Meet The Children Who Rely On Marijuana To Survive

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Since he was just a few months old, 10-year-old Zaki Jackson has suffered from a rare form of epilepsy that, at its worst, causes him to have thousands of seizures a day. The seizures, which his mother describes as a “full body electrocution,” render him unable to talk or walk, and sometimes cause him to stop breathing.
Over the past decade, his family has tried to combat his syndrome with 17 different pharmaceutical medications, a specialized diet and alternative forms of therapy like acupuncture. The various medications have caused him to gain weight, become incoherent, experience extreme cramping and lose his ability to sleep, but they’ve never stopped the seizures.
“His brain could never function well,” Dr. Margaret Gedde, one of Zaki’s doctors, told The Huffington Post. “He could never be present.”
Gedde recommended Zaki start taking a strain of medical marijuana that’s high in cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive ingredient known for treating seizures, and low in THC, which causes pot smokers to feel “high.” Since Zaki began the treatment more than a year ago, he has been seizure-free.
 
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/31/cannabis-for-children_n_4697135.html

Lynnette Shaw – Marin’s medical marijuana pioneer caught in jaws of federal drug laws

By Richard Halstead
Marin Independent Journal

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Although the legalization of marijuana use, both for recreational and medical purposes, is sweeping the country, the woman who founded the nation’s first locally sanctioned medical marijuana dispensary in Fairfax some 18 years ago is struggling to avoid homelessness.
 
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http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_25030992/marin-s-medical-marijuana-pioneer-caught-jaws-federal

Prestigious ‘Scientific American’ calls on U.S. to open doors to LSD, MDMA, pot research

By April M. Short, AlterNet
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The editors of Scientific American—the 168-year-old magazine to which scientists like Albert Einstein have contributed—this week called for an end to the national ban on psychoactive drug research, noting that LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and cannabis all “had their origins in the medical pharmacopeia.”
 
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/30/prestigious-scientific-american-calls-on-u-s-to-open-doors-to-lsd-mdma-pot-research/

Cannabis Proves Effective In Treating Crohn’s Disease According To New Study

Posted by: Charles Moore
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“In ancient medicine, cannabis was widely used to treat and cure bowel disturbances and inflammation, and a recent clinical study now shows that the medicinal herb Cannabis sativa lived up to expectations and proved to be highly efficient in cases of inflammatory bowel diseases.”
 
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http://bionews-tx.com/news/2014/01/29/cannabis-proves-effective-treating-crohns-disease-according-new-study/

NJ Weedman: ‘I’m Enjoying Watching Christie Go Through This’ [AUDIO]

By Jim Gearhart Show
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Ed Forchion, otherwise known to many NJ residents as NJ Weedman, an advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana, spoke with Jim this morning.
Forchion, who currently is serving a 9-month sentence for possession of marijuana, is out of jail at the moment as part of his suspended sentence to receive medical treatment for cancer.
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http://nj1015.com/nj-weedman-im-enjoying-watching-christie-go-through-this-audio/?trackback=fbshare_mobile

‘I’ve smoked cannabis and it was great’: Former M&S chief Sir Stuart Rose admits smoking the drug while at the helm of store

By SARA SMYTH

Sir Stuart Rose has said he smoked cannabis while he was at the helm of Marks & Spencer

Sir Stuart Rose has said he smoked cannabis while he was at the helm of Marks & Spencer
 
‘This box of cigars went round, cigarettes, and I was fumbling around, and I found this thing and said, “What’s that?” And my host said, “Shut up and smoke it”.
‘So I did, and I giggled a lot, and he gave me two to go  away with, and I smoked the other one the following day, and the following one about two months later, and I have to say, it was great! And I’ve never had one since.’
 
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545679/Ive-smoked-cannabis-great-Former-M-S-chief-Sir-Stuart-Rose-admits-smoking-drug-helm-store.html

Medical Cannabis for Influenza

Added by Lara Stielow
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A medical cannabis throat lozenge may help prevent deaths from the swine flu according to Robert Melamede, owner of Cannabis Science, a pharmaceutical cannabis company. If Melamede is correct the large number of deaths among young adults from a 1918 swine flu outbreak could have been prevented with a cannabis throat lozenge. With FDA approval the lozenge could be used to prevent deaths from organ failure that can result from particularly virulent strains of the flu.
 
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http://guardianlv.com/2014/01/medical-cannabis-for-influenza/

Colorado Supreme Court to review Brandon Coats’ firing over medical marijuana

By John IngoldThe Denver Post
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In a move that could have major impacts for how employers treat marijuana use by workers, the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday announced it will review the case of a fired medical marijuana patient.
The patient, a quadriplegic man named Brandon Coats, lost his job for using marijuana off the clock. But, in taking up the case, the Supreme Court announced it would look not just at whether a special Colorado law that protects legal off-the-clock activities covers marijuana. For the first time, the court announced it will also look at whether Colorado’s constitution gives medical marijuana patients a right to cannabis.
 
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http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/01/27/colorado-supreme-court-to-review-firing-over-marijuana-brandon-coats/3309/