All Entries in the "Patient Resources" Category
Medical Marijuana And Cancer Patients
A recent study of Cancer patients who treated the pain associated with their illness showed nearly 2/3rds of those studies were satisfied with the effects of medical cannabis. In many states those in the study would be considered criminals by the government. Where is the compassion? Where is the empathy? What good reason is there [...]
Fighting Back In California
As many of our readers know, The California Supreme Court has decided to review a couple key medical marijuana regulation cases, meaning cities and towns in CA that want to ban dispensaries no longer have a legal reason to do so. The patient advocacy group Americans For Safe Access sent out an email yesterday, detailing [...]
Marijuana Doesn’t Harm Lung Function, Study Found
CHICAGO (AP) — Smoking a joint once a week or a bit more apparently doesn’t harm the lungs, suggests a 20-year study that bolsters evidence that marijuana doesn’t do the kind of damage tobacco does. The results, from one of the largest and longest studies on the health effects of marijuana, are hazier for heavy [...]
“Juicing” Medical Marijuana
Many of our readers know all of the ways people ingest cannabis: smoking, vaporizing, cannabis edibles and using hemp oils topically or orally. But there is a new trend in medical marijuana out of California that may change the way patients and advocates look at ingesting medical cannabis. Dr. William Courtney says he has discovered [...]
If Smoking Marijuana Is Harmful, Why Doesn’t It Cause Cancer?
Earlier this year we devoted an entire issue of The 420 Times magazine to the emerging research linking cannabis to anti-cancer effects in people. What is already known is quite stunning – as evidenced by those articles and the video below – and there is yet more to be discovered. While it’s true that smoking [...]
Oral And Transdermal Methods For Marijuana Cannabinoids
A great article was recently posted on a very popular health website, and I felt it was important to discuss it here. It talks about the amazing properties of cannabinoids and what they can do to relieve so many ailments. From cancer to diabetes, and from autism to Alzheimer’s, medical marijuana helps, and sometimes dramatically [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: Could Marijuana Be Causing My Nausea?
Dear Old Hippie: First, I love your column! Keep it up! Now for my question: has it been shown, or is it possible for chronic marijuana use to worsen or cause nausea, perhaps as a withdrawal symptom? Back story: I am a patient with Crohn’s disease, MMJ helps me immensely for pain and nausea, and I told my [...]
How THC Is Made
Below is a very interesting video explaining some of the science of cannabis, and specifically how THC is made within the plant. Millions of people get high and find medical benefit from marijuana everyday, yet many have no idea why or how cannabis came to be such an amazing thing to so many people. Even [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: Is Medical Marijuana For Real?
Q: Isn’t it true that “Medical Marijuana” is an oxymoron at best and a joke at worst? — Skeptical In Seattle Frankly, common sense and life experience seem to agree that a “weed that gets you high” has nothing to do with medicine or healing sick people. I must admit, that was my reaction when [...]
Cedars-Sinai Denying Liver Transplant to Medical Marijuana Patient
We are all human beings stuck on this planet together. To do this successfully, a certain level of compassion and empathy has to be the norm in society. Sixty-three year old medical marijuana patient Norman Smith is finding little compassion or empathy from the transplant team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Doctors there [...]
Anorexia, Bulimia Associated With Cannabinoid Deficiency
It seems that some bright boffins asked themselves the question, “If marijuana causes the munchies, what’s the deal with people who have disorders like anorexia or bulimia and don’t eat right?” They rewrote that question in a much more scientific way, did a study, and found that women with anorexia either had low levels of [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: How Do You Make Green Dragon?
Dear Old Hippie: For a while now, I’ve heard rumors about the legendary Green Dragon that can get you high anywhere without smoking, yet I’ve never heard of anyone selling it. What can you tell me about this fabulous beast? A: The Green Dragon — and his consort, The Gold Dragon — are indeed real. [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: What’s The Best Strain For Me?
Dear Old Hippie: First off, thank you for all the great information you give. After two years of taking every pill on the pharmaceutical market, my doctor finally signed my paperwork to get my Medical Marijuana recommendation. I used to smoke in the past, but have not smoked any weed for at least two years now. Now that [...]
Ask An Old Hippie: What Can I Do With Marijuana Cooking Oil?
Dear Old Hippie: So I bought around a quarter ounce of weed and I ground all of it up. Then I put ¾ cup of canola oil in a pot and started to heat it. When it started to simmer, I put the weed in and added about a cup of water (so not to burn the [...]
Marijuana Smokers Found Less Likely To Be Obese
In yet another indication that traditional stereotypes of “pot smokers” are false and discriminatory, a recent study published in the American Journal Of Epidemiology shows that cannabis users are less likely to be obese than those who don’t partake. According to Dr. Yann Le Strat of the Louis-Mourier Hospital in France and the Toronto-based Centre for [...]
