Today the journal Nature released some interesting new results in endocannabinoid research. Scientists have found a possible treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
Endocannabinoids are naturally occurring compounds in the human body that are similar to those in marijuana. While the research does not indicate that smoking marijuana treats Parkinson’s, it does confirm what medical marijuana […]
Last Thursday, New Mexico’s Senate Public Affairs Committee unanimously passed a bill that would allow 50 - 200 chronically ill people access to their medicine. But supporters aren’t setting the temps on their vaporizers yet - they’ve been this far before only to be let down. One key […]
Low-fat didn’t work. Neither did the Thighmaster, aerobics, Atkins, South Beach, colon cancer or diabetes. Americans just keep getting fatter. With the healthcare system in crisis, it sure would be great if there were a pill that you could take to lose weight. Not one of those late-night con jobs or […]
Before we pack the Champagne…
A great article from the Los Angeles Business Journal by way of NORML:
RIDING HIGH
by Deborah Crowe, Los Angeles Business Journal Staff, 29 Jan 2007
California
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With Little Fanfare Until This Month, Los Angeles County Has Quietly Become the Country’s Capital of Medical Marijuana.
In the last two years the number of marijuana […]
