lee, MD

An Interview With John R. Lee, MD

Constraining pro-cannabis doctors

Constraining pro-cannabis doctors

Leftovers

The VA did right by Dennis Peron

The VA did right by Dennis Peron

Introducing the SCC’s (first ever) Executive Director

Introducing the SCC’s (first ever) Executive...

Tashkin on the effects of marijuana smoking

Tashkin on the effects of marijuana smoking

Russo’s Grand Unified Theory

Russo’s Grand Unified Theory

Another Protective Effect Documented

Another Protective Effect Documented

Epidiolex Weighs in at Schedule V

Epidiolex Weighs in at Schedule V

Biases Inherent in the Research Paradigm

Big Pharma ‘Tries to Slip $4 Billion Windfall Into...

‘Structural Racism’ pervades US health care

‘Structural Racism’ pervades US health...

‘Reinvent the DEA’ op-ed in the NY Times

‘Reinvent the DEA’ op-ed in the NY Tim...

Sanchez to SCC: Present Data Professionally

Sanchez to SCC: Present Data Professionally

US lets CA researchers use Canadian MJ

US lets CA researchers use Canadian MJ

Will Bayer/Monsanto stop promoting aspirin?

Will Bayer/Monsanto stop promoting aspirin?

Mukherjee on the Value of Case Studies

Mukherjee on the Value of Case Studies

Neoprobes target pregnant and breastfeeding women

Neoprobes target pregnant and breastfeeding women

Three for Tea, 8/13/18

Three for Tea, 8/13/18

ElSohly Retains NIDA Monopoly

ElSohly Retains NIDA Monopoly

Over the Transom 7/21/18

Over the Transom 7/21/18

Cannabis Consumers: Your Tax Dollars at Work

Cannabis Consumers: Your Tax Dollars at Work

The Drug Shortage

The Drug Shortage

A Split in ‘High Sobriety’

A Split in ‘High Sobriety’

ICRS 2018

Roundup on Trial

Roundup on Trial

SAMHSA nixes course on Cannabis

SAMHSA nixes course on Cannabis

O’Shaughnessy ‘discovered’ in New Scientist

O’Shaughnessy ‘discovered’ in Ne...

Dr. Goldstein Builds a Classroom

Dr. Goldstein Builds a Classroom

How bacteria lasso new DNA

How bacteria lasso new DNA

CDC Doesn’t Understand Teens…

CDC Doesn’t Understand Teens…

Dr. Marshall’s Downplayed Discovery

Dr. Marshall’s Downplayed Discovery

‘Peer review is broken!’

‘Peer review is broken!’

CMCR hosts meeting on the future of MCR

CMCR hosts meeting on the future of MCR

CO will let school nurses administer cannabis to kids

CO will let school nurses administer cannabis to k...

Spade’s Suicide Used for Sales Pitch

Spade’s Suicide Used for Sales Pitch

CBD effective in rare blistering condition

CBD effective in rare blistering condition

Does UC Stand For ‘Unnecessary Cowardice?’

Does UC Stand For ‘Unnecessary Cowardice?...

Fatty foods fuel prostate cancer

Fatty foods fuel prostate cancer

AP Stylebook adds marijuana (and turducken)

AP Stylebook adds marijuana (and turducken)

Pro-Cannabis MDs Caucus in House of Commons

Pro-Cannabis MDs Caucus in House of Commons

College of Cardiology Conflates Cannabis, Cocaine

College of Cardiology Conflates Cannabis, Cocaine

Hergenrathers carrying the message Down Under

Hergenrathers carrying the message Down Under

Risks of MJ Use in the New York Times

Risks of MJ Use in the New York Times

Insys Exposé: ‘The Pain Hustlers’

Insys Exposé: ‘The Pain Hustlers’

9th Circuit Nixes Challenge to CBD’s Sked 1 Status

9th Circuit Nixes Challenge to CBD’s Sked 1 ...

