Archive for January 23rd, 2008
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Chronicle Herald, NS
22 Jan 2008
Tom McCoag, Amherst Bureau
MACCAN MAN’S LATEST MARIJUANA PLEA ON HOLD
AMHERST – A Maccan-area man who says marijuana cures cancer will have to wait until next month to plead to a new charge of drug trafficking.
Ricky Simpson, 58, was to have entered a plea Monday to a charge of trafficking not more [...]
Marijuana May Fight Lung Tumors
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Article from CBS News
Apr 17, 2007
Charlene Laino
Cannabis Compound Slows Cancer Spread In Mice, Researchers Say
(WebMD) Cannabis may be bad for the lungs, but the active ingredient in marijuana may help combat lung cancer, new research suggests.
In lab and mouse studies, the compound, known as THC, cut lung tumor growth in half and helped prevent the [...]
Cannabinoids have been shown to reduce the invasiveness of cancer cells
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Journal of the National Cancer Institute
December 25, 2007
Oxford University Press
Inhibition of Cancer Cell Invasion by Cannabinoids via Increased Expression of Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinases-1
Background
Cannabinoids, in addition to having palliative benefits in cancer therapy, have been associated with anticarcinogenic effects. Although the antiproliferative activities of cannabinoids have been intensively investigated, little is known about their [...]
Cannabinoids may also have an anti-cancer effect
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008West Australian, Australia
21 Jan 2008
NEW STUDY SHOWS MARIJUANA MAY FIGHT CANCER
HAMBURG – The active ingredient in marijuana may suppress tumour invasion in highly invasive cancers, according to new research in Germany.
Cannabinoids, the active components in marijuana, are already used medically to reduce the side effects of cancer treatment, such as pain, weight loss and vomiting.
But [...]
Police addicted to their own kind of dope – image and prestige
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Lima News, OH
20 Jan 2008
Dave Doddridge
AMERICAN WAR ON DRUGS PITS GOVERNMENT AGAINST PEOPLE
I’ve read and reread the account of the shooting death of Tarika Wilson with great sadness.
Some of the folks in Lima have sent letters saying all the typical things Americans have been led to believe: Wilson should not have allowed drugs in her [...]
Change will be a reversal from the board’s previous position
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008The Ukiah Daily Journal, CA
20 Jan 2008
Rob Burgess
MEDICAL MARIJUANA SALES TAX MAY END
Medical marijuana dispensaries in California, including the two that currently operate in Mendocino County, may soon be exempt from state sales tax, said a representative from the California State Board of Equalization.
The regulations will soon reflect the change that when marijuana is prescribed [...]
Hemp farming in a new era of alternative opportunity
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Grand Forks Herald, ND
20 Jan 2008
Wayne Hauge
INDUSTRIAL HEMP POSES NO THREAT
RAY, N.D. I am proud and honored by the negative comments of Jeanette McDougal and John Coleman, as well as mystified by their statements that provide little in the way of statistical evidence to support their negative stance on industrial hemp ( “The plan: First [...]
Confusion over cannabis classification continues
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Independent on Sunday, UK
20 Jan 2008
Brian Brady and Jonathan Owen
CANNABIS EXPERTS LASH OUT AT MINISTERS FOR IGNORING ADVICE
An angry row has blown up over proposals to upgrade cannabis to a class B drug, with leading experts from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs ( ACMD ) accusing the Government of a “deliberate leak” [...]
Drug dog Ben sniffs out largest load of marijuana
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Tucson Citizen, AZ
19 Jan 2008
Ryn Gargulinski
3,000 POUNDS OF POT SEIZED IN TRUCK AT SAN LUIS
The San Luis port of entry had its highest single marijuana seizure Thursday – at 3,043 pounds – a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said in a Friday news release.
The 1 1/2 tons of marijuana were seized from an apparently [...]
Health board member busted for illegal substances
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Regina Leader-Post, SN
19 Jan 2008
Janet French and Mark Ferguson
HEALTH BOARD MEMBER FACES DRUG CHARGES
SASKATOON — A member of the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority faces drug charges after police seized more than $200,000 worth of illegal substances Thursday night.
Eric Braun, who’s also president of the 25th Street Theatre Centre, covered his face and wordlessly rushed past [...]