The Compassionate Coalition

Lately, at a medical marijuana event, a man and his wife came up and said they wanted to talk confidentially about how medical cannabis cured autism in their daughter.

Since then, I was just wondering why parents don't wish to talk about such a natural and effective medicine openly ?

Medical Marijuana helps their autistic child, but most parents are afraid to talk about it openly!

"That is not a drug. It’s a leaf"

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Pot-Growing GW Starts Final U.S. Testing of Pain Drug (Update4)

By Trista Kelley

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aTIBTT0uLsV8&refer=japan

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- GW Pharmaceuticals Plc and Japanese partner Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. began the final phase of U.S. testing of the cannabis-based Sativex pain-relief medicine for some cancer patients.

Source: http://www.emaxhealth.com/66/15018.html

Skin disease treatment

Administering a substance found in the cannabis plant can help the body's natural protective system alleviate an allergic skin disease (allergic contact dermatitis), an international group of researchers from Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland and the U.S. has found.

Allergic contact dermatitis is caused by reaction to something that directly contacts the skin. Many different substances (allergens) can cause allergic contact dermatitis. Usually these substances cause no trouble for most people, but if the skin is sensitive or allergic to the substance, any exposure will produce a rash, which may become very severe. Allergic contact dermatitis affects about 5 percent of men and 11percent of women in industrialized countries and is one of the leading causes for occupational diseases.

"Smokeless" Cannabis Delivery System Found "Safe And Effective," Study Says

April 19, 2007 - San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA: Vaporization is a "safe and effective" cannabinoid delivery mode for patients who desire the rapid onset of action associated with inhalation while avoiding the respiratory risks of smoking, according to clinical trial data to be published in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

Investigators at San Francisco General Hospital reported that use of the Volcano vaporizing device delivered "efficient" doses of THC to subjects in a "reproducible" manner while significantly reducing their intake of gaseous combustion toxins, including carbon monoxide...

Marijuana Compound May Fight Lung Cancer
By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070417/hl_hsn/marijuanacompoundmayfightlungcancer

TUESDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- While smoking marijuana is never good for the lungs, the active ingredient in pot may help fight lung cancer, new
research shows.

Harvard University researchers have found that, in both laboratory and mouse studies, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cuts tumor growth in half in common lung cancer while impeding the cancer's ability to spread.

The compound "seems to have a suppressive effect on certain lines of cancer cells," explained Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonary specialist at Lenox Hill

Thank you for responding. I understand why you like in the wilderness. I am having a hard time expressing myself, which is part of my PTSD. I feel like you that cannibas reduces stress better than any medication out there. Side effects from perscription drugs have given me infections, etc. Alternative medicines have helped me the most with no side effects. I'm afraid of so many things & don't need these drugs to be part of my fears. I suffered violent injuries at work also. I learned about PTSD as I was in the medical field, but it was just a crash course. Boy, have I learned a lot now.

I was just wondering if there are people with PTSD out there

HIV patients report smoking marijuana eases foot pain, according to first-of-its-kind study
The Sidney Morning Herald
February 21, 2007 - 11:27AM
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/HIV-patients-report-smoking-marijuana-eases-foot-pain-according-tofirstofitskind-study/2007/02/21/1171733812663.html

Smoking marijuana eased HIV-related pain in some patients in a small study that nevertheless represented one of the few rigorous attempts to find out if the drug has medicinal benefits.

August 17, 2006 - La Jolla, CA, USA
Source: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6977

THC inhibits the formation of amyloid plaque, the primary marker for Alzheimer's disease (AD), far more effectively than approved medications, according to preclinical data to be published in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics.

Investigators at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California reported that THC inhibits the enzyme responsible for the aggregation of amyloid plaque in a manner "considerably superior" to approved Alzheimer's drugs such as donepezil and tacrine.

"Our results provide a mechanism whereby the THC molecule can directly impact Alzheimer's disease pathology," researchers concluded. "THC and its analogues may provide an improved therapeutic [option] for Alzheimer's disease [by]... simultaneously treating both the symptoms and the progression of [the] disease."