Neoprobes Target Canadian MMJ Program

Neoprobes Target Canadian MMJ Program

Dr. Gupta’s Weed 4: ‘Pot vs. Pills’

Dr. Gupta’s Weed 4: ‘Pot vs. PillsR...

Dr. Grant Enlightens MBC Too Late —Neoprobe Guidelines Approved

Dr. Grant Enlightens MBC Too Late —Neoprobe Guidel...

MBC Votes Today on Revised Guidelines

MBC Votes Today on Revised Guidelines

Marijuana doesn’t make you stupid after all!

Marijuana doesn’t make you stupid after all!

Neoprobe ‘Experts’ Eye Cannabis Tax Money

Neoprobe ‘Experts’ Eye Cannabis Tax Mo...

CDC Finds MJ Use in Pregnancy does not lead to lower birth weight

CDC Finds MJ Use in Pregnancy does not lead to low...

CA Med Board Revises Guidelines re Cannabis Approvals

CA Med Board Revises Guidelines re Cannabis Approv...

CA Med Board to Review MMJ Guidelines on 4/20

Decomposition

Who Was Asperger?

Who Was Asperger?

DUI Cannabis —A Misdirection Play in JAMA

DUI Cannabis —A Misdirection Play in JAMA

Introducing the Interstitium

Introducing the Interstitium

Cannabis Comes to Cotton Point

Cannabis Comes to Cotton Point

Good Times and Bad

Off-season news: baseball, boo, and Bernie

Off-season news: baseball, boo, and Bernie

Margaret Lawrence, Fitzhugh Mullan

Margaret Lawrence, Fitzhugh Mullan

Thanksgiving 2019

Thanksgiving 2019

Feds can end Drug Patent Monopolies

Feds can end Drug Patent Monopolies

Tom Voss on Moral Injury

Tom Voss on Moral Injury

Armed Forces’ suicide rate keeps rising

Armed Forces’ suicide rate keeps rising

Stents and Bypasses Often Unwarranted

Stents and Bypasses Often Unwarranted

Sugary Drinks Linked to Cancer

Sugary Drinks Linked to Cancer

Air Pollution More Harmful Than 2nd-hand Smoke

Air Pollution More Harmful Than 2nd-hand Smoke

Juul’s Gift to Meharry Denounced

Juul’s Gift to Meharry Denounced

Maureen Heart Nancy

Maureen Heart Nancy

Is THC toxic to dogs?

Is THC toxic to dogs?

David Austin, 1926-2018

David Austin, 1926-2018

‘The Year in Stuff’

‘The Year in Stuff’

California Correspondent Counsels Canada

California Correspondent Counsels Canada

‘CBD Is Everywhere’ (Hey, Dude, Where’s Our Pulitzer?)

‘CBD Is Everywhere’ (Hey, Dude, Where&...

Hardly Strictly Peace Movement

Hardly Strictly Peace Movement

Dr. Barney Carroll, 77, critic of Big PhRMA

Dr. Barney Carroll, 77, critic of Big PhRMA

Biases Inherent in the Research Paradigm

Big Pharma ‘Tries to Slip $4 Billion Windfall Into...

Bayer will stop selling sterilization implant

Bayer will stop selling sterilization implant

How bacteria lasso new DNA

How bacteria lasso new DNA

CDC Doesn’t Understand Teens…

CDC Doesn’t Understand Teens…

Spade’s Suicide Used for Sales Pitch

Spade’s Suicide Used for Sales Pitch

Antacids, antibiotics increase babies’ allergy risk

Antacids, antibiotics increase babies’ aller...

Antacids in Pregnancy

Antacids in Pregnancy

Phoenix House Founder Still Trolling for Customers

Phoenix House Founder Still Trolling for Customers

Insys Exposé: ‘The Pain Hustlers’

Insys Exposé: ‘The Pain Hustlers’

Spice and K2 are not “Synthetic Marijuana”

Spice and K2 are not “Synthetic Marijuana...

