Berner finds out just how hard marijuana mania has hit Seattle. https://youtu.be/pFlD_B7fJBk
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In this radio interview Vera Twomey gives the latest news from her campaign to access cannabis for daughter Ava Barry in Ireland https://youtu.be/Qlln94VC6mU
GrassRoots: The Cannabis Revolution is a feature-length documentary exploring the medicinal use of cannabis, the patients involved & the campaign to change UK law Clark French is 30 year’s old and has Multiple Sclerosis. Every day he battles, not just against the debilitating nature of his illness, but against social stigma and the law. He doesn’t treat his MS with conventional medication; he self-medicates illegally, with cannabis. He is part of a subculture of politically driven people, willing to incriminate themselves for something they believe in. GrassRoots’ vérité approach delves into the lives of people consuming cannabis medically. It follows…
A mum fighting for legal access to medicinal cannabis in Northern Ireland will walk 150 miles to a hospital appointment with her son Charlotte Caldwell’s son Billy suffers from intractable epilepsy which has left him with developmental delay. Just one seizure could prove fatal and without the care he needed available in Northern Ireland, his mother took him to the US for treatment. Today he has been 45 days free of seizures since starting specialist cannabis treatment that is banned in the UK. Now Charlotte has been offered a meeting with Aidan Dawson, Interim Director of Specialist Hospitals & Women’s…
On the 10th of February 2017, Minister for Health, Simon Harris, announced that he has decided to establish a compassionate access programme for cannabis-based treatments in Ireland. The announcement followed the publication of the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s (HPRA) report entitled “Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific Review”. The HPRA report advised that, if a policy decision is taken to permit cannabis under an access programme, it should be for the treatment of patients with: Spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis resistant to all standard therapies and interventions whilst under expert medical supervision; Intractable nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy,…
The Mother of an Irish child with a severe form of Epilepsy known as Dravet Syndrome has started walking from Cork to the Dáil Éireann in Dublin for a second time Vera Twomey first started the walk last year in a bid to get her daughter Ava access to cannabis to help with her seizures but Irish Health Minister Simon Harris stepped in and agreed to meet. Nothing came of the meeting and young Ava is still suffering. https://youtu.be/vfbcwTGNqVo
OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp Receives IRB Approval to Initiate Safety Testing on its Cannabinoid-Infused Cream for Treatment of Psoriasis OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. an Israeli-based developer of cannabinoid-based therapies targeting a variety of different medical conditions and disorders, today (Feb 27, 2017) announced it has received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval to conduct safety testing on its proprietary topical crème compound for the treatment of psoriasis and related skin conditions. The approval follows the Company’s February 1, 2017 8K filing announcing an extension to the size and scope of its efficacy study on the same compound, which began in November…
GW Pharmaceuticals plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform, today announced positive top-line results from an exploratory Phase 2 placebo-controlled clinical study of a proprietary combination of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) in 21 patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM. GBM is a particularly aggressive brain tumor, with a poor prognosis. GW has received Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for THC:CBD in the treatment of glioma. The study showed that patients with documented recurrent GBM treated…
A desperate Derry man whose son suffers from a rare incurable disease said he willingly risked prison to grow cannabis for medicinal oil to improve his child’s quality of life. Chris McDaid and his partner, Lynda McIntyre’s 10-year-old son Cian suffers from a rare and incurable neurodegenerative disease called Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). A-T has many symptoms including difficulty with movement and co-ordination, a weakened immune system and an increased risk of cancer. Many sufferers die before their 20th birthday. Chris, who has a degree in Marine Science, carried out years of research into the medicinal uses of cannabis and has…
A new rehab facility opening in West Los Angeles promises to treat drug addiction in a new and exciting way: by giving addicts drugs. High Sobriety bills itself as “cannabis inclusive treatment” and stands in direct contrast to most treatment centers, which preach complete abstinence from mind-altering substances, including alcohol and marijuana. According to its website, High Sobriety uses marijuana to help patients detox from drugs and alcohol, and also as part of the center’s continuing care: At High Sobriety, our first and foremost goal is to eliminate the risk of death from drug use. Cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, pharmaceuticals and…
