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Study: Scant Evidence That Medical Pot Helps Many Illnesses
06/23/2015

The researchers pooled results from studies that tested marijuana against placebos, usual care or no treatment. That's the most rigorous kind of research but many studies found no conclusive evidence of any benefit. Side effects were common and included dizziness, dry mouth and sleepiness. A less extensive research review in the journal found similar results.


Studies, Illness, evidence, Medical
Researchers track pot 'use'--of kids under 6
06/10/2015

Researchers found that more kids are being exposed to marijuana—by the age of 5, they report in Clinical Pediatrics. Between 2006 and 2013, the marijuana exposure rate rose 147.5 percent among kids 5 and under, according to a press release—and it rose nearly 610 percent during that period in states that legalized medical marijuana before the year 2000 (by our count, five).


Children, exposure, Medical
Only On 2: Investigation Reveals Medical Marijuana Is Getting Into School Kids’ Hands
02/25/2015
youth, School, Medical
Marijuana’s Buzzkill DNA: Biotech Researcher Finds Medical Pot Laced With Feces
08/08/2014
feces, Medical
New York Times Calls for Legalization of Marijuana, ASAM Strongly Objects
07/28/2014

 Stuart Gitlow, MD, president of ASAM and a board-certified addiction medicine specialist, called the paper’s stance “irresponsible” and “ignorant of the facts” that clearly place marijuana on the continuum of psychoactive drugs that trigger addiction and lifelong chronic brain disease.


Doctors, Medical, vote no, addiction
2014-06-17 00:00:00
06/17/2014

Oregonians legalized medical marijuana in 1998. The program was sold to voters as a modest one with plans to add about 500 patients per year. But today's Oregon Medical Marijuana Program has more than 60,000 patients who carry permission to own double the number of plants and more than five times the amount of smokeable product than was originally envisioned.


Oregon, Medical, patients
Problems With the Medicalization of Marijuana
05/20/2014

Because regulatory standards of the production process vary by state, the composition, purity, and concentration of the active constituents of marijuana are also likely to vary. This is especially problematic because unlike most other prescription medications that are single active compounds, marijuana contains more than 100 cannabinoids, terpenoids, and flavonoids that produce individual, interactive, and entourage effects.

No other prescription medication is smoked; concerns remain about the long-term risks of respiratory problems associated with smoking marijuana, which are a subject of active investigation.
5 THCis already available in a pill approved by the FDA, yet this form seems to be less desirable to those seeking medical marijuana; this may in part be because its euphoric effects are not immediate and cannot be reliably controlled, unlike smoked marijuana. 6

The current system of dispensing marijuana does not safeguard adequately against the potential for diversion and abuse.

 


Doctors, treatment, youth, Medical
Florida Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill
05/02/2014

 

A strain of low-THC marijuana would be legal in Florida for medical use under a bill passed by the Legislature.
THERE IS NOT NEED FOR AMENDMENT 2!
 


Florida, Medical
MacKinnon: Medical pot push driven by profit
04/19/2014

Does nobody else see the multiple flaws and outright dangers associated with such an amendment? Does anyone else not recognize the fact that “medical marijuana” is a fantasy created for profit?


ballot, Colorado-0, Medical, chemicals, follow the money
Cannabis Use Is Quantitatively Associated with Nucleus Accumbens and Amygdala Abnormalities in Young Adult Recreational Users
04/16/2014
Studies, Medical, Brain, youth
What you should know about medical marijuana
12/27/2013
Medical, THC, Effects
More teenagers smoke pot in states with “medical” marijuana laws
08/13/2013
youth, Medical, states
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