Widely used sugar adversely affects our microbiomes

Widely used sugar adversely affects our microbiome...

Double Scoop of MJ in NY Times

Double Scoop of MJ in NY Times

Worst NY Times Headline Ever?

Worst NY Times Headline Ever?

Antibiotics in Animal Feed (MRIN)

Antibiotics in Animal Feed (MRIN)

Legal Challenge to Federal MJ Policy

Legal Challenge to Federal MJ Policy

Australia Hampers MJ Access

Australia Hampers MJ Access

But it passed the spell check…

But it passed the spell check…

‘The Humira Play…’

‘The Humira Play…’

Over the Transom 1/16/18

Over the Transom 1/16/18

GI Coffeehouses Recalled

GI Coffeehouses Recalled

You asked good questions, Mr. President

You asked good questions, Mr. President

The Drug-Testing Racket

The Drug-Testing Racket

A most revealing lede

A most revealing lede

The Great Trend of Our Time is Privatization

The Great Trend of Our Time is Privatization

On Reading Ed Herman’s Obituary

On Reading Ed Herman’s Obituary

Acetaminophen

High Blood Pressure Redefined

High Blood Pressure Redefined

Opiate Deaths Jumped 17% in 2016

Opiate Deaths Jumped 17% in 2016

Plastic or Iron Pipes for Infrastructure Rebuild?

Plastic or Iron Pipes for Infrastructure Rebuild?

China Blamed for Rise in US Opiate Overdoses!

China Blamed for Rise in US Opiate Overdoses!

Heart Stents Don’t Ease Chest Pain (!)

Heart Stents Don’t Ease Chest Pain (!)

Kolata of the Times on ‘Predatory Journals’

Kolata of the Times on ‘Predatory Journals&#...

Paxil Linked to Suicide —Why is this News?

Paxil Linked to Suicide —Why is this News?

Still Crazy After All These Years

Still Crazy After All These Years

Franklin Nails Decriminalization: ‘An Illusory Goal’

Franklin Nails Decriminalization: ‘An Illuso...

Comics

Kerry Drake 1/5/18

Kerry Drake 1/5/18

Kerry Drake 1/4/18

Kerry Drake 1/4/18

Kerry Drake 1/3/18

Kerry Drake 1/3/18

A Score at the Used Bookstore

A Score at the Used Bookstore

Off Topic

Stents and Bypasses Often Unwarranted

Stents and Bypasses Often Unwarranted

Trans Fats Raise Dementia Risk

Trans Fats Raise Dementia Risk

Homage to the Tabloids

Homage to the Tabloids

Red Reishi vs. Varroa destructor

Red Reishi vs. Varroa destructor

A New Year’s Visit to Cuba

A New Year’s Visit to Cuba

Organic diet lowers cancer risk, large study shows

Organic diet lowers cancer risk, large study shows

Julian Tudor Hart: MD who formulated the ‘Inverse Care Law’

Julian Tudor Hart: MD who formulated the ‘In...

Roundup on Trial

Roundup on Trial

Our old friend Bobby

Our old friend Bobby

Limbrel in Limbo

Limbrel in Limbo

Scooter Gets Pardoned

Scooter Gets Pardoned

PG&E’s Best Friend: Jerry Brown

PG&E’s Best Friend: Jerry Brown

The Real Billy Graham (anti-semite, liar)

The Real Billy Graham (anti-semite, liar)

Valentine’s Day Special

Valentine’s Day Special

GI Coffeehouses Recalled

GI Coffeehouses Recalled

You asked good questions, Mr. President

You asked good questions, Mr. President

From the Dennis Rodman Defense Committee

From the Dennis Rodman Defense Committee

Glantz Denies Harassment Claim

Glantz Denies Harassment Claim

Ranking the Sycophants

Ranking the Sycophants

Paxil Linked to Suicide —Why is this News?

Paxil Linked to Suicide —Why is this News?

