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Sativex is available now in 22 countries including Australia via what is known as named patient
supply. GW Pharmaceuticals are not allowed to promote this, so you are not going to see any advertisements or read about it in newspapers.

Under this procedure, a patient's doctor writes a prescription for Sativex that is sent to GW Pharmaceuticals in the UK. In countries that allow this, the material is then sent directly to the patient. The process begins with the doctor sending an enquiry to:

Info@gwpharm.com

 

GW Pharmaceuticals has published two new press releases:

20/05/2009
- Interim Results For The Six Months Ended 31 March 2009
- GW Files Sativex® Regulatory Submission

To read the press releases, go to:
http://www.gwpharm.co.uk/news_press_releases.asp


Sativex Information

Sativex Neurology 2005 PDF

Nurmiko Sativex Allodynia Pain 2007 PDF

Cannabinoids in the management of difficult to treat pain PDF


Dr. Robert J. Melamede Ph.D. Chairman of the Biology Department of the University of Colorado:

"The Cannabinoid System has been around for over 600 million years. Before the Dinosaurs. The Cannabinoid System is continuously evolutioning and has been retained by all new species. Food and feeding is at the heart of the Cannabinoid System." More here!

 


Long term cannabis use by patients with schizophrenia is associated with enhanced cognitive functioning, with both frequency and recency of use linked to better neuropsychological performance, conclude Australian researchers. (1st November 2007)

"Logistic regression analysis revealed that more patients with lifetime cannabis abuse/dependence performed better on the psychomotor speed component than those without lifetime abuse/dependence. Frequency and recency of cannabis use were associated with better performance, particularly on the attention/processing speed and executive function domains." While acknowledging the issues around cannabis use in schizophrenia patients, the team concludes in the journal Schizophrenia Research: 'In essence, the findings of this study suggest that cannabinoids, via their agonistic effects on cannabinoid receptors in the forebrain, may have a potentially useful role in the treatment of high-order cognitive processes known to be impaired in schizophrenia."


Minnesota Medical Marijuana Ads urging Governor Pawlenty not to veto a passed Bill.

Medical Cannabis Information
Be sure to Bookmark the Hemp Embassy Website as many of these links take you offsite.

Medical Cannabis Information Service
Providing information on Medical Cannabis use.

The Ethics of Prescribing Cannabis: freedom, autonomy, and values

US Patent No.6630507 was issued on 7 October 2003. It has been kept hidden for five years, and it has only been the assiduous work of people trying to get marijuana legalised for medical use that has uncovered this. The application went in on 2 February 2001. Here is the abstract:
"Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of a wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present in vention. A particular disclosed class of cannabinoids useful as neuroprotective antioxidants is formula (I) wherein the R group is independently selected from the group consisting of H, CH3 and COCH3."
The inventors—and I dislike that word because it is like a version of plant-variety rights—are: Hampson, Aidan J.; Axelrod, Julius; and, Grimaldi, Maurizio. The assignee is the United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services. So, the US government knows the medical value of this substance.


Medical Properties of Cannabis Root


In 14 states of the USA you can be prescribed cannabis for cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn's disease, agitation of Alzheimer's disease, nail patella, or the treatment of these conditions. Patients are also offered legal protection if they have a chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or treatment of said condition that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe and chronic pain; severe nausea; seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy; or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis.


Canada seems to lead the world with its medical cannabis. Lots of good information on this site. Click on the banner.


A note on eating cannabis.

If you take it orally (Eating cookies, cakes, etc), you could be in for quite a ride. The liver metabolises THC into 11-OH-*9-THC, a compound three times more psychoactive. Oral cannabis is a powerful, almost psychedelic experience, which can be very uncomfortable if you're not expecting it. The effects are slower to come on (1 to 2 hours) and last considerably longer (around 4 hours).

Different people have different experiences. While one person might go to sleep, another might smile and laugh excessively, while another might have a panic attack. These are classic responses but they are by no means definitive. Experiences vary. If smoking cannabis makes you nervous or agitated, then consuming cookies (and indeed other temporarily mind altering drugs) may be inadvisable.

Do not assume cookies from different sources are of the same strength. Even different batches from the same source can vary.

