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Medical Doctor Describes Methods of Medicinal Cannabis Use

Tinctures To avoid inhalation, tinctures may be a good choice for medical cannabis patients. Drops of medicinal cannabis tinctures placed under the tongue go directly into the bloodstream, with no smell or the inconvenience or stigma of smoking. Tinctures will take ten to fifteen minutes to take effect. Balms and Lotions An increasing number of [...]

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Converted Organics Announces Agreement for Medical Marijuana Growth Study

Converted Organics Inc. (Nasdaq:COIN) announced today that PharmaSphere, LLC, a subsidiary of Converted Organics, has commenced a Research Trial with Dr. Andrew Riseman, Associate Professor, Agroecology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the Centre for Plant Research, University of British Columbia for the production of cannabis using TerraSphere’s controlled environment production systems. The study [...]

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Marijuana: The Illegal Herb That Fights Cancer

Medical marijuana is now a $1.7-billion market in the U.S. This means that sales of medical marijuana rival the annual revenue generated by Viagra, a $1.9-billion business. What’s more, the medical marijuana market is expected to nearly double in the next five years, and that’s just in the 15 U.S. states where the drug is [...]

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Medical Marijuana Inc Announces Major Deal to Distribute Three Beverages

SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – May 16, 2011) – Medical Marijuana Inc is proud to announce that CannaBANK™’s patent pending CBD (Cannabidiol) extraction process will allow for direct infusion of the health and wellness benefits providing CBD’s into three new bottled water enhanced beverages. This technology will be used by Medical Marijuana Inc (PINKSHEETS: MJNA) to [...]

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FDA Approves New PTSD Study with Medical Marijuana

The Santa Cruz Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies just received permission from the FDA to study the effects of cannabis on posttraumatic stress disorder. Several months ago, I reported on how the Santa Cruz Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) was beginning the first experimental sessions in their second MDMA study on posttraumatic stress disorder [...]

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A Medical Marijuana Skin Patch is In the works

First the good news: a medical marijuana skin patch is imminent, according to the company that is developing this potentially revolutionary product. The not-so-good news is that, although Medical Marijuana Delivery Systems (MMDS), LLC hopes to have the patch available in dispensaries by the end of this year (under the trade name TETRACAN), a prototype [...]

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Medical Marijuana: Dad Says It Saved Two-Year-Old Son with Cancer

There are many ways to look at the story of two-year-old brain-tumor survivor Cash Michael Hyde (youtube), whose father, Michael, secretly slipped him medical marijuana (mmj) oil in his feeding tube during chemotherapy last fall. You could assume that the plant is an effective drug. Chemotherapy left Cash unable to eat for 40 days; he [...]

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