Singing With Dick Gregory in Fayetteville, NC

Singing With Dick Gregory in Fayetteville, NC

Ethiopia at the end of World War Two

Ethiopia at the end of World War Two

The Doctor Who Taught Longevity

The Doctor Who Taught Longevity

Vietnam Encore

Martin Gardner

The Speed-up of Radiology

The Speed-up of Radiology

Russian Election Meddling Documented!

Russian Election Meddling Documented!

‘Thinking the Unthinkable’

‘Thinking the Unthinkable’

Lao Tzu’s Advice Falls on Deaf Ears

Lao Tzu’s Advice Falls on Deaf Ears

Kimberly!

Me and Mr. Cohen

Me and Mr. Cohen

That Was Now, This is Then

That Was Now, This is Then

The Working Class Stranger —Carl Oglesby

The Working Class Stranger —Carl Oglesby

NY Times Heart Hillary

NY Times Heart Hillary

My Don Duncan —and Ours

My Don Duncan —and Ours

Don Duncan in Ramparts

Don Duncan in Ramparts

Barbosa’s Favorite Herb —Arnica do mato

Barbosa’s Favorite Herb —Arnica do mato

Fairy Tale

Death of a Drug Kingpin

Death of a Drug Kingpin

Elements of Style

Elements of Style

Did Meldonium Help Sharapova?

Did Meldonium Help Sharapova?

Judge Judy to Supreme Court?

Judge Judy to Supreme Court?

Psychological principle debunked

Psychological principle debunked

Trump’s Truths

Real Dispensaries of New York

Real Dispensaries of New York

Debate Analysis

Debate Analysis

Joe Lacob’s Road Not Taken

Joe Lacob’s Road Not Taken

How Nam vets were treated

How Nam vets were treated

The Trip Back from Nova Scotia

The Trip Back from Nova Scotia

Prozac and the Marketing of Depression

Prozac and the Marketing of Depression

Advice to Newlyweds from the 2,000 Year Old Man

Advice to Newlyweds from the 2,000 Year Old Man

Maples Synchronize Seed Cycles

Maples Synchronize Seed Cycles

A Fable by Aesop

A Fable by Aesop

Oysters in Lake Merritt?

Oysters in Lake Merritt?

DEA Moves Hydrocodone to Schedule II

DEA Moves Hydrocodone to Schedule II

Micro-Unions Catching On

Micro-Unions Catching On

Warriors’ Owners Trying to Stiff East Bay Taxpayers

Warriors’ Owners Trying to Stiff East Bay Ta...

Honest Talk About Heroin

Honest Talk About Heroin

Memo (managing editor mouths off)

Memo (managing editor mouths off)

Myerson v. Bank of America

Myerson v. Bank of America

McCarthyism is Alive and Well in the NY Times

McCarthyism is Alive and Well in the NY Times

The Dennis Rodman Defense Committee

The Dennis Rodman Defense Committee

American Hustlers

American Hustlers

Note to Tony Parker

Note to Tony Parker

Another World-Class Gaffe

Another World-Class Gaffe

Autumn 1963

Getting it Right (General Giap’s Obit in the Guardian)

Getting it Right (General Giap’s Obit in the...

The Anti-Empire Report

The Anti-Empire Report

Cliteracy

Syria for Potheads

Syria for Potheads

The Band Played On

The Band Played On

Papal Bull

Note to “Cannabis Activists”

Note to “Cannabis Activists”

Winter 2018/19 Issue

Contents
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SCC Members

Recent News

Off-season news: baseball, boo, and Bernie
Dec 11, 2019 | Good Times and Bad, Second Column
Margaret Lawrence, Fitzhugh Mullan
Dec 11, 2019 | Good Times and Bad, Notes to the SCC
The Humiliation of Clifford Robinson
Dec 11, 2019 | O'S Reader, Uncategorized
Sympathy for Mrs. Sackler
Dec 9, 2019 | Notes to the SCC, Second Column
Edward Snowden’s Permanent Record
Dec 2, 2019 | Dispatches, Notes to the SCC

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