By Randy Dotinga

 
In the new study, researchers tested THC and cannabidiol, another compound from marijuana, on brain cancer cells. The findings appear in the January issue of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.
The study authors found that the combination treatment seemed to work better at killing the cancerous cells and preventing them from growing back.
 
Full Article:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=110302

The Huffington Post  |  By Mollie Reilly

 
With a majority of Americans now in favor marijuana legalization, President Barack Obama is now saying weed is no more dangerous to individuals’ health than alcohol.
In an interview with the New Yorker’s David Remnick published Sunday, Obama said while he believes marijuana is “not very healthy,” the drug isn’t as harmful as some insist.
“As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life. I don’t think it is more dangerous than alcohol,” Obama told Remnick.
When asked if he believes marijuana is less harmful than alcohol, Obama said it is less damaging “in terms of its impact on the individual consumer.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/19/obama-marijuana-alcohol_n_4627740.html

By Sarah Fruchtnicht

 
“People are realizing that the war on drugs is a failure,” he added, “that the amount of money spent, you could have bought all the drugs with that much money rather than create this army of people and incarcerated people. I think the terror of marijuana was probably overstated. I don’t think people are really concerned about it the way they once were. Now that we have crack and crystal and whatnot, people don’t even think about marijuana anymore, it’s like someone watching too many videogames in comparison. The fact that states are passing laws allowing it means that its threat has been over-exaggerated.”
 
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http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/drug-law/bill-murrays-thoughtful-reddit-ama-war-drugs-failure-waste-money#

Barb Sweet

St. John’s cancer patient Paul Morrissey is convinced marijuana oil is a cure for the disease. — Photo by Rhonda Hayward/The Telegram
 
A St. John’s man suffering from prostate cancer that had metastasized is crediting marijuana oil treatment with putting him on the mend.
“It makes me feel 20 years younger, that’s what the marijuana oil does,” said Paul Morrissey, adding he shovelled snow for three hours during the recent blizzard and blackout with no problems.
 
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http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2014-01-18/article-3581246/Man-says-hemp-oil-is-beating-his-cancer/1

By: Hillary Thornton

 
The report found industrial hemp as a viable resource for the region, and when paired with coal to create energy…the amount of sulfur emissions and other pollutants can be reduced.
 
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http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Patriot-BioEnergy-releases-analysis-of-co-firing-industrial-hemp-and-coal-240923331.html

Stan White

OPINION: The leader of a group working against a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in Alaska said the regulations it calls for are a “facade.” But the real facade is the effort being made to prop up the failed — and devilish — policy of prohibition.flickr / Bob Doran
 
“In more than 5,000 years of documented use, the relatively safe plant cannabis still hasn’t killed a single person. That’s safety on a Biblical scale.”
 
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http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140117/far-facade-legalizing-marijuana-means-accepting-divine-gift
 

By Nina Ippolito

 
 
One might not expect a website called weedblog.eu to be particularly profound. However, in addition to posts about “the best weed you ever smoked” and “the latest cannabis discoveries that governments don’t want you to know,” the site recently posted a map that elegantly displays an ongoing, historic, and unprecedented sea change: the world’s changing consensus about the prohibition of marijuana.
 
Full Article:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/79369/the-marijuana-legalization-tidal-wave-is-coming-see-this-map
 

By COLIN MOYNIHAN

By Curt Petrovich, CBC News

 
 
On April 1st, Health Canada will no longer be involved in approving medical marijuana use, only licensing the producers.
Doctors will decide who gets medical marijuana and who doesn’t, writing a prescription which a patient can take to a federally authorized grower. That grower will in turn deliver the dried marijuana directly to the patient.
The new rules will also do away with the need for a specialist’s opinion to treat ailments such as glaucoma, mild arthritis or depression, which could make it easier for more people to access marijuana.
 
Full Article:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/medical-marijuana-rule-change-means-expansion-for-b-c-business-1.2500016
 

BY NICOLE FLATOW

 
CREDIT: AP
 
The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat came out in support of medical marijuana this week and said law enforcement resources are wasted on marijuana enforcement.
“I think that there’s some medical reasons for marijuana,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told the Las Vegas Sun Thursday, saying his position on the topic has evolved. Reid cited news segments on the dramatic medical benefits to children with seizures of consuming marijuana, and personal experiences with a friend’s son who, after suffering from kidney failure, was able to develop an appetite for the first time in months after smoking marijuana.
 
Full Article:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/17/3178831/senate-majority-leader-supports-medical-marijuana/