All Entries in the "Medical Marijuana Patient Profiles" Category
National Geographic Wants To Hear From CO Medical Marijuana Patients
The National Geographic Channel is looking for stories from medical marijuana patients in Colorado for a documentary they are producing. The folks at The Cannabis Therapy Institute sent out an email earlier today in an effort to connect patients with National Geographic. Here is an excerpt: If you think your story is *compelling* and you [...]
What Do You Look For In A Medical Marijuana Dispensary?
As more and more states legalize medical marijuana and set up dispensary systems, more patients will have access to a safe and reliable source of medicine. But those yet-to-be dispensaries – and even established ones – need to know what patients are looking for. It’s not like there is a long history of medical marijuana [...]
Medical Marijuana In Australia
Just like the diseases and ailments it treats, cannabis has no boundaries. People in countries all over the world have found relief with marijuana. Sadly, most countries don’t recognize the medicinal value of cannabis, following the lead of the U.S. government. But the story of the man (from Australia) in the video below shows that [...]
Medical Marijuana Cures…Hate?
Medical marijuana has been known to do wonders for many ailments, but can the wonderful cannabis plant cure hate? Maybe we can’t go that far, but it seems to have changed the lives of twin sisters who used to be in a pop group called “Prussian Blue,” known for their neo-nazi views and hatred of [...]
Montana Medical Marijuana Patient Files Petition To Decriminalize Cannabis
Barb Trego is a 56-year old medical marijuana patient in East Helena, Montana, and she recently filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office to begin the process of getting an initiative on the state ballot to decriminalize marijuana and treat it like alcohol. Trego – who served in law enforcement as a deputy sheriff and [...]
Cannabis Is A Medicine
While the federal government continues to claim that cannabis has no medicinal value, we of course know better. Below is a great documentary called “Clearing The Smoke, The Science of Cannabis.” It is full of not only personal testimonials, but many doctors and scientists discussing the medicinal values of cannabis that the federal government claims [...]
Medical Marijuana For Diabetes
We here at The 420 Times like to remind our readers sometimes of the real people affected by the abstract “medical marijuana” that the media throws around. Medical marijuana is not a concept, it’s a reality that is helping millions of people everyday. Below is a video of medical marijuana patient Catrina Coleman, telling her [...]
One Year As A Medical Marijuana Patient
By David Fiedler The 420 Times recently discovered that one of our own writers is a relatively new medical marijuana patient, despite having recreational experience going back almost 45 years. When we caught up to Old Hippie for this interview, he was celebrating his first full year of using cannabis medicinally, as well as still [...]
Dr. Lester Grinspoon On Treating His Son’s Pain With Marijuana
Dr. Lester Grinspoon was one of the speakers at the recent NORML National Conference in Denver, CO. In the video below he talks about his son, who dealt with uncontrollable nausea due to chemotherapy treatment. The interesting part is this was before Dr. Grinspoon was convinced of the medical properties of cannabis and he resisted [...]
Videos Of The Week 5/8/11 – 5/14/11
Happy Saturday to all of our readers. We hope your weekend is a cloudy one, and we’re not talking about the weather. Here is your weekly collection of cannabis-related videos to make you think, laugh, or even take action. If you have a video we should see, send the link or embed code (only 440 [...]
Dr. Mollie Fry and Dale Schafer Go To Federal Prison
Sacramento, May 2, 2011 – Dr. Mollie Fry and Dale Schafer surrendered themselves at the Federal courthouse for a 5-year term in Federal prison today after an emotional two-hour rally of about 250 supporters. The married couple, who are both medical marijuana patients themselves, were prosecuted by Federal authorities for helping other patients despite their [...]
Medical Marijuana On The Dr. Oz Show
Many of us have heard the buzz surrounding Dr. Oz’s episode on medical marijuana. The videos are below, including a feature on medical marijuana patient Montel Williams. The show was very balanced, and even someone like Dr. Oz – who has been somewhat hostile to medical cannabis in the past – is seemingly moved by [...]
Rick Simpson – (Still) Running From The Cure
Rick Simpson – (Still) Running From The Cure By Joe Klare Cancer is a devastating disease that affects tens of millions of people in the United States alone. It consumes lives and destroys families. It causes many to seek alternative treatments, and to try things they may not have considered under less dire circumstances. Many [...]
Life And Death Make Strange Bedfellows
Below is our second post from our “Citizen Journalist” project. It’s a fantastic story, and the author – who identifies himself only as Jack – says it’s all true. If you have an article you want us to look at, send it to joe@the420times.com. Special to The 420 Times by Jack I went to a [...]
Florida Medical Marijuana Bill Press Conference
A few days we reported on lawmakers in Florida who have sponsored medical marijuana legislation designed to bring relief to patients in the state by placing medical marijuana on the ballot. Below is a video of a press conference introducing the bill. It features supporters of the bill and their stories, and the sponsor talks [...]
