MEDICINAL USES OF CANNABIS

US CO: Marijuana Therapy For An 8-Year-Old: Denver Rocky Mountain News, 7 May 2002

UK: Cannabis A Medical Miracle - It's Official: The Observer, 4 November 2001

Between 1840 and 1900 over 1000 major medical articles recommending cannabis as a therapeutic agent were published.

It is still puzzling that no serious modern survey of the therapeutic value in cannabis has been conducted. This is because it is illegal, and may well be due to pressures from the pharmaceutical and drug companies who fear loss of profits if cannabis is accepted medicinally. Just imagine all those people growing their own remedy!

CANNABIS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USED IN THE TREATMENT OF:

See some press reports on medical uses of cannabis

What is the difference, or differences between recreational use of cannabis and the medical use of cannabis? by Kyle Valleverde

Medical cannabis may be OK, Says Hellawell: Daily Mail, September 24 1998

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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)

BRAIN TUMOURS

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Canadian Judge Rules Medical Marijuana is allowed : Thursday, 11 December 1997: Ottawa Citizen

At the 10th International Conference on Drug Policy, 1996, USA John P Morgan MD, Professor of Pharmacology, City University of New York Medical School, said of Marinol, the synthetic THC marketed in the States, "In a recent study, the scientists gave patients 20 mg of Marinol by mouth to see if it increased their appetite. Not only could they not detect much appetite-increasing effect, but also they learned the interesting fact that, in one-third of people who take Marinol by mouth, you have no blood levels at all. The drug is so poorly bio-available it's surprising that it got onto the market. There may well be some reason to believe that there are individuals in our government who are interested in getting Marinol on the market to diminish the pressure for marijuana smokers."

Testimony of Lester Grinspoon, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School before the Crime Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., October 1, 1997

One of the best effects Marijuana can have in any terminal illness is to produce a degree of euphoria which boosts morale in a depressing situation.....Dr. Anthony Henman

I'm quite impressed by what's happened to (MS) patients who have used it...Dr. James Malone-Lee, consultant St. Pancras Hospital, London

Marijuana is beneficial to many patients ..Jocelyn Elders, USA Surgeon General

For more information on the medical uses of marijuana / cannabis check out

The Flow medical page

SEE ALSO: Medical references

SOME PRESS REPORTS ABOUT MEDICAL CANNABIS

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Volume 76, Issue 1-2, pp 3-8, 13-May-1998
Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Cannabis for migraine treatment: the once and future prescription? An historical and scientific review by Ethan Russo, Department of Neurology, Western Montana Clinic, 515 West Front Street, Missoula, MT 58907-7609USA: Accepted 26 January 1998

Abstract

Cannabis, or marijuana, has been used for centuries for both symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of migraine. It was highly esteemed as a headache remedy by the most prominent physicians of the age between 1874 and 1942, remaining part of the Western pharmacopoeia for this indication even into the mid-twentieth century. Current ethnobotanical and anecdotal references continue to refer to its efficacy for this malady, while biochemical studies of THC and anandamide have provided a scientific basis for such treatment. The author believes that controlled clinical trials of Cannabis in acute migraine treatment are warranted.
© 1998 International Association for the Study of Pain.
Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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