Month: May 2013

  • Medical pot laws & treats may send more kids to ER

    Medical pot laws & treats may send more kids to ER

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    View PhotoAssociated Press – FILE – This Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows a medical marijuana plant at a dispensary in Seattle. Increased use of medical marijuana may lead to more young children getting sick …more      CHICAGO (AP) — Increased use of medical marijuana may lead to more young children getting sick from accidentally eating food made
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  • Marijuana Users Have Better Blood Sugar Control

    Marijuana Users Have Better Blood Sugar Control

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    Regular marijuana use is associated with favorable indices related to diabetic control, say investigators. They found that current marijuana users had significantly lower fasting insulin and were less likely to be insulin resistant, even after excluding patients with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Their findings are reported in the current issue of The American Journal of
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  • Marijuana Decreases Diabetes Risk, More Studies Indicate

    Marijuana Decreases Diabetes Risk, More Studies Indicate

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    Just a few days after news broke that marijuana appears to treat symptoms of Crohn’s Disease, now it appears weed smokers may enjoy a decreased risk of diabetes, according to the latestresearch showing “current marijuana use was associated with 16% lower fasting insulin levels” and 17 percent lower levels of insulin resistance. High insulin and insulin resistance
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  • Pot Luck: Could Marijuana Be Used to Treat Diabetes?

    Pot Luck: Could Marijuana Be Used to Treat Diabetes?

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    In research dubbed “remarkable” by an accompanying editorialist, US doctors describe how current users of marijuana appear to have better blood glucose control than never or former users. Existing cannabis smokers had lower levels of fasting insulin and were less likely to be insulin resistant than nonusers; this finding remained true even when patients with
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  • Could marijuana reduce diabetes risk?

    Could marijuana reduce diabetes risk?

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    REUTERS/Michael Kooren There’s an unexpected link between marijuana use and factors related to Type 2 diabetes that has medical researchers intrigued. Several studies have found that marijuana users take in more food calories than nonusers, but they still have lower rates of obesity and diabetes, and lower average body mass index (BMI) levels. In a new
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  • Cannabis Crisis

    Cannabis Crisis

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    Medical Pot Purveyors Protest Amendment They Claim Could Put Them Out of Business The state legislature enters a special session this week to finish the work of passing a budget bill. But this year, the nuts-and-bolts legislation has become a flash point for medical marijuana activists, some of whom oppose a budget rider that would
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  • Seriously, man — cannabis comic Tommy Chong now says feds should legalize, tax marijuana

    Seriously, man — cannabis comic Tommy Chong now says feds should legalize, tax marijuana

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    Tommy Chong, left, and Richard “Cheech” Marin arrive May 6 at the 6th Annual George Lopez Celebrity Golf Classic in Toluca Lake, Calif. Chong, who with Marin celebrated pot smoking in comedy routines and movies, says marijuana should be legalized at the federal level. (The Associated Press) To have stoner comic Tommy Chong come out for
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  • Legalising medicinal cannabis is a leap forward for compassion

    Legalising medicinal cannabis is a leap forward for compassion

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    There is a large amount of rigorous research evidence for medical marijuana. Rusty Blazenhoff A NSW Parliamentary Committee has recommended legalising the use of medical use of marijuana for people with terminal conditions. This is an approach that should be embraced nationally. For some years now, people seeking cannabis for medicinal purposes have contacted me every
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