The U.S. Army, in a search for “nonlethal incapacitating agents,” tested cannabis-based drugs on GI volunteers throughout the 1960s according to Dr. James Ketchum, the psychiatrist who led the classified research program at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland.
Ketchum retired as a colonel in 1976 and lives in Santa Rosa. He has written a memoir, “Chemical Warfare: […]
A new study finds, “alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than some illegal drugs like marijuana or Ecstasy and should be classified as such in legal systems.”
Research recently published in the medical journal The Lancet rates the most dangerous drugs (starting with the worst) as follows:
1. Heroin
2. Cocaine
3. Barbiturates
4. Street methadone
5. Alcohol
6. Ketamine
7. Benzodiazepines
8. Amphetamine
9. […]
The British media and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in the United States are lying again.
Scientists are NOT warning of a cannabis timebomb.
A recent report titled “Cannabis and schizophrenia” is the newest weapon for the prohibition crowd. The UK Times ran the headline, “Scientists warn of cannabis ‘timebomb,’” while the Office […]
A new line of argument against marijuana may be beginning to emerge.
The government has been telling us that marijuana has no medicinal value. The latest science is saying otherwise. Now the government tacitly admits the benefits of marijuana, but claims to be concerned about smoke inhalation.
We can solve this problem overnight. Not […]
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 […]
