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- US CA: Cannabis For The Cure?
Sacramento News & Review, 04 Aug 2011 - Cannabinoid scientists say marijuana actually fights cancer--but the feds continue to stymie research efforts Public-health researchers say the federal government is slowing the search for cures to breast, colon, prostate and brain cancers, as well as Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's, and HIV, because the research involves cannabis.
- US CA: Column: 'Reefer Madness' Slowing Cancer Research
East Bay Express, 27 Jul 2011 - Meanwhile, the DEA Declares Cannabis Has No Medical Value. Public health researchers say the federal government is slowing the search for cures to breast, colon, prostate, and brain cancer, as well as Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's, and HIV because the research involves pot.
- Denmark: Minister Approves Marijuana Drug
The Copenhagen Post, 03 Jun 2011 - Sclerosis Patients to Get Legal Access to Drug Containing Cannabis Extract The minister for internal affairs and health, Bertel Haarder, has ordered a law change that will legalise the prescription and sale of a prescription drug with marijuana as its active ingredient.
- US CA: Smoking Pot As Bad For You As Smoking Cigarettes
The Record, 20 Mar 2011 - SAN ANDREAS - Several dozen medical marijuana patients and caregivers gathered on a recent week night for a two-hour seminar at Forgotten Knowledge Collective in Valley Springs. After giving them an overview of the biology and science behind medical pot, biochemist Samantha Miller turned to one of the biggest questions facing the medical marijuana movement: to smoke or not to smoke.
- US: Web: If The Feds Get Their Way, Big Pharma Could Sell Pot
AlterNet, 23 Feb 2011 - But Your Dime Bag Would Still Send You to Jail We Should Be Very Wary About the DEA Allowing Regulation and Marketing of Pharmaceutical Products Containing Plant-Derived THC. "[M]arijuana has no scientifically proven medical value." So stated the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on page six of a July 2010 agency white paper, titled "DEA Position on Marijuana."
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