Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 PARIS – The ingredient that gives cannabis its “high” and famously whets the appetite can help cancer patients recover lost pleasure in food, according to a study published on Wednesday. Researchers in Canada enrolled 21 patients who had been treated with chemotherapy for advanced cancer, and […]
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Amsterdam is done. Where will potheads turn now?
By Agence France-Presse Sunday, January 30th, 2011 MAASTRICHT, Netherlands — Learning to grow their own weed or finding a dealer: French and Belgian potheads are seeking alternatives to the famous Dutch coffee shop as The Hague plans to cut off drug tourists. Incensed by the “nuisance” caused by millions of […]
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Drug decriminalization pays off in Portugal as US weighs its options
By The Associated Press Monday, December 27th, 2010 LISBON, Portugal (AP) — These days, Casal Ventoso is an ordinary blue-collar community – mothers push baby strollers, men smoke outside cafes, buses chug up and down the cobbled main street. Ten years ago, the Lisbon neighborhood was a hellhole, a “drug […]
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Pat Robertson Favors Marijuana Legalization
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 Count this among the 10 things nobody ever expected to see in their lifetimes: 700 Club founder Pat Robertson, one of the cornerstone figures of America’s Christian right movement, has come out in favor of legalizing marijuana. Calling it getting “smart” on […]
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Judge finds ‘increasing’ difficulty in seating marijuana juries
David Edwards Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 It’s becoming more and more difficult to find juries that will produce a guilty verdict in marijuana cases, according to a judge in Missoula County, Montana. “I think it’s going to become increasingly difficult to seat a jury in marijuana cases, at least the […]
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Mexico marijuana growers learn new tricks from U.S.
Tue, Dec 14 2010 By Mica Rosenberg AMATA, Mexico (Reuters) – Farmers growing marijuana in remote Mexican mountains are adopting techniques pioneered in the United States to produce more potent pot and boost profits from the cash crop that is fueling a deadly drug war. In the fertile valleys of […]
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Government of Canada Investment to Help Hemp Farmers and Processors Reach Full Potential
Dec 13, 2010 15:26 ET WINNIPEG, MANITOBA–(Marketwire – Dec. 13, 2010) – The Government of Canada is injecting more than $728,000 to help the hemp industry increase production capacity and make new inroads into the U.S. market. The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, made the announcement today on […]
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As medical marijuana proliferates, pot prices decline
Chris Morris, CNBC.com Recreational users of marijuana are seeing price cuts on the street thanks to the growing number of states that have approved the drug for medicinal use. The price of cannabis, of course, varies wildly — depending on the strain purchased, its potency and the parts of the […]
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Marijuana Cuts Tumor Growth by 50%
The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University who tested the chemical in both lab and mouse studies. They say this is the first set of experiments to show […]