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This long awaited third instalment, in the Joint Doctor’s work, is a potent, extremely resinous and tasty auto-flowering plant. An inbred cross of Soma’s New York City Diesel and Lowryder #2, this strain normally produces one main cola with less branching than Lowryder or Lowryder #2. Unlike most other Lowryder hybrids created by amateurs, in the guise of new seed companies, this strain has been worked on by the Joint Doctor and mastered over the course of some years to ensure the perfect hybrid that maintains the excellent taste and effect of NYC Diesel whilst taking the auto-flowering genetics. Typical…

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Joint Doctor Purple Jems is a beautifully coloured new auto-flowering variety developed by underground breeder Mossy. Purple JEMS buds display a broad colour palette, ending with a stunning royal purple. A real pleasure to watch grow, these small plants produce large purple nuggets covered in a sticky layer of resin. The reward is a well-balanced stone that satisfies the palate and relaxes the body. Flavour is on the floral side with a hint of sweetness. Low ambient odour! Sex : Regular Type : Runderalis Genetics : F7 Mazar x Lowryder Flowering : Autoflowering Flowering Time : Medium Height : Short…

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A LEADING cannabis campaigner claims multiple sclerosis sufferers are being driven into the arms of illegal dealers selling the drug laced with glass because doctors refuse to prescribe it as medicine. Jeffrey Ditchfield, who was hauled through the courts after saying he was selling the drug as medicine from a Rhyl cafe, says dealers are now lacing Welsh cannabis with dangerous substances.Mr Ditchfield says he closed his cafe, The Beggar’s Belief, after UK doctors were given permission by the Home Office to prescribe cannabis-derived medicines like Sativex.But landlord Mr Ditchfield, 49, says medics are very reluctant to prescribe Sativex to…

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Police powers to use terror laws to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion are illegal, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The Strasbourg court has been hearing a case involving two people stopped near an arms fair in London in 2003.It said Kevin Gillan and Pennie Quinton’s right to respect for a private and family life had been violated.It awarded them 33,850 euros (£30,400) to cover legal costs.Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 allows the home secretary to authorise police to make random searches in certain circumstances.But the European Court of Human Rights said the…

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Combining the two most common cannabinoid compounds in Cannabis may boost the effectiveness of treatments to inhibit the growth of brain cancer cells and increase the number of brain cancer cells that die off.That’s the finding of a new study published in the latest issue of the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.Researchers at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMCRI) combined the non-psychoactive Cannabis compound, cannabidiol (CBD), with Δ9-tetrahyrdocannabinol (Δ9-THC), the primary psychoactive active ingredient in Cannabis. They found the combination boosts the inhibitory effects of Δ9-THC on glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain tumor and the…

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Researchers investigating the role of cannabis in cancer therapy reveal it has the potential to destroy leukaemia cells, in a paper published in the March 2006 edition of Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. Led by Dr Wai Man Liu, at Barts and the London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, the team has followed up on their findings of 2005 which showed that the main active ingredient in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, has the potential to be used effectively against some forms of cancer. Dr Liu has since moved to the Institute of Cancer in Sutton where he…

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We are facing great economic and political challenges as we enter in the second decade of the twenty first century. Unemployment has peaked to disturbing highs, the investment banking sector has lost the confidence of the people and both public and private debt have spiraled beyond our ability to pay it off.  Facing all of these crises at once, what are we to do in order to secure a future worth living in for our children?  What miracle could possibly bail us out of this disaster of our own making?  The answer is simple: Hemp. There is only one plant…

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Researchers from Brazil’s prestigious University of Sao Paulo have discovered that marihuana contains substances which can help ease the collateral effects of medicines prescribed to patients suffering from Parkinson disease. Six patients with Parkinson were given during a whole month small doses of “canabiodiol” one of the 400 substances in marihuana, following which encouraging results were confirmed according to scientists from the Riberao Preto Medicine School from the SP University.“Patients with Parkinson developed improvements in their sleeping alterations, in their psychotic symptoms and could even reduce their trembling” said psychiatrist Jose Alexander Crippa, Neuro-sciences Department professor.The paper on the discovery…

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These are the lines from the new single – The Cannabis Song – released by local band Busy Fingers this week in the aftermath of the huge cannabis find by Gardai in Drumlish village two weeks ago. While the song takes a light-hearted look at the recent discovery of cannabis plants in a local house the local band are determined to point out that the drug is not tolerated in the North Longford village. The song goes on to highlight the beauty of the area and while the people there enjoy a drink or two they certainly do not tolerate…

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New painkiller can help reduce pain by as much as 30% in patients who do not respond to other medications. Scientists in Edinburgh say cancer patients could be helped by a new painkiller made from cannabis.A study of 177 patients found an oral spray developed in the capital can reduce pain levels by 30%, even when morphine or other pain medication has proved ineffective.Now, the team of researchers at Edinburgh University hopes the treatment could be offered alongside more traditional medicines.Doctors say the spray activates molecules in the body which can stop nerve signals being transmitted from the site of…

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