Know thyself. Stay in your comfort zone. Try half a cookie first, and self-assess.


Medical Cannabis Feature Story:
CLICK HERE to play the Real Video file of the interview with Smolder.
Smoulder The Plantem Says
This interview is with Smoulder - a unique individual who has cerebral palsy, and suffers that little bit more because of the prohibition of cannabis. This Interview was made in 1999 at the People's Drug Summit in the Domain, in Sydney.

Smoulder is concerned that cannabis is not legal and he would like to be able to smoke before getting into bed each night so he can get a good sleep.

It may be difficult to understand Smoulder's speech and Australian accent, as the traffic around the Domain is very loud, so read the text of what he says here first.

Smoulder's message is clear and uncomplicated; the truth.
He believes people in this country must be free to grow and to smoke marijuana.

Smoulder: "I get very angry and can't understand why people are not free to smoke openly and freely in Australia".

Lucy: "and what sort of difference would it make to your life if cannabis was legal and you were able to just get it any time you needed it, without any hassle"?

Johanne: "He still needs someone to roll because he can't roll".

Smoulder: "I would be happy to have my own; I can barely afford to pay rent, run a car and buy my drugs.

It is very unfair".

Johanne and Lucy: "It is unfair, it is very unfair".


Despite his apparrent disability, and difficulty with speech, Smoulder has no mental impairment, and is actually a very intelligent individual with a unique slant on life that has grown from his varied experiences with institutions and able bodied humanity.

He walks like a drunken sailor, it takes much time and patience to learn to understand his words, and he can barely light his joints, but he can climb into the specially built four wheel drive he uses, and drive as well as anyone. He often helps people out of bogs or move house, and has a very organised mind. When you take the time to know him, he is inspirational and your own everyday problems look insignificant by comparison.

For more Information about Smoulder CLICK HERE.

Medical Marijuana: Whole Plant Better Than Isolated Components in Pain Relief, Italian Study Finds

Scientists at the University of Milan have published a study finding that whole-plant marijuana extracts provide better relief for neuropathic pain than isolated components of the plant, like THC alone. The research is an intervention in the ongoing debate between medical marijuana supporters and herbal and alternative medicine advocates on one side and the US government, some politicians, and the pharmaceuticalized medicine industry on the other.


The use of a standardized extract of Cannabis sativa... evoked a total relief of thermal hyperalgesia, in an experimental model of neuropathic pain,... ameliorating the effect of single cannabinoids," the investigators reported. "Collectively, these findings strongly support the idea that the combination of cannabinoid and non-cannabinoid compounds, as present in extracts, provide significant advantages... compared with pure cannabinoids alone."

USA Congressional drug warriors like Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) have long argued that marijuana is not a medicine and that any medicinal compounds in the plant should be isolated or synthesized, as is the case with Marinol, which contains one of the hundreds of cannabinoids found in the plant. The DEA takes a similar approach.

But this latest research only adds to the evidence that that position is mistaken.

LINKS:

Towards safer medical use.
http://www.wamm.org/howtouse.htm

History of Marijuana Medical Use, p.4
Original source: Kabelik 1960 : 8

http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/mj002a.htm

Marihuana as Medicine: A Plea for Reconsideration, Dr Lester Grinspoon;
http://rxmarihuana.com/jama.htm

Medical Cannabis Guide:
was originally online in full at; http://www.ukcia.org/medical/pain.html
now; http://www.drugwarfacts.org/medicalm.htm

Association for Cannabis as Medicine Bulletin:
http://www.acmed.org

Medical Marijuana Information. Info on ailments cannabis is known to have an effect on. http://www.medicalseeds.com/medicalmarijuana.html

COOKING:

The Gallery at Cannabisculture.com
Cooking with Cannabis. So far, we've got a few nice recipes. ... This one is an
old-time favorite from the 1954 Alice B. Toklas Cook Book,. HASCHICH FUDGE ...
www.cannabisculture.com/gallery/cook/cook.html - 34k

