The development of the number of new schizophrenia cases in the UK does not support the hypothesis that cannabis use increases schizophrenia risk. According to research of scientists at Keele University in Staffordshire, UK, the incidence (the number of new diagnosed cases) of schizophrenia in the years 1996 to 2005 does not support the hypothesis that cannabis use increases the risk for the development of schizophrenia or psychosis. For this study an analysis of data from 183 practices in England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland was conducted. The study cohort comprised almost 600,000 patients each year, representing approximately 2.3 per cent of…
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Scientific studies report facts. Forget the all the urban myths and rumors, and make up your own mind using facts. Cannabis is medicine! Educate yourself! (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) – I am a well-respected teacher’s aide in my 60s. I start my day with 8th grade math. I quilt, paint, sculpt and am an avid genealogist. I enjoy posting on several websites. My husband is disabled and on SSI. We live in a tiny rural town in California with our two adult sons. Our lives are filled with computers and books. We are all compulsive educators- a family of quiet, intellectual geeks.I…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N88lyybjsqw Canadian Marc Emery, Canada’s most prominent marijuana legalization activist, is at the top of the U.S, Drug Enforcement Agency’s ‘Most Wanted List’ and now faces extradition to the U.S. and possible life imprisonment. His crime – selling marijuana seeds over the Internet. An occupation he has never denied. In fact for more than a decade he has dutifully filed his income tax returns in Canada stating his occupation as “marijuana seed seller”. He paid his taxes and was left alone by the Canadian authorities. However Canada’s RCMP suddenly and willingly co-operated when the DEA got him in their sights.…
TrueorFalse?The Rights of Jurors When you sit on a jury, you have the Right and Duty to find the Verdict according to your judgment on whether the law is Just. TRUE. The British Justice System was once revered at home and respected abroad as embodying the finest and most democratic form of law enforcement ever devise by mankind. This historic worldwide example and reputation derived from One single phenomenon: it was the direct result of Constitutional Law, Magna Carta, The Great Charter of English Liberties, first passed in 1215. By Act of Union, Magna Carta is law throughout Britain, and…
Grass, narrated by actor/activist Woody Harrelson, takes a highly spirited and innovative look into one of America’s most deeply rooted cultural myths: the evils of “pot”, “cannabis”, “weed”, “dubich”, “doobie”, “shrub”, or whatever man. From the story of America’s first drug czar, to the absurd scare tactics behind propaganda films like Reefer Madness, and Marijuana: Threat or Menace, director Ron Mann (Comic Book Confidential, Twist) poignantly and humorously exposes the social, political and economic facts behind this enduring weed, and the extent to which it has profoundly shaped our culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBBFItQqCcM
Police were forced to go to court for a closure order on a controversial cannabis cafe they thought they had already shut down. People plagued by disruption from the Hole in the Wall cafe in Freshbrook Road, Lancing, thought they had won their long running battle to get it closed last month.But they were stunned when police chiefs sent them a letter saying an eviction notice served on those who run the cafe was flawed.Chief Inspector James Asser, Sussex Police’s district commander for Adur, wrote: “Having been in discussion with those making this application it appears that, due to an…
In lieu of curing a debilitating disease, the next best thing scientists can do is slow its progression and create better treatments. Armed with a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant, Temple researchers are studying more effective ways to treat multiple sclerosis. And their research utilizes synthetic cannabinoids based on chemicals derived from the marijuana plant.“A marijuana plant has about 96 different chemicals in it and you might immediately think about those that cause psychological effects,” says researcher Ron F. Tuma, Stewart professor of physiology and associate professor of neurosurgery. “Instead, we’re focusing on a chemical that doesn’t cause…
Smoking only marijuana does not contribute to head and neck cancers study shows. Background: Marijuana contains carcinogens similar to tobacco smoke and has been suggested by relatively small studies to increase the risk of head and neck cancer (HNC).Because tobacco is a major risk factor for HNC, large studies with substantial numbers of never tobacco users could help to clarify whether marijuana smoking is independently associated with HNC risk.Results: The risk of HNC was not elevated by ever marijuana smoking [odds ratio (OR), 0.88; 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), 0.67-1.16], and there was no increasing risk associated with increasing frequency,…
Most drug-policy-reform advocates know the name of Judge Francis Young and many can quote a line from his 1988 recommendation that the DEA remove marijuana from Schedule One: “Marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.” Few if any activists know the name of Judge James A. Washington. And whereas Judge Young’s recommendation was rejected by the DEA, Judge Washington’s decision in United States v. Robert Randall had an actual and significant impact.Randall, who faced blindness from glaucoma in his late 20s, would be the first patient to get marijuana from the federal government under an…
Cannabis Culture Magazine will be ceasing publication of its print version and moving to an entirely online format due to increasing financial constraints, the prospect of further economic downturn, and the increasing obsolescence of print media in a digital world.Watch for some major changes in the near future as we transform CannabisCulture.com into a revamped marijuana super-site. Message from Cannabis Culture Publisher and Editor-In-Chief Marc Emery: I have decided to cease publication of Cannabis Culture Magazine’s print version and move to an entirely online format. Magazine advertising and circulation are predicted to fall off in the near future and matters…
