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...Number of marijuana plants that terminally ill residents of Rhode Island may grow for medicinal purposes, under a law passed last week...
...their sins, then for those of their industry. At the Witness benefit, former child soldier Ishmael Beah talked about his experience as a conscript in Sierra Leone's civil war. To keep the troops, as young as 7 years old, hopped up for battle, their officers gave them intoxicants--marijuana, cocaine and, he says, "war movies, like Rambo: First Blood Part...
...entry on marijuana stated "research into the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of cannabis bolsters the case for medicinal use of marijuana." The studies cited, however, involved the use of cannabis extracts and synthetic marijuana chemicals, not smoking pot, as some readers might surmise. The research suggests that there are excellent ways to utilize the active ingredients in marijuana without legalizing another lung-polluting substance. The time has come for the prescription use of cannabis derivatives. TERRY K. KAISER San Diego
...they strum, they usually sport all manner of hats, mostly ones made out of knit material, but also hand-me-downs from the Bolshevik Army. They think their clothing is pretty “cool,” but what they think is even cooler is their love of marijuana. And listening to King Crimson while smoking it. Who are King Crimson, anyway? And how did they steal our school color? BOWL: Moderate—they don’t wash often, but they walk about in a cloud of patchouli, so it all balances out.Joining the legions of this...
...MARIJUANA Research into the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of cannabis continued to bolster the case for the medicinal use of marijuana, making the "patient pot laws" that have passed in 11 states seem less like a social movement than a legitimate medical trend. One trial--the first controlled study of its kind--showed that a medicine containing cannabis extracts called Sativex not only lessened the pain of rheumatoid arthritis but actually suppressed the disease. An earlier study published in the Journal of Neuroscience showed that synthetic cannabinoids, the chemicals in marijuana, can reduce inflammation in the brain...