By Chris Clay
By the turn of the last century, pharmaceutical giant Parke, Davis & Co. had fully embraced cannabis as a medicine. The company’s 1901 edition of Physician’s Manual of Therapeutics contains over 400 references to cannabis, recommending it as a primary treatment for a wide range of conditions including migraines, inflammation, neuralgia and epilepsy. However, company buyers faced a serious supply problem; as outlined in their Standardized Productscatalogue from 1911,
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http://warmlandcentre.ca/2017/08/parke-davis-cannabis-safe-in-immense-doses-1900
Category: Cannabis News Corner
Former NBA commissioner David Stern: Remove marijuana from banned list
Arthur Weinstein
Former NBA commissioner David Stern thinks the league should remove marijuana from the list of banned substances.
Stern chose an interesting forum in which to make that pronouncement, in an interview with former NBA player Al Harrington, who now owns a cannabis medical extract company. Harrington’s documentary video on the medicinal use of marijuana in pro sports appears on the site Uninterrupted.
“I’m now at the point where, personally, I think [marijuana] probably should be removed from the ban list,” Stern said. “I think there is universal agreement that marijuana for medical purposes should be completely legal.”
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http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/david-stern-nba-marijuana-banned-al-harrington-adam-silver/1uxc54bzaxjy71tyccu2qatyzm
Could Hemp Fashion Be the Key to Fixing India’s Cotton Economy?
Ashoka
Hemp fabric boasts some incredible properties: It’s stronger and more durable than cotton, takes half as much water and land to grow, is 98% UV resistant, repels bacteria and dust, and looks like linen (but wrinkles less).
India is the world’s second largest exporter of cotton, but there are some big challenges: Modern conventional cotton cultivation relies on pesticides and herbicides which are improperly, excessively, and dangerously applied in underdeveloped countries, and might have contributed to the worldwide decline of insect populations. And then there is the suicide epidemic among poor cotton farmers. One study shows that small-scale cotton farmers who try to rain-feed their genetically modified cotton are more likely to be sucked into a cycle of debt and commit suicide.
For these and other reasons, social entrepreneurs are watching closely the emergence of another crop, industrial hemp. (Industrial hemp is low-THC cannabis sativa, as opposed to cannabis indica, for smoking).
Hemp has an astounding array of uses: clothing, paper, particleboard, molded plastics (you can find it in Mercedes and BMW cars), and even food (pick up a carton of protein and omega-rich hemp milk in Whole Foods). It’s stronger and more durable than cotton, and needs half as much water and land to grow. It only takes 90 days to mature for harvest – as opposed to nine months for cotton – so farmers can grow it twice a year and reduce the financial risk of crop failure. And it’s called a “sister plant,” growing so densely that it crowds out weeds without the help of herbicides.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2017/10/23/could-hemp-fashion-be-the-key-to-fixing-indias-cotton-economy/#fd54804106a9
Dallas Police Officer Asks President Trump To Change Marijuana Policy
Hemp House is Built of Rammed Earth, Timber and Hempcrete Walls
HomeWorldDesign
Architects: Steffen Welsch Architects
Project: Hemp House
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Photography: Rhiannon Slatter
Hemp House, a dual occupancy home for three generations to explore co-housing, was built in a combination of rammed earth, timber and Hempcrete walls. It created a very beautiful and healthy environment; pulling it all together involved courage and adventure which for all ended up being a very rewarding experience.
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http://homeworlddesign.com/hemp-house-built-rammed-earth-timber-hempcrete-walls/
Medical Schools Need Better Cannabis Education
Getty
A new study published in the online journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence found that “medical education needs to catch up to marijuana legislation.” While medical marijuana is now legal in 29 states and Washington D.C. for various ailments, it appears that medical schools have not quite caught on to the trend.
“As a future physician, it worries me,” said the study’s first author Anastasia Evanoff, who is a third-year medical student. She continued, “We need to know how to answer questions about medical marijuana’s risks and benefits, but there is a fundamental mismatch between state laws involving marijuana and the education physicians-in-training receive at medical schools throughout the country.”
“As a future physician, it worries me,” said the study’s first author Anastasia Evanoff, who is a third-year medical student. She continued, “We need to know how to answer questions about medical marijuana’s risks and benefits, but there is a fundamental mismatch between state laws involving marijuana and the education physicians-in-training receive at medical schools throughout the country.”
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https://www.marijuanatimes.org/medical-schools-need-better-cannabis-education/
Is it high time to give cannabis a try in the landscape?
Jill Odom
Photo: Pixabay
When you hear “green industry,” you probably think of the current field that you are in and all that pertains to it, but the phrase can also refer to the booming interest in growing marijuana as more states legalize its medicinal and/or recreational use.
While most individuals are happy to go to a marijuana dispensary to get a pick-me-up of pot, there are those who would like to grow their own.
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http://www.totallandscapecare.com/landscaping/is-it-high-time-to-give-cannabis-a-try-in-the-landscape/
Arkansas Medical Cannabis Program Turnaround
Just over a month ago, Arkansas’ medical cannabis program looked to be in serious trouble – how things have changed over the last couple of weeks.
In August, we reported at that point in time there were no applications lodged for growing or dispensing medicinal cannabis in the state and patient registration was less than stellar.
By late August, only two submissions had been received for cultivation.
The pace picked up dramatically recently, particularly in the final days. The number of applications for cultivation has gone from zero to 98 and from zilch to 224 for dispensing according to the editor of Arkansas Business, Gwen Moritz.
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https://www.hempgazette.com/news/arkansas-medicinal-cannabis-hg0420/
Medical Cannabis to be licensed in South Africa by the end of 2017
By Alexis Haden
The Citizen reported this week that those who want to grow cannabis for medicinal purposes will be able to do so by the end of the week.
The Medicines Control Council’s Griffiths Molewa told parliament’s portfolio committee on health that the council would approve regulations in the next few weeks.
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https://www.thesouthafrican.com/medical-marijuana-licensed-south-africa/
High hopes for hemp seed solution to Williamtown contamination
University of Newcastle researchers believe hemp seed might provide a real solution to the Williamtown contamination crisis.
Chemicals from firefighting foams historically used on the RAAF base have been discovered in high concentration in the local environment, including in groundwater, surface water and soils.
Researchers at the prestigious Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, based at the University of Newcastle, have shown hemp seed constituents to be highly effective in removing per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water.
Researchers at the prestigious Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, based at the University of Newcastle, have shown hemp seed constituents to be highly effective in removing per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water.
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https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/featured-news/high-hopes-for-hemp-seed-solution-to-williamtown-contamination