The Growers’ Kids are All Right
Sociologists at the University of British Columbia’s School of Social Work have published a...
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Author: Fred Gardner
Why Might People Faint After Dabbing?
In response to Dale Gieringer’s note about people fainting after dabbing, we asked Jeffrey Hergenrather, MD, what might cause such a response. He explained: “The short answer is that cannabinoids —both plant-based and...
Read MoreDabbing Dangers Discussed Anew
If you’re just joining us, dabbing is an increasingly popular cannabinoid delivery method that involves inhaling the fumes of very strong concentrates, suddenly heated. Butane is frequently used as a solvent to extract...
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NY Times acknowledges MJ use by “older folk”
March 24 by Fred Gardner An accurate, nonjudgmental story by Alyson Krueger about “older...
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Jason Jason Williams
[wpspoiler name=”Lyrics” ]Jason Jason Williams son of the custodian played in the...
Read MoreMay 14 2012
http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2012/05/14/cmaj.110837 Published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is a study underwritten by the taxpayers of California way back when.
Read MoreJudge Gustin Reichbach’s Pro-Cannabis op-ed
From Debby Goldsberry: “A very brave Judge, indeed” Sent with an op-ed in today’s New York Times— A Judge’s Plea for Pot By GUSTIN L. REICHBACH Three and a half years ago, on my 62nd birthday, doctors...
Read MoreJune 24 re Fibromyalgia
From Nancy Sajben, MD who notes “NPR wrongly implies that opioids help function but that has never been shown.” http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/06/22/155445980/when-patients-with-fibromyalgia-try-marijuana To...
Read MoreMarinol as a Treatment for “Cannabis Withdrawal”
Dale Gieringer of California NORML emailed the abstract of a study about to be published in Drug and Alcohol Dependency, “The dose effects of short-term dronabinol (oral THC) maintenance in daily cannabis users,”...
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