AAMC: Cooking with Cannabis
Chili Con Cannabis. Chuey’s Chewy Oatmeal/Raisin Delight NEW and IMPROVED!
Coma Cookies NEW! Cooking Means Cash. Ginger Snap Heaven. Green Garlic Toasted ...
www.letfreedomgrow.com/recipes/ - 14k

cannabis cooking recipes
Marijuana, cannabis, hemp all describe the same plant cannabis sativa. Unbiased
information about marijuana, cannabis, and hemp. (Goes to Home page - navigate to link)
www.disabilityuk.com/cannabis/ cannabis_cooking_recipies.htm" - 54k

HCV:

Use and self-medication with cannabis by Hepatitis C positive people.
A study by Lucy Charlesworth
http://jackal.inta.net.au/research/hcvmc.html

Internet:

Protocol: Smoked Marijuana for HIV-Associated Anorexia and Wasting by Donald Abrams, MD, April 1996
http://www.maps.org/mmj/abrams2.shtml

Review of Dr Abrams work by Charlene Laino
http://www.asam.org/pressrel/medmar.htm

The week Online, Issue #128 DRCNet, March 2000
Kaiser Permanente's 12 year study of 65,000 marijuana users

http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/129/marijuanarisk.shtml

Testimony of Lester Grinspoon, MD,
Before the Crime Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee
US House of Representatives, October 1, 1997

http://www.rxmarihuana.com/testimony.htm

CSDP factbook online
was at; http://www.csdp.org/factbook/marijuana.htm

now; http://www.drugwarfacts.org/medicalm.htm

NHMRC Media Release of 16th November 1998
http://www.health.gov.au/nhmrc/media/98releas/pain.htm

International Cannabis Alliance of Researchers
http://www.druglibrary.org/olsen/medical/pot/icare.html

Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
http://www.hempembassy.net/hempe/cancer.html

Reports:

The Medical Use of Cannabis: Recent Developments, by Gareth Griffith and Marie Swain, BriefingPaper No 11/99, May 1999
ISBN 07313 16487

Cannabis: The Contemporary Debate (Vol. 1: Text), by Gareth Griffith and Rebekah Jenkin, Background Paper No 1994/1
ISBN 0 7240 9562 4

The New South Wales Drug Summit: Issues and Outcomes, by Marie Swain, Background Paper No 3/1999
ISBN 07313 1652 5

The illicit drug problem: drug courts and other alternative approaches, by Marie Swain, Briefing Paper No 4/99
ISBN 07313 1641 X

Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Institute Of Medicine, 1999,
The National Academy of Sciences Press, Washington DC 1999

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309071550/html/

National Institute of Health: Workshop on the Medical Utility of Marijuana, 1997: Executive Summary
http://www.nih.gov/news/medmarijuana/MedicalMarijuana.htm

Effective Drug Control Strategy 1999
http://www.csdp.org/edcs/edcs.htm

Articles:

New Scientist, Hot-topics, Marijuana

http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/marijuana/

Books:

Marihuana Reconsidered
by Lester Grinspoon MD
3rd printing 1996 Quick American Archives
ISBN 0-932551-13-0
1st printed 1971 Harvard University Press
ISBN 0-674-54834-5 paperback

Marihuana The Forbidden Medicine
by Lester Grinspoon, MD and James B. Bakalar
1997 Yale University Press
ISBN 0-300-07086-1

The Healing Magic of Cannabis
by Dr. Beverly A. Potter and Dan Joy
1998 Ronin Publishing, CA
ISBN 1-57951-001-9

Marijuana Botany,
by Robert Connell Clarke
Ronin Publishing Inc. 1981
ISBN 914171-78-X

Nutritional and Medicinal Guide to Hemp Seed
by Kenneth Jones
1995 Rainforest Botanical Lab
ISBN 0-9625638-9-7

The Great Book of Hemp
by Rowan Robinson
1996 Park Street Press
ISBN 0-89281-541-8

1653 Nicholas Culpeper's Complete Herbal
This edition 1985 Omega ISBN: 1- 85007-026-1

A Modern Herbal -1996 edition- by Mrs M. Grieve, Barnes and Noble/Random House Great Britain
ISBN: 0-88029-921-5

1900 John Henry Clarke's A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica,
Three Volumes reprinted by Shobi Offset Press, Delhi, India.

Journals:

Connexions Magazine
Oct/Nov 99 Vol. 19 No 5

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