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03.05.10
GA: Georgia Senator Wants To Make Synthetic Pot Illegal
GA: Georgia Senator Wants To Make Synthetic Pot Illegal Atlanta Journal-Constitution / March 6, 2010 / Kristi E Swartz
03.04.10
MO: Fake Weed, Real Drug: K2 Causing Hallucinations In Teens
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."

Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), U.S. President. Speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives --

02.28.10
CA: Medical Marijuana News. Cannabidiol Stops The Spread Of Breast Cancer
CA: Medical Marijuana News. Cannabidiol Stops The Spread Of Breast Cancer.

Cannabis Examiner / February 27, 9:15 /Dev Meyers

02.24.10
Over 2,500 Subjects Since 2005 Have Used Marijuana-Based Medicines In Controlled Clinical Trials

[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORML's free e-zine here.]

02.24.10
World: Medical marijuana may help fibromyalgia pain
WORLD: Medical Marijuana May Help Fibromyalgia Pain CNN & Health.com | 2/24/2010 | Anne Harding

02.21.10
Nature’s (Legal) Cannabinoids

“Where Do You Get ‘It’ From?”

Author: Publius*

02.20.10
IL: Marijuana Substitute, K2, Readily Available In Chicago
IL: Marijuana Substitute, K2, Readily Available Chicago Sun-Times / Feb, 20, 2010 / Jim Janssen

You don’t have to look hard to find legal dope for sale at Chicago head shops. The marijuana substitute called K2 is openly on display, sold as incense for up to $35 a gram.

02.17.10
Medical marijuana for ADD and it's good for kids!
02.07.10
KS: Kansas distributor of pot-like substance arrested
Editors Note: >Click Here for Other K2 Article< - KS: Kansas distributor of pot-like substance arrested KansasCity.com | 1/7/2010 |
01.21.10
California Assembly Candidate Paul Chabot “campaigning against cannabis”

The pure, unadulterated, distilled essence of Reefer Madness, courtesy of California Assembly Candidate, Republican Paul Chabot:

01.17.10
AUS: Overcome the politics to stop children dying in pain
Overcome the politics to stop children dying in pain The Daily Telegraph | 1/18/2010 | Tracey Spicer

POLITICIANS enjoy beating their chests about "zero tolerance".

On drugs. Binge drinking. Bullying. Sexual harassment. But what about zero tolerance for suffering?

01.14.10
AUS: Doctor Seeks Marijuani Spray OK For MS
AUS: Doctor Seeks Marijuana Spray OK For MS Skynews.net.au / January 15, 2010 / Staff
01.14.10
Cannabis as a Medicine Never Killed Anybody…

… so says the Oregon based physician featured in this video.

The good doctor obviously knows his marijuana – and so he should, he has prescribed it as a medicine more times than any other doctor in the state of Oregon.

01.12.10
Published Study Shows How Cannabis Inhibits Brain Cancer

(This is a guest blog by cannabis researcher and ASA Medical & Scientific Advisory Board Member Jahan Marcu)

01.11.10
USA: Marijuana Compounds Could Beat Back Brain Cancer
USA: Marijuana Compounds Could Beat Back Brain Cancer Healthday / January 11, 2010 / Randy Dottinga

Preliminary research suggests that a combination of compounds in marijuana could help fight off a particularly deadly form of brain cancer.

01.11.10
World: Marijuana Compounds could beat back Brain Cancer
World: Marijuana Compounds could beat back Brain Cancer The Palm Beach Post | 1/11/2010|

Preliminary research suggests that a combination of compounds in marijuana could help fight off a particularly deadly form of brain cancer.

12.28.09
Project CBD: Marijuana Specialists Plan To Study New Strains

By Fred Gardner, Editor, O’Shaughnessy’s, the journal of cannabis in clinical practice

“You have to start somewhere.” —Willy Notcutt, MD

12.28.09
WORLD: Project CBD: marijuana specialists plan to study new strains
WORLD: Project CBD: marijuana specialists plan to study new strains SOURCE | 12/28/2009 | Allen St. Pierre

“You have to start somewhere.” —Willy Notcutt, MD

12.25.09
JPN: This Is Your Tongue On Cannabis
JPN: This Is Your Tongue On Cannabis Inventor Spot | 12/23/2009 | T Goodman

12.25.09
WORLD: Marijuana 'Munchies' May Be Rooted in Biology
WORLD: Marijuana 'Munchies' May Be Rooted in Biology Business week | 12/24/2009 | Randy Dotinga

New research sheds some light on the "munchies" -- the desire that pot smokers sometimes have to eat lots of food.

12.24.09
WORLD: Effects of teen marijuana use persist in adulthood
Effects of teen marijuana use persist in adulthood 12/24/09 | Top News | Anjali Singh

In teens use of marijuana may bring about neurological changes in the developing brain. These changes in adulthood leads to increased anxiety and stress levels, new animal research suggests.

12.04.09
USA: Review Finds Marijuana May Help MS Patients.
USA: Review Finds Marijuana May Help MS Patients. HealthDay Reporter | 12/4/09 | Steven Reinberg
12.04.09
Whole plant cannabis extracts in the treatment of spasticity in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/9/59/abstract

Shaheen E Lakhan and Marie Rowland

11.19.09
Cannabis destroys cancer cells

Research at Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry reveals

09.08.09
Cannabis chemicals may help fight prostate cancer