Category: Cannabis News Corner

New Government Funded Study Finds THC Improves Sleep

Jeannie Herer

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A new study published by the American Journal of Addiction, and funded in part by the National Institute of Health has found that THC – one of the primary components of cannabis – is “significantly associated with shorter sleep latency”, as well as “less difficulty falling asleep”.
 
Full Article:
http://www.theweedblog.com/new-government-funded-study-finds-thc-improves-sleep/

Cannabis Can Prevent Cancer Caused By Cigarette Use, According To New Study

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A new study published by the journal J-Stage, and funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, has found that cannabinoids – whether THC, CBD or CBDV – were effective at blocking a certain enzyme which is known to cause cancer, and is produced in large amount when cigarettes are consumed.
 
Full Article:
http://www.theweedblog.com/cannabis-can-prevent-cancer-caused-by-cigarette-use-according-to-new-study/

How to Make Cannamilk

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It occurred to me while writing another recipe (that called for cannamilk) for our Great Recipes While High series that we don’t have a recipe for cannamilk! In professional kitchens we have what we refer to as “mother” sauces. A mother sauce is a sauce (like marinara, demi-glace, béchamel, etc.) that you use as a base ingredient in many other dishes. Cannamilk could be considered a “mother sauce” in the world of edible cannabis as it really can be substituted into any recipe that calls for milk, making it versatile like cannabutter orcannaoil.

Full Article:
http://www.weedist.com/2013/08/how-to-make-cannamilk/

Seeds sown for world’s first hemp industrial base

Jeannie Herer

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Fairfax NZ – HEMPING IT UP: New Zealand hemp advocate Greg Flavall stands in a field of hemp overseas showing how tall the plant can grow.
Hemp Technologies’ Gregory Flavall, based in Taranaki, would like to see the world’s first hemp industrial village located in his home province.
Originally from Stratford, Flavall has brought his knowledge and expertise of the hemp industry to Taranaki from the United States and the United Kingdom where he learned first-hand about processing hemp for a variety of uses.
With the tag line of ”Food, Fuel, Shelter, Jobs – Hemp is Now!,” Flavall said Hemp Technologies would like to help farmers in Taranaki realise better income and employ people to process hemp.
”Maize growers are looking for alternatives because maize beats the crap out of the earth while hemp does not. Hemp is a replenishing plant for the earth, like lucerne or alfalfa as we call it. It re-nitrogenises the soil after harvest, and it’s good at aerating soil, and is a break crop for other crops.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/cropping/9060081/Seeds-sown-for-worlds-first-hemp-industrial-base

Mixed Praise for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s Conditional Veto

Jeannie Herer


Mixed Praise for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s Conditional Veto
PHOTO: Meghan Wilson and her two-year-old daughter Vivian Wilson, who suffers from Dravet Syndrome. Marijuana has been proven to alleviate the devastating damage caused by the seizures Vivian suffers.
 
On Friday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made a surprising decision in his conditional veto of S2842, a bill intended to ease medical marijuana restrictions for children.
The bill, introduced by Assemblywoman Linda Stender earlier this year, sought to lift New Jersey’s ban on edible cannabis, eliminate the three-strain limit for dispensaries, and allow minors to get medical marijuana cards with the recommendation of a single doctor rather than three.
Politicians and activists alike had predicted a conditional veto, and as expected, Christie struck the provision for a single prescribing doctor.
But the other part of Christie’s veto – amending the bill to allow edibles only for minors and not for adults – was met with shock and disbelief from advocates.
“Restricting oral preparations of medicinal cannabis to pediatric patients only is irrational,” said Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, a leader in the field of medical cannabis research. “Adult patients will have to make oral preparations themselves with the limited amount of herbal medicinal cannabis they are allowed to procure from New Jersey dispensaries.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.ladybud.com/2013/08/19/mixed-praise-for-new-jersey-governor-chris-christies-conditional-veto/

Medical Marijuana and Lyme Disease…Alexis’ story

Jeannie Herer


 
My intense suffering has made me desperate for a solution. On the morning of June 6th, 2008, while working on a research paper, I suddenly felt a horrific slicing sensation as if a blender was tearing my left arm into pieces. I stared at the throbbing limb. It was so painful I expected it to be bleeding; yet, it appeared to be in perfectly fine condition. No attack, no implosion, just my nerves firing out of control, and me helpless to fight back. From that moment, my perception of life changed completely.
 
Full Article:
http://www.unitedpatientsgroup.com/blog/2012/02/22/medical-marijuana-and-lyme-disease-alexis-story/