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Since 2007, Oaksterdam University has been teaching marijuana law and cultivation. The school trains people to operate within the industry in a safe and responsible manner.
On the forefront of a new industry, students are trained to work in a dispensary, start their own business or work at changing the laws for marijuanaSince 2007, Oaksterdam University has been teaching marijuana law and cultivation. The... more
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Find a job working in a medical marijuana dispensary. If that's the craziest thing you heard? Economy is dead and people don't have jobs, medical marijuana dispensaries are filling that void.Find a job working in a medical marijuana dispensary. If that's the craziest thing... more
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I know the cops must be mad. Cannabis Career Institute will hold classes in Fresno - that can't be good for the biggest mafia in Fresno. But, whether the cops like it or not, people will learn how to safely own a medical marijuana business.I know the cops must be mad. Cannabis Career Institute will hold classes in Fresno -... more
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medical Ohio -- Results from the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research show that a strong majority of Ohioans polled support prescribing medical marijuana.
The figures, published May 8 from the Ohio Poll, reported, “73 percent of Ohioans say they favor (either ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’) allowing Ohio doctors to prescribe medical marijuana.”
The poll was conducted from April 16 to April 27, using a random sample of 818 Ohio adults via telephone.
The demographic reported to be most in favor of prescription marijuana were respondents between the ages of 18 and 29.
Additionally, the poll found that 37 percent of Ohioans favor legalizing all marijuana use,...read the full story, here: http://socialtalent.ning.com/profiles/blogs/ohioans-support-medicalmedical Ohio -- Results from the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy... more
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The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.
In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with the nation's drug issues.The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the... more
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Sonoma County District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua said he’d be willing to participate in discussions about legalization. But he questioned whether now is the time.
“I don’t think on an important topic like this it can be done when we’re facing a deficit at our doorsteps,” he said. “At this point it serves as a needless distraction to Sacramento.”
Education officials said legalization would do more harm than good.Sonoma County District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua said he’d be willing to... more
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-- Marijuana should never have been made illegal in the first place.
Ask why it was made illegal - by many state governments and eventually the federal government during the first four decades of the past century - and the answer cannot be found in expert medical testimony or any objective assessment of the costs and benefits of prohibiting marijuana.-- Marijuana should never have been made illegal in the first place.
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Oceanside is considering a dispensary moratorium. What's interesting about this is
that Oceanside is in San Diego County, where the DA has been enforcing a county-wide
ban on dispensaries. Is Oceasnside worried that the DA's resistance is weakening?
http://cannabiscareerinstitute.com NEWSOceanside is considering a dispensary moratorium. What's interesting about this is... more
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Woodward Avenue has been a magnet for car enthusiasts and shoppers for decades, but the boulevard soon may earn a new reputation as Michigan's first pot zone.
Royal Oak's leaders are contemplating a zoning ordinance that would require medical marijuana growers to set up shop in the city's general business district, which encompasses the retail and commercial business strip along the byway.
The proposal, to be discussed Tuesday by the city's Plan Commission, targets growers who are state registered caregivers of medical marijuana patients. It would not apply to qualified patients who are physician-certified to grow the drug.
City planner Doug Hedges said leaders had concerns about illegal activity sprouting up at private residences where marijuana was being grown.
"The act does allow a caregiver to be compensated for services so they are a potential commercial activity," Hedges said. "We thought it best to treat them as a business. We don't allow home occupations in Royal Oak where a customer visits a home."
The Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposal and make a recommendation to the City Commission.
State law allows caregivers to grow marijuana for up to five registered patients, which means caregivers may legally possess 2.5 grams and 12 plants per patient for a total of 12.5 ounces and 60 plants.Woodward Avenue has been a magnet for car enthusiasts and shoppers for decades, but... more
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Does anyone have the balls to start up a cannabis dispensary business?
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Can we start selling medical cannabis, legally? Yes we can.
Start by learning all the laws and how to open a medical marijuana business.
http://sites.google.com/site/420college/HomeCan we start selling medical cannabis, legally? Yes we can.
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How many people will be scared to open a LEGAL medical marijuana business? In California there are over 600 legal medical marijuana dispensaries, so why aren't more people cashing in on this opportunity.
http://sites.google.com/site/420college/HomeHow many people will be scared to open a LEGAL medical marijuana business? In... more
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Now many studies are coming out showing that Cannabis aka marijuana successfully and safely fights Cancer.
THC the active chemical in cannabis is a well know effective medicine for a variety of conditions. Now it could be shown that it is the cure for several types of cancers. According to many accredited medical studies.Now many studies are coming out showing that Cannabis aka marijuana successfully and... more
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The more research they do, the more evidence scientists find that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the aging brain by reducing inflammation there and possibly even stimulating the formation of new brain cells.The more research they do, the more evidence scientists find that specific elements of... more
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As well as brightening your room, pot plants may one day help to prevent headaches in "sick" houses by absorbing toxic gas, according to Japanese scientists.
Researchers have genetically engineered plants that can absorb formaldehyde, a pungent chemical compound used as adhesive in building materials and furnishing, one of the researchers said Tuesday.
Formaldehyde is seen as a major factor in what is known as sick-house syndrome -- headaches, dizziness and other health problems triggered by chemical substances in the home.
"We expect the plants to absorb it steadily" along with carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, said Katsura Izui, a professor of molecular plant physiology at Kinki University in western Japan.
The plants have two kinds of genes imported from micro-organisms known as methylotrophs, which use formaldehyde for their growth.
One host plant was tobacco and the other was thale cress, a small plant formally called Arabidopsis, which has a short life span of two months and is widely used as a model plant in biology.
Izui said the amount of formaldehyde absorbed by the plants was small compared with the carbon dioxide they use.
But the study showed that modified Arabidopsis survived four weeks in boxes dense with formaldehyde with the level of toxic gas falling to some one-tenth of the original level.
All wild Arabidopsis died in the same circumstances. Similar results were also obtained with experiments using modified tobacco plants, he said.
Izui said the density drop may have also stemmed from absorption by the agar used as a substitute for soil in the experiment boxes because formaldehyde is highly soluble in water.
"We are now trying to make new devices for more precise observation," he said, adding they were trying to apply the technology in common foliage plants.
The study was conducted jointly with Professor Yasuyoshi Sakai, an expert on micro-organisms at Kyoto University.As well as brightening your room, pot plants may one day help to prevent headaches in... more
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In terms of estimated rate ratios, persons who develop cannabis-induced psychosis are as predisposed to schizophrenia spectrum disorder and other psychiatric disorders as those who develop schizophrenia spectrum disorder without a history of cannabis-induced psychosis.In terms of estimated rate ratios, persons who develop cannabis-induced psychosis are... more
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This summer, British and Italian researchers found that in a laboratory plate, molecules in marijuana can slay the superbug methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which recently infected seven babies and four employees in a Yonkers, N.Y., maternity ward, heightening fears of outbreaks in schools and locker rooms, as well as in its more familiar breeding grounds, hospitals and nursing homes. In theory, compounds derived from the cannabis plant could someday serve in topical creams for patients with MRSA or other antibiotic-resistant infections.
This isn't the first time marijuana has tantalized the world as a possible wonder drug. In recent years, compounds in cannabis or related molecules have been shown to slow the growth of lung tumors in mice, decrease hardening of the arteries in rats, and boost the egg-binding capability of tobacco smokers' sperm. Research on the receptors that THC and other cannabis compounds attach to—and the nitty-gritty mechanisms by which they exert their effects—has been booming. So has work on native molecules, called endocannabinoids, that bind to the same sites. These molecular interactions affect a wide range of functions, from appetite to inflammation to the perception of pain.
The onslaught of basic science has helped to separate cannabis from an association with hippies and recreational pot smokers. It has also spurred hopes that these molecules (or similar ones) might prove therapeutic for traumatic brain injury, inflammatory bowel disease, allergic contact dermatitis, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease, among others. For all the razzle-dazzle, though, potential treatments frequently seem stuck in perpetual adolescence. Research on traumatic brain injury seemed promising but got mixed results in human clinical trials, while most of the others simply haven't gotten very far in the experimental process.
Still, a few prospects show signs of inching toward adulthood. The most enticing are aimed at lessening pain associated with nerve damage and improving some symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Between 2007 and this summer, several randomized clinical trials have found that smoking marijuana can relieve pain in patients with nerve degeneration caused by HIV or other disorders. Compounds in cannabis also seem to reduce nerve pain and possibly decrease spastic movements in people with MS. A drug called Sativex—which delivers two cannabis compounds in a spray under the tongue—is now in late-stage clinical trials in Europe for MS patients. Much as we've heard the hype before, these findings deserve some notice even from the jaded.
Studying the upside of marijuana can be a bureaucratic nightmare. In 1970, Congress deemed it a Schedule 1 drug, meaning that it has a high potential for abuse and "no currently accepted medical use"—making research on possible benefits a tough sell. In the 1980s, the Food and Drug Administration approved Marinol, an oral formulation of THC, the most psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, to treat nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy. Later, it also approved Marinol to boost the appetites of people with AIDS. But Marinol was never fully accepted by patients, says Donald Abrams, a professor of clinical medicine at the University of California-San Francisco. It took effect more slowly than smoked marijuana and was also more psychoactive. (When THC enters the bloodstream from the digestive tract, it is broken down by the liver into even more psychoactive molecules.) Nor has Marinol been approved in the United States to treat pain. Those who wished to push research further—whether by studying smoked marijuana, developing better formulations, or testing cannabis for other conditions—got no love from the federal government.
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*To Join This Study You Must:
-Have Ongoing Chronic Pain
-Be 18 or older
-Be on a stable twice-daily dose of sustained-release oxycodone (Oxycontin) for at least 2 weeks before enrollment
-Be willing to give up marijuana for a month prior to entering the study
-Not be a cigarette and/or cigar smoker, or be willing not to smoke for 2 weeks before starting the study
-Meet some additional criteria
If You Are Eligible You Will:
-Spend 5 days and nights in a clinical research center at San Francisco General Hospital
-Have blood tests and other measurements done
-Inhale vaporized marijuana three times a day
If you’re interested in participating in this important medical research, and qualify for the necessary research protocols, please directly contact 415-476-9554 (x315).
Absent these kinds of well constructed scientific research programs to better understand and determine the medical utility of cannabinoids and cannabis, the federal government will continuously oppose patient access to whole-smoked cannabis, therefore this kind of research takes on an even greater sense of concern and scope than just how a specific therapy interacts with patients.*To Join This Study You Must:
-Have Ongoing Chronic Pain
-Be 18 or older
-Be on